You are writing a report analyzing whether your company should hire a new vendor to provide data-warehousing services. You have found a white paper online that looks promising. How can you best judge the degree to which the authors are unbiased?
A) Check to see if the authors have offices in the same cities as your potential data-service vendors.
B) Check to see if the authors work as industry-wide consultants or as contractors for specific vendors.
C) Check to see if the authors have advanced degrees.
D) Check to see if the authors appear to be related to each other.

Question

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Checking whether the authors work as industry-wide consultants or contractors for specific vendors can give insight into their potential biases. If they work exclusively with one vendor, their opinions may be swayed in favor of that vendor. On the other hand, if they work as industry-wide consultants, they may have a more objective perspective. The other options (A, C, D) do not necessarily provide relevant information about the authors' potential biases.

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