20.2 Drew Savage is an MIS manager for an international consulting firm. Drew travels todifferent European countries where he implements news response tracking systemsfor news stations. Some of the metrics he uses to track the performance of hissystem include tracking the response time it takes to respond to Twitter postsmentioning the news station, as well as the speed and accuracy of content posted onnumerous websites and social media sites. What type of metrics is Drew using tomeasure his system?Effectiveness metrics.Customer satisfaction metrics.Benchmarking metrics.Efficiency metrics.

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