Suppose You Have Five Employees to Rate

question 64

Multiple Choice

Suppose you have five employees to rate. You make a chart of all possible pairs of employees for each trait being evaluated. Then, you indicate the better employee of the pair for each pair. Finally, you add up the number of positives for each employee. In this case, you have used the ________ method of performance appraisal.

• A) graphic ranking scale
• B) alternation ranking
• C) paired comparison
• D) forced distribution

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Definitions:

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