（一）Multiperson comparisons evaluate

（一）Multiperson comparisons evaluate one individual’s performance against one or more others. It is a relative rather than an absolute measuring device. The three most popular comparisons are group order ranking, individual ranking, and paired comparisons.The group order ranking requires the evaluator to place employees into a particular classification, such as top one-fifth or second one-fifth. This method is often used in recommending students to graduate schools. Evaluators are asked to rank the student in the top five percent, the next five percent, the next fifteen percent, and so forth. But when used by managers to appraise employees, managers deal with all their subordinates. Therefore, if a rater has twenty subordinates, only four can be in the top fifth and, of course, four must also be relegated to the bottom fifth.The individual ranking approach rank orders of employees from best to worst. If the manager is required to appraise thirty subordinates, this approach assumes that the difference between the first and second employee is the same as that between the twenty-first and twenty-second. Even though some of the employees may be closely grouped, this approach allows for no ties. The result is a clean ordering of employees, from the highest performer down to the lowest.The paired comparison approach compares each employee with every other employee and rates each as either the superior or the weaker member of the pair. After all paired comparisons are made, each employee is assigned a summary ranking based on the number of superior scores he or she achieved. This approach ensures that each employee is compared against every other, but it can obviously become unwieldy when many employees are being compared.Multiperson comparisons can be combined with one of the other methods to blend the best from both absolute and relative standards. For example, a college might use the graphic rating scale and the individual ranking method to provide more accurate information about its students’ performance. The A, B, C, D, or E. A prospective employer or graduate school could then look at two students who each got a “B” in their different financial accounting courses and draw considerably different conclusions about each where next to one grade it says “ranked fourth out of twenty-six”, while the other says “ ranked seventeenth out of thirty”. Obviously, the latter instructor gives out a lot more high grades!1.Multiperson comparisons is a(an) measuring device.A. absoluteB. relativeC. accurateD. false2.According to the passage, there are three most popular comparisons except .A. group order rankingB. individual rankingC. graphic rating scalesD. paired comparisons3.From this passage, we can infer that .A. recommending students to graduate schools often uses individual rankingB. the paired comparison approach assumes that the difference between the first and second employee is sameC. group order ranking ensures that each employee is compared against every otherD. each method of multiperson comparisons can be used simultaneously4.The following statements about individual ranking are false except .A. it rank orders of employees from from the lowest performer up to the highestB. the result is a clean ordering of employeesC. it assumes that the difference between the first and second employee is differentD. this approach allows for some of the employees who may be closely grouped5.This article might be extracted from the paper about .A.performance appraisalB.recruitment and replacementC.training and developmentD.reward systems