Which of the following is a defining characteristic of the forced-choice approach to appraisal?
A) It requires a supervisor to write a detailed description of an employee's performance.
B) It requires hiring organizational psychologists to analyze the performance of employees as a group.
C) It requires a supervisor to keep a written record of incidents that show positive and negative ways an employee has acted.
D) It requires a supervisor to choose from sets of statements, the most characteristic and the least characteristic ones describing an employee.

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The defining characteristic of the forced-choice approach to appraisal is that a supervisor is required to choose from sets of statements, the most characteristic and the least characteristic ones describing an employee. The other options do not accurately describe this approach.

Which of the Following Is a Defining Characteristic of the Forced-Choice