Tony, a production manager at Brighton Biometrics, needs to measure the performance of 10 subordinates. He writes their names on a paper and circles Paul's name as the best-performing employee of the group. He then circles Erma's name as the worst employee of the group. He rates the remaining employees as second best, second worst, and so on. In the context of methods of performance measurement, Tony is using the ________ method.
A) forced-distribution
B) alternation ranking
C) graphic rating
D) mixed-standard
E) critical-incident

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Tony is using the alternation ranking method, where he ranks employees from best to worst by alternating between the highest and lowest until all are ranked.

Tony, a Production Manager at Brighton Biometrics, Needs to Measure