If Thomas asks Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to determine the probability (0%-100%) of a minimally competent person (MCP) answering a given multiple-choice item correctly and then these probabilities are averaged across SMEs for each item and then summed across all items to determine the final cutoff score, then Thomas must be using the _______ method to set cutoff scores.

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The described method is the Angoff method, which involves subject matter experts estimating the probability of a minimally competent person correctly answering each item on a test. These probabilities are then averaged and summed to set a cutoff score.

If Thomas Asks Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to Determine the Probability