Suppose you need 20 machinists and you expect 200 people to apply for the job.Using Thorndike's predicted yield method for establishing cutoff scores, the ____ percentile would be the appropriate cutoff score
A)90th
B)10th
C)20th
D)80th

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Thorndike's predicted yield method involves setting a cutoff score that corresponds to the percentage of applicants you want to select. Since you need 20 machinists out of 200 applicants, you want to select the top 10% (20/200 = 0.10), which corresponds to the 90th percentile.

Suppose You Need 20 Machinists and You Expect 200 People