Mateo is completing performance appraisals for his staff. He considers his team as a whole and then lists his most valuable employee at the top and his least valuable at the bottom. He then identifies the most valuable and least valuable employees of the remaining staff. He continues this process until all employees have been evaluated. Mateo is using which appraisal method?

Question $4$Select one:

a$.$

relative ranking

b$.$

absolute ratings

c$.$

qualitative assessment

d$.$

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