Use when deciding how to combine selection procedures and turn scores into decisions — compensatory vs. multiple-hurdle models, cutoff scores, banding, rank-order/top-down selection, norms, and communicating effectiveness via expectancy charts and utility. Covers the validity/diversity tradeoffs and the documentation each choice requires. Triggers: "cutoff score", "banding", "rank order vs cutoff", "compensatory vs multiple hurdle", "combine test scores", "set a passing score", "utility analysis", "expectancy chart", "norms".