In what way does the clinical approach to selection differ from the statistical approach? How do you account for the fact that one approach is superior to the other? Solution Clinical Approach ? In the clinical approach to decision making, those making the selection decision review all the data on applicants. Then, on the basis of their understanding of the job and the individuals who have been successful in that job, they make a decision. Different individuals often arrive at different decisions about an applicant when they use this approach because each evaluator assigns different weights to the applicant .