Table 2. AHP Scale and instrument sample... | Emerald Publishing

Table 2.

AHP Scale and instrument sample

Applied scale for pairwise comparison
Scale	Intensity	Definition
1	Equal importance	Two activities contribute equally to the objective
2	Weak or slight	Experience and judgment slightly favor One activity over another
3	Moderate importance	Experience and judgment strongly favor One activity over another
4	Moderate plus	An activity is favored very strongly over another; its dominance is demonstrated in practice
5	Strong importance	The evidence favoring One activity over another is of the highest possible order of affirmation
6	Strong plus	A reasonable assumption
7	Very strong or demonstrated importance	May be difficult to assign the best value but when compared with other contrasting activities the size of the small numbers would not be too noticeable, yet they can still indicate the relative importance of the activities
8	Very, very strong	–
9	Extreme importance	–
Reciprocals:
If activity i has One of the above non-zero numbers assigned to it when compared with
Activity j, then j has the reciprocal value when compared with i
If the activities are very close, a reasonable assumption may be made

Applied scale for pairwise comparison
Scale	Intensity	Definition
1	Equal importance	Two activities contribute equally to the objective
2	Weak or slight	Experience and judgment slightly favor One activity over another
3	Moderate importance	Experience and judgment strongly favor One activity over another
4	Moderate plus	An activity is favored very strongly over another; its dominance is demonstrated in practice
5	Strong importance	The evidence favoring One activity over another is of the highest possible order of affirmation
6	Strong plus	A reasonable assumption
7	Very strong or demonstrated importance	May be difficult to assign the best value but when compared with other contrasting activities the size of the small numbers would not be too noticeable, yet they can still indicate the relative importance of the activities
8	Very, very strong	–
9	Extreme importance	–
Reciprocals:
If activity i has One of the above non-zero numbers assigned to it when compared with
Activity j, then j has the reciprocal value when compared with i
If the activities are very close, a reasonable assumption may be made

	Factors comparison example
Factor A	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Factor B
Commitment																		Communication
Commitment																		Managerial skills
Commitment																		Organizational culture
Commitment																		Plans development
Communication																		Managerial skills
Communication																		Organizational culture
Communication																		Plans development
	Subfactors comparison example
Subfactor A	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Subfactor B
Responsability																		Loyalty
Responsability																		Sense of need