Evaluation Steps

Enabled by default, the Welcome page is the first page you'll see when you start an evaluation session.  This page can be customized by a project manager, which can help to inform participants about aspects of the decision.

Sequential Navigation: The easiest and most common way to proceed through the evaluation is sequential -- by clicking the " Next " button after entering any information requested on each page.  You can go back to a previous step using the " Previ...

Your judgments are automatically recorded when you move to another step by using the " Next, " " Previous ," or " Next Unassessed " button. 

The Project Manager can edit the evaluation phrase to make it more suitable to the model or clearer to the evaluators. This is done by clicking the pencil icon.  The wording phrase editor will be displayed where you can edit the question:  ...

Pairwise Verbal can be used to express your judgment about the relative importance or preference or likelihood of the two elements.  In the example below, we are asked to compare the relative importance of the two objectives  (Cost of Ownership an...

Pairwise comparisons are entered on a page as shown in the figure below, by clicking on or between words that express your judgment about the relative importance or preference or likelihoods (see Pairwise Comparisons Contexts) of the two elements sh...

Pairwise graphical and numerical comparisons are used to express your judgment about the relative importance,  preference, or likelihood of the two elements being compared. In the example below, we are asked to compare the relative importance of th...

Pairwise graphical and numerical comparisons are to be used to express judgments about the relative importance, preference, or likelihoods of the two elements shown on each line. In the example below, we are asked to compare the relative importance...

The Direct Priority Input method can be used when evaluating objectives with respect to another objective or when evaluating alternatives with respect to an objective. In the example below, we are asked to evaluate all the objectives with respect t...

Depending on how the Project Manager sets up the evaluation, you will be asked to rate one alternative with respect to one objective per step, all alternatives with respect to one objective per step, or one alternative with respect to all objectives...

The step function is used to convert raw data into ratio-scale data. Depending on the settings made by the Project Manager, the Step Function graph and the resulting priority may vary depending on whether the Piecewise Linear option is enabled or n...

Utility curves are used to convert data into ratio scale priorities.  Utility curves can be increasing or decreasing, linear or non-linear. In the example below we are asked to enter data (Initial Cost: 20,195) for the alternative "Toyota Camry." ...

The Insight survey has been prepared by your Project Manager and should be self explanatory. If you are the Project Manager, you can create and/or modify the insight survey on the Insight Questionnaire page.  ...

Overview The priorities for elements in each cluster of the objectives hierarchy, as well as the priorities derived for the alternatives with respect to each covering objective, are referred to as "local" priorities and are displayed on the Inter...

The priorities of the alternatives with respect to the Goal are shown on this screen: Desktop Mobile Clicking on a lower level node in the objectives hierarchy will display the alternative priorities with respect to that node.   Deskt...

The Project Manager can show or hide the Sensitivity Analysis at the end of the Collect Input steps.  The purpose of the sensitivity analyses is to graphically see how the alternative priorities would change if the priorities of the objectives or ...

Quick Help is custom help set up by the Project Manager to be shown during the evaluation process.  The Project Manager can view and set up Quick Help (QH) from the QH icons found at the top right of every evaluation step.  An empty Quick Hel...