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  1. Ad-hoc Reports

    Expert Choice Comparion allows Project Owners to filter reports on the Ad-Hoc Reports section of the Reports page.  The ability to exclude various results allows you to view the impact that specific users, objectives, alternatives, and judgments sub...
  2. Gradient Analysis

    A gradient analysis shows the rate of change of the priorities of alternatives with respect to the change in priority of one of the objectives.   Each gradient sensitivity is composed of: An objective on the x-axis -- which can be selected fro...
  3. Step Function

    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...
  4. Troubleshooting

    What could go wrong? Site at the FQD N specified in the setup.ini doesn't load or is not found You might not have access to the webserver. Try pinging it. IIS not installed or not configured properly. From the webserver with I...
  5. Create and Delete Templates

    When you have a favorite model structure that you want to reuse, you can create a template from it and use it when creating new models.  A  Template is used to create a new Comparion model with predefined: objectives hierarchy,  alternatives,...
  6. Scenario Comparisons

    Scenario Comparisons lets you view several scenarios side by side, making it easy to compare the alternatives properties, objective priorities, and constraints side by side. You can select the scenarios to display using the Scenarios drop-down: ...
  7. Groupthink

    Groupthink is a common pitfall in group decision-making and problem-solving.  People feel reluctant to present alternatives, challenge others’ opinions, or express their own opinions.  Conditions are ripe for Groupthink when one or more of these f...
  8. Intuition

    Intuitive decision-making is described as the process by which information, acquired through associated learning and stored in long-term memory, is accessed unconsciously to form the basis of a judgment or decision. 1    Intuition is based on the i...
  9. Endowment effect

    The Endowment Effect , an emotional bias, is the hypothesis that people will value something they already own more than a similar item they don’t own.  This happens even when there is no cause for attachment or even if the item was only obtained li...
  10. Performance Analysis

    Overview   Performance analysis is used to dynamically change the priorities of the objectives to determine how these changes affect the priorities of the alternative choices. Each performance sensitivity is composed of: The relative import...