REFLECTIONS ON SCALES FROM MEASUREMENTS, NOT MEASUREMENTS FROM SCALES

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Published Dec 26, 2017
DOI https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v9i3.522
Claudio Garuti
Fulcrum Ingenieria

Abstract

This essay will discuss the different kinds of scales that are frequently used, and what can and cannot be done with them. We will also explore what absolute numbers are and how to work with them to deal with quantitative and qualitative data. From my point of view, this is the starting point for everything else in the AHP/ANP; this knowledge is crucial to understanding why and how AHP was built. Indeed, it gives the key for knowing how to deal with the data that we have to face in real-life problems.

https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v9i3.522

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Garuti, C. (2017). REFLECTIONS ON SCALES FROM MEASUREMENTS, NOT MEASUREMENTS FROM SCALES. International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v9i3.522

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Scales, measurement, AHP

References
Holder, R. D. (1990). Some comments on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 41(11), 1073-1076. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1990.167

Saaty, T. L. (2004). Scales from measurements not measurement from scales! Proceedings of the 17th International MCDM Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
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