Table M1-5
It is International Day on campus and a professor of Scottish, German, and Hawaiian ancestry is weighing his options for traditional attire among his kilt, lederhosen and grass skirt.He decides to weigh these alternatives using AHP and has decided that comfort, style, and ease of use are the most important criteria.
His pairwise comparison matrices are as follows:

-Use Table M1-5 to determine the priority for the Lederhosen in the ease of use factor's normalized matrix.
A)0.2572
B)0.2828
C)0.1622
D)0.2132

Question

Table M1-5
It is International Day on campus and a professor of Scottish, German, and Hawaiian ancestry is weighing his options for traditional attire among his kilt, lederhosen and grass skirt.He decides to weigh these alternatives using AHP and has decided that comfort, style, and ease of use are the most important criteria.
His pairwise comparison matrices are as follows:
    
-Use Table M1-5 to determine the priority for the Lederhosen in the ease of use factor's normalized matrix.
A)0.2572 
B)0.2828 
C)0.1622 
D)0.2132

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To determine the priority for the ease of use factor's normalized matrix, we need to add up the columns for each criterion and divide each element in the matrix by the sum of its column. Then, we need to find the weighted sum for each alternative by multiplying the normalized scores by their respective weights and adding up the products.

For ease of use, the normalized matrix is:
Lederhosen: 0.2828
Kilt: 0.2132
Grass skirt: 0.2572
Therefore, the Lederhosen has the highest priority for ease of use.

Since we don't have information on the weights assigned to comfort and style, we cannot determine the best choice overall.

Table M1-5 It Is International Day on Campus and a Professor of Professor