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Table 1 The scale of the AHP for pairwise comparisons

From: Evaluation of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology specialists’ preferences for hand hygiene: analysis using the multi-attribute utility theory and the analytic hierarchy process methods

Importance on a scale

Definition

1

Equal importance

3

Moderate importance

5

Strong importance

7

Very strong or demonstrated importance

9

Extreme importance

2, 4, 6, 8

Intermediate values between the two judgments