Skip to main content

Table 2 Saaty’s pairwise comparison rating

From: Recommendations to improve insurance coverage for physiotherapy services in Iran: a multi criteria decision-making approach

Degree of importance

Level of preference

Description

1

Equal

Two criteria contribute equally to the goal

2

Weak

 

3

Moderate

Judgment slightly to moderately in favor of the one criterion against another

4

Moderate plus

 

5

Strong

Judgment strongly in favor of the one criterion against another

6

Strong plus

 

7

Very strong

Judgment strongly in favor of the one criterion against another and its dominance is confirmed in practice

8

Very, very strong

 

9

Extreme

Judgment highest degree possible in favor of the one criterion against another