The management science and information technology majors at Tech select one of two available options within the major—decision support systems (DSS) or operations management (OM).

Student advisers use AHP with the students to determine which option they should select. The criteria used by the advisers are student aptitude and interests, faculty who teach in the options, and potential job availability. An adviser has helped one major develop the following pairwise comparisons:
Aptitude Option DSS OM DSS 1 3 OM 1/3 1 Faculty Option DSS OM DSS 1 1/5 OM 5 1 Jobs Option DSS OM DSS 1 4 OM 1/4 1 Criteria Aptitude Faculty Jobs Aptitude 1 1/2 1/4 Faculty 2 1 1/3 Jobs 4 3 1 Which option should the student select? LO.1