14-9. Mary Jones utilized the additive weighting technique to select a job with Sigma Ltd., in Macon, Georgia. The importance weights she placed on the four attributes in Table 14-1 were social climate = 1.00, starting salary = 0.50, career advancement = 0.33, and weather/sports = 0.25. Nondimensional values given to her ratings in Table 14-1 were excellent = 1.00, very good = 0.70, good = 0.40, fair = 0.25, and poor = 0.10.

a. Normalize Mary’s importance weights.

b. Develop nondimensional values for the starting salary attribute.

c. Use the results of

(a) and

(b) in a decision matrix to see if Mary’s choice was consistent with the results obtained from the additive weighting technique. (14.7) 1