Scale aij
Mean
1
Equally important
3
Moderately important
5
Strongly important
7
Very strongly important
9
Extremely important
Weaker
Weak
Strongly weak
Very strongly weak
8, 6, 4, 2, 
, 
, 
, 
Intermediate values
| Scale aij | Mean |
| 1 | Equally important |
| 3 | Moderately important |
| 5 | Strongly important |
| 7 | Very strongly important |
| 9 | Extremely important |
|
| Weaker |
|
| Weak |
|
| Strongly weak |
|
| Very strongly weak |
| 8, 6, 4, 2, | Intermediate values |