| VALUE | INTERPRETATION |
| 1 | Criteria A is equally important to criteria B |
| 3 | Criteria A is weakly important to criteria B |
| 5 | Criteria A is strongly important to criteria B |
| 7 | Criteria A demonstrates strong importance to criteria B |
| 9 | Criteria A is absolutely important to criteria B |
| 2, 4, 6, 8 | Criteria A has intermediate importance (Between Adjacent values) to Criteria B |