| Scaling | Meaning |
| 1 | Means to compare two factors with the same importance |
| 3 | Means to compare two factors, one factor is slightly more important than the other |
| 5 | Means to compare two factors, one factor is obviously more important than the other |
| 7 | Means to compare two factors, one factor is more important than the other |
| 9 | Means to compare two factors, one factor is extremely important than the other |
| 2, 4, 6, 8 | The median of the above two adjacent judgments |
| reciprocal | Judgment aij of the comparison of factors i and j, then the judgment of factors j and i aji = 1/aij |