Logical Decisions - Classweb

You can think of the importance number as the order in which
you would like to improve each member's level from its least
preferred to most preferred level.
Initially, all of the members are at their least preferred level. To
indicate this, the members are shown in red with the most
preferred level greyed out.
To begin, identify the member you would most like to improve
and click it in the spreadsheet. LDW will highlight it.
The “Improve” button. To improve the selected member from its
least preferred to its most preferred level, just click the “Improve”
button. LDW moves the member to the top of the list and draws
it in green with the least preferred level greyed out.
Now decide which member you would next most like to improve,
select it and click the “Improve” button again. LDW will move
the new member to the number 2 spot on the list and redraw it in
green also.
Continue this process until you have improved all of the members
and are happy with the ordering.
When you are finished, you can click the “Done” button and LDW
will compute the weights and show them in the left hand column
of the spreadsheet.
The other buttons in the window provide you with more
flexibility in assessing the order of the members.
The “Unimprove” button. Moves the selected member below the
last improved member and redraws it in red with the most
preferred level greyed to indicate that the member is now at its
least preferred level.
The “Zero Weight” button. Moves the member to the bottom of
the list and assigns it an order of 0 to indicate it should get zero
weight.
The “Tie With Above” button. Ties the selected member with
the one directly above it in the ordering.
The “Start Over” button. Unimproves all members and returns
them to their original ordering.
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