The department of management science at Tech offers four sections of introductory quantitative methods in the fall semester, each taught by a different teacher. A group of students have developed the following criteria to rank the sections: time and day, grading history of the instructor, classroom atmosphere (i.e., relaxed or formal), amount of homework, and the teacher€™s sense of humor. Following are the students€™ preferences for these criteria:

Following are the students€™ pairwise comparisons of the sections for the criteria:

a. Using AHP, rank the courses for the students.
b. Using this framework and these criteria, but with your own preferences for a course with multiple sections that you are familiar with at your school, develop a ranking of thesections.

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Homework Jokes Criterion Time/Day Grading Atmosphere Time/day Grading Atmosphere Homework Jokes 1/6 1/3 1/9 1/2 Time/Day Section 3 1/2 1/5 1/3 Grading Section 3 1/8 1 1/2 1/5 Atmosphere Section Homework Section 1/2 3 Jokes Section 3 5 1/3 1/4 1/3 Time/Day Section 3 1/2 1/5 1/3 Grading Section 3 1/8 1 1/2 1/5 Atmosphere Section Homework Section 1/2 3 Jokes Section 3 5 1/3 1/4 1/3