A Comparison of Five Methods for Combining Multiple Criteria into a Single Composite

1 September 1982

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement

Vol. 42 (3) , 823-827
https://doi.org/10.1177/001316448204200315

Abstract

Five weighting methods for combining multiple criteria into a single composite were evaluated on 117 bank tellers. It was found that four out of the five methods (Management Weights, Equal Weights, Unit Weights and Factor Weights) yielded nearly identical results, whereas the fifth method (Canonical Weights) correlated almost zero with the other methods.

Keywords

SINGLE COMPOSITE
CANONICAL
BANK
TELLERS
FIFTH
METHODS FOR COMBINING
COMBINING MULTIPLE CRITERIA
COMPARISON

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