Priorities Evaluation

The following procedure can be used to evaluate priorities.
  1. For each group, rate each goal on a scale of 1-10 to get the group priority.

 

Example: Group Priorities

  Goal: Happiness Population Longevity
Group:        
Self   5 1 5
Family   10 5 10
Others   7 5 10
Other Species 2 10 10

 

  1. For each goal, rate each group on a scale of 1-10 to get the goal priority.

 

Example: Goal Priorities

  Goal: Happiness Population Longevity
Group:        
Self   5 1 5
Family   7 7 7
Others   5 10 10
Other Species 3 5 5

 

  1. For each cell [group, goal], multiply the group priority by the goal priority to get the overall priority.

 

Example: Overall Priority

  Goal: Happiness Population Longevity
Group:        
Self   5 * 5 = 25 1 * 1 = 1 5 * 5 = 25
Family   10 * 7 = 70 5 * 7 = 35 10 * 7 = 70
Others   7 * 5 = 35 5 * 10 = 50 10 * 10 = 100
Other Species 2 * 3 = 6 10 * 5 = 50 10 * 5 = 50

 

  1. Rank each overall priority from largest to smallest, beginning with 1.

 

Example: Ranks

  Goal: Happiness Population Longevity
Group:        
Self   5 7 5
Family   2 4 2
Others   4 3 1
Other Species 6 3 3

 

To rank groups, do the following with the overall priorities:

  1. For each group (row), add the priorities together.
  2. Rank the results from largest to smallest number.

 

Example: Group Ranks

Group   Priority Sum Rank
Self   25 + 1 + 25 = 51 4
Family   70 + 35 + 70 = 175 2
Others   35 + 50 + 100 = 185 1
Other Species 6 + 50 + 50 = 106 3

 

To rank groups, do the following with the overall priorities:

  1. For each goal (column), add the priorities together.
  2. Rank the results from largest to smallest number.

 

Example: Goal Ranks

  Happiness Population Longevity
Priority Sum 25 + 70 + 35 + 6 = 136 1 + 35 + 50 + 50 = 136 25 + 70 + 100 + 50 = 250
Rank 2 2 1

 

For a discussion of this approach and the example, see "Self Evaluation."
 
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