Abstract
Questionnaire survey is a commonly used way to collect opinions and views in AHP/ANP. However, many factors such as tedious design format, redundant content, long length etc, may lead to inconsistent comparison matrix for the decision problem. Invalid or bad results of a questionnaire survey may cause the decision makers to make wrong decision. Furthermore, in the AHP/ANP, the score items for a comparison matrix in a questionnaire increase drastically if there are more comparisons, which result in longer survey.
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Since ANP is a generalization of the AHP, and AHP is the special case of ANP, therefore, the improvement of questionnaire design in AHP by IBMM is only addressed in this Chapter.
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Kou, G., Ergu, D., Peng, Y., Shi, Y. (2013). IBMM for Questionnaire Design Improvement. In: Data Processing for the AHP/ANP. Quantitative Management, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29213-2_5
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