Why Prioritize Issues or Concerns?

Prioritizing items discussed at a meeting with a group of people can often be difficult and time-consuming. Using the method of paired comparisons can be helpful for ranking items that are too numerous or too similar to mentally rank order. This technique is objective, simple, and also ensures that every participant in a workgroup or public meeting has a voice in how things get prioritized.

These documents require Adobe Acrobat .

here (81 KB) for guidance on how to do paired comparisons by hand with the aid of a flip chart.

here (88 KB) to download Journal of Environment and Behavior November 1999 article titled "The Influence of Attitude Priming and Social Responsibility on the Valuation of Environmental Public Goods Using Paired Comparisons"

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