Decision Table

Decision-making in selecting a university

Tasks to perform:

1. List criteria important in the process of a university selection (Table 1)

2. Assign weight to each factor using Paired Comparison Analysis (Table 2)
3. Select 3 universities (University WSB among them)
4. Evaluate if it is a strong or weak side of the university using a scale from 1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
5. Calculate weighted values and their total for each university
6. Build a ranking of the analyzed universities
7. Make critical comments related to the applied methodology, what else could be evaluated using this tool?

Table 1. Factor analysis of the universities

Criteria weight BSU BHOS
AWSB
1. Tuition fee 3 4 8 5 15 1 3
2. Location 1 5 5 4 4 3 3
3. Education quality 3 5 15 5 15 5 15
4. Place in rankings 2 3 6 4 8 4 8
5. Campus facilities 1 3 3 1 1 2 2
6. Languages 1 4 4 2 2 2 2
7. Faculties 2 3 6 2 4 1 2
8. Living expenses 3 4 12 4 12 1 3
9. Additional offer 2 2 4 1 2 1 2
10. Scholarship 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
Total 19 x 65 x 64 x 41
weight: 1 – low, 2 – average, 3 – high
measuring scale: 1 – very weak, 2 – weak, 3 – average, 4 – strong, 5 – very strong

Table 2. Paired Comparison Analysis for the criteria

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7
2 0 X 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
3 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7
4 1 1 0 X 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
5 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 0 2
7 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 0 1 1 3
8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 X 1 1 9
9 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 0 4
10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 3

0-3 – low 1; 4-6 average - 2; 7-9 high – 3.

Ranking of the universities based on the analysis

1.wsb university in Krakow
2.Baku State University in Azerbaijan
3. Baku High Oil School in Azerbaijan