Multicriteria analysis: Managing complexity in selecting a student-information system

The Selection of Multiattribute Decision Making Methods for Scholarship Student Selection

“…Among its broad range of applications, MADM has shown advantages in evaluating the performance of the resources and operations of higher education sectors in various decision contexts, with respect to conflicting performance measures or selection criteria (e.g. Saaty and Ramarujam, 1983;Blanchard et al, 1989;Davey et al, 1994;Mustafa and Goh, 1996). In these applications, MADM provides a systematic means for assisting the decision makers in making more informed decisions about the comparative performance of the resources and operations.…”

What Is the Potential for Applying Cost-Utility Analysis to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision Making in Schools?

“…Saar (1980) recommended MAUT as an evaluation model appropriate for use by practitioners in schools because it blends educators’ judgments with objective evidence, links evaluation to planning, can be conducted in a more timely and less costly manner than formal external evaluations, and engages local stakeholders in the evaluation. But despite the apparent fit between multicriteria decision analysis and the needs of decision makers in education, it has been applied in only a few instances (e.g., Blanchard, Pierce, & Hood, 1989; Lewis & Kallsen, 1995; McCartt, 1986). Levin and others have extended the multicriteria approach and demonstrated how utility can be juxtaposed against resource requirements in a cost-utility analysis to help decision makers choose among educational programs (Bitsoi Largie, 2003; Fletcher, Hawley, & Piele, 1990; Levin, 1980, 1983; Levin & McEwan, 2001; Lewis, 1989; Lewis, Johnson, Erickson, & Bruininks, 1994; Pruslow, 2001).…”