Mary Jones utilized the additive weighting technique to select a job with Sigma

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Mary Jones utilized the additive weighting technique to select a job with Sigma Ltd., in Macon, Georgia. The importance weights she placed on the four attributes in the table provided were social climate 1.00, starting salary® 0.50 career advancement = 0.33, and weatherisports = 0.25 Nondimensional values given to her ratings in the table provided were excellent = 1.00, very good =0.70 good = 0.40, fair = 0.25, and poor= 0.10. Click the icon to view the table for job offer selection data. a. Normalize Mary's importance weights. Fill in the table below. (Round to two decimal places.) Relative Rank 1.00 0.25 0.50 0.33 Attribute Normalized Rank Social climate Weatherfoutdoor sports Starting salary (per annum) Career advancement b. Develop nondimensional values for the starting salary attribute. Fill in the table below. (Round to two decimal places.) Alternative (Offers and Locations) Attribute Apex Corp., Sycon, Inc., Sigma Ltd., McGraw-Wesley New York $45,000 Macon, GA $50,000 Flagstaff, AZ $45,500 Los Angeles Starting salary (per annum) Dimensionless equivalent (DE) $46,500 c. Use the results of (a) and (b) in a decision matrix to see if Mary's choice was consistent with the results obtained from the additive weighting technique. Fill in the table below. (Round to two decimal places.) Alternative (Offers and Locations) Apex Corp, Sycon, Inc., Sigma Ltd. McGraw-Wesley, Attribute

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Attributes Relative Rank Normalised Rank ((r-1)/(R-1)) Social Climate 1 4 1 Sports 0.25 3 0.666666667 Salary 0.5 2 0.333333333 Career Advancement 0.33 1 0 Apex Corp Sycon Inc Sigma Mc-Graw Salary Per Annum 45000 46500 50000 45500 Dimensionless Equivalent 0.9 0.93 1 0.91 Apex Corp Sycon Inc Sigma Mc-Graw Social Climate Very Good Very Good Excellent Good Excellent 1 Sports Poor Good Very Good Very Good Very Good 0.7 Salary 45000 46500 50000 45500 Good 0.4 Career Advancement Fair Good Fair Excellent Fair 0.25 Poor 0.1 Apex Corp Sycon Inc Sigma Mc-Graw Social Climate 0.7 0.7 1 0.4 Sports 0.025 0.1 0.175 0.175 Salary 0.45 0.465 0.5 0.455 Career Advancement 0.0825 0.132 0.0825 0.33 Total 1.2575 1.397 1.7575 1.36 Mary Should Choose Position in Sigma Ltd.

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