Fall 2014 Mathematical Sciences Honors Theses

Tracy Taylor: Implicit Priorities of Incoming College Freshmen

Abstract: We apply the Analytical Hierarchy Process, an analytical decision-making tool, in a realistic simulation for finding the ranking of priorities. In this paper, we are specifically concerned with the implicit priorities of incoming college freshmen. By demonstrating the Analytic Hierarchy Process in specific examples and in the simulation, we were able to show that the Analytic Hierarchy Process is an effective and feasible tool to use in further research on the implicit priorities of incoming college freshmen.