Table 2 0.1–0.9 scale method and its meaning.

From: Assessment of Chinese local government disaster resilience based on the D-FAHP method

Scale

Define

Explanation

0.5

Equal importance

The two factors are equally important when compared

0.6

Slightly important

Comparison of two factors, one slightly more important than the other

0.7

Clearly important

Comparison of the two factors, with one factor being significantly more important than the other

0.8

Far more important

Comparison of two factors, one much more important than the other

0.9

Extremely important

Comparison of two factors, one more extremely important than the other

0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4

Inverse comparison

If factor ri is compared with factor rj to obtain rij, the judgment obtained by comparing factor rj with factor ri is rji = 1-rij