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A user interactive method of operating a computer is provided for producing a user-weighted ordinal rank order preference scale of rank ordered expression alternatives associated with a plurality of expressions. In the preferred method, the user interacts with the computer system to initially rank a

A user interactive method of operating a computer is provided for producing a user-weighted ordinal rank order preference scale of rank ordered expression alternatives associated with a plurality of expressions. In the preferred method, the user interacts with the computer system to initially rank all of the alternatives and then assigns point values to the alternatives whereupon the computer calculates a point value weight for each factor level.

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A user-interactive method of operating a computer for producing an overall ranking of data items such as job factor levels, alternatives, and the like making up a data set, the computer including a memory for storing data including said data set, an input device for entering data, and an output devi

A user-interactive method of operating a computer for producing an overall ranking of data items such as job factor levels, alternatives, and the like making up a data set, the computer including a memory for storing data including said data set, an input device for entering data, and an output device for displaying data, said method comprising the steps of: (a) storing said data set in said memory whereby said data items included in said data set are arranged into a plurality of categories with the data items included in each category having a category rank relative to one another and presenting a pair of terminal items respectively representing the highest and lowest ranked items in the category; (b) retrieving from the memory and displaying on the output device a data display including a terminal data item of corresponding category rank from selected ones of the categories; (c) entering into the computer data representative of the user\s selection of the one of the items included in said display; (d) assigning in the computer a sequential rank to said user\s selection and storing said sequential rank in the memory; (e) retrieving from the memory a previously non-displayed replacement data item from the same category as said selection and nearest in category rank to said selection, and replacing said selection on said display with said replacement data item; and (f) repeating steps (c) and (e) until a sequential rank has been assigned and stored for each item from said selected ones of the categories thereby producing an overall ranking of the data items thereof.