A study on an approach of comprehensive evaluation on the combination of Weight Treatment and Gradient Treatment

The determination of weight factor is a complicated and essential issue in the credibility of the comprehensive evaluation of outcome. This paper discusses the effectiveness of weight assignment in comprehensive evaluation through applying three approaches: Weight Treatment, Gradient Treatment, and the combination of both. After evaluating comprehensively the major economic indicators of the nation´s 12 island counties (districts) in 2006, the paper leads to the conclusion that the combination of Weight Treatment and Gradient Treatment is the most effective way in dealing with comprehensive evaluation.