An analytic hierarchy process for school quality and inspection: Model development and application

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 437-459

  Al Qubaisi, Amal ^a   Badri, Masood ^b   Mohaidat, Jihad ^a   Al Dhaheri, Hamad ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Al Rashedi, Asma ^a   Greer, Kenneth ^a  

^a Abu Dhabi Education Council   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Analytic hierarchy process; Multi criteria decision models; School inspection; School quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962142271     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-09-2014-0123     Document Type: Article

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