MIRKAZEMI, S. A.; HEMMATINESGAD, M. A.; GHOLIZADEH, M. H.; RAMAZANIAN, M. R. Application of
the analytic hierarchy process for the performance evaluation criteria of sport offices in universities. Brazilian
Journal of Biomotricity, v. 3, n. 4, p. 390-398, 2009.In this paper we identify and prioritize the performance
evaluation criteria of physical education and sport offices at universities by employing the Analytical
Hierarchical Process (AHP). Priority has been based on mathematical principles resulting from this method
through the identified criteria. This study has identified seven criteria, namely: budget, the human resources,
facilities, income, equipment, operational activities and education and research activities, with 33
alternatives, and the weight and importance of each by expert`s judgment, with the goal of identifying and
determining the superior criteria for assessing physical education departments at universities. The results
showed that alternatives such as, the ratio of students participating in extracurricular activities to the total
number of students at university, in time and complete access to sport spaces and the university sport
current budget, having the highest degrees of importance 0.395, 0.174 and 0.167, respectively, and the
number of unskilled labor (man and woman) with the lowest degree of importance of 0.01.
