For example, there is the case of the 17 year old female who applied to 25 universities. She consulted the Maclean's rankings, and gave the rankings a weight of 2 (out of 4) for how much it influenced her descision.
Therefore, since it had a weight of 2, using the index, we get an MW of 10.
She also took two other factors into account.
Since, MRV=1-(MW*# of other factors)/100
Therefore, MRV=1-(10*2)/100
MRV=1-(20)/100
MRV=1-(0.2)
MRV=0.8

Since she has the high score of 0.8, it can be concluded that the Macleans magazine ranking had a significant impact on her descision.