A slightly more complicated Ruby script...

... to facilitate the prioritizing of various items. It asks you to choose which of two values has the higher priority. Once it has asked you about all possible pairs, it prints a report of the items sorted by number of "hits":

class Item

  attr_reader :tally, :description

  def initialize(description)

    @description = description

    @tally = 0

  end

  def incx

    @tally += 1

  end

  def <=>(other)

    other.tally <=> @tally

  end

end

items = [

"Compiling, Searching, or Researching",

"Imagining, Inventing, Creating, or Designing New Ideas",

"Analyzing, Breaking Down into its Parts",

"Adapting, Translating (incl. Computer Programming), Developing, or Improving",

"Visualing, Drawing, Painting, Dramatizing, Creating Videos or Software",

"Synthesizing, Combining Parts into a Whole",

"Deciding, Evaluating, Appraising, or Making Recommendations",

"Enabling Other People to Find or Retrieve Information",

"Communicating Well to Individuals in Writing (e.g. excellent letters)",

"Communicating Effectively to a Group or Multitude by Using Words Expressively in Speaking or Writing",

"In a Group: Leading, Taking the Lead, Being a Pioneer"

].collect{|x|Item.new(x)}

class Comparison

  attr_reader :a, :b

  def initialize(a, b)

    if rand > 0.5 then

      @a = a

      @b = b

    else

      @a = b

      @b = a

    end

  end

end

n = items.size

comparisons = []

class Array

  def my_shuffle!

    size .downto 1 do |n| push(delete_at(rand(n))) end

    self

  end

end

1.upto(n-1) {|i|

  (i+1).upto(n) {|j|

    comparisons << Comparison.new(items[i-1], items[j-1])

  }

}

comparisons.my_shuffle!

def read_char

  require "Win32API"

  Win32API.new("crtdll", "_getch", [], "L").Call

end

def input(comparison)

  case c = read_char.chr

  when "q"

    throw :quit

  when "a"

    comparison.a.incx

  when "b"

    comparison.b.incx

  else

    puts "Unrecognized command: " + c

    input(comparison)

  end

end

catch(:quit) do

  comparisons.each {|comparison|

    puts "a) " + comparison.a.description

    puts "b) " + comparison.b.description

    input(comparison)

  }

end

items.sort.each {|item|

  puts "#{item.tally} #{item.description}"

}