Clayton is looking for a house to buy. As he looks at different houses, he weighs the different features that...

Clayton is looking for a house to buy. As he looks at different houses, he weighs the different features that each house offers. For instance, while he prefers a brick house, he saw a wooden house that had a better floor plan, a reasonable price, and was in a good school district. Clayton decides that the wooden house is a better buy despite not being made of brick. His decision-making style involved the use of a ________.