The benefit of the FACTORFINDER-Relevance-Model lies in the description of the influence of goal-promoting and goal-adverse values on the success of variants. The procedure based on this model requires to classify all variants into successful variants and failures. A more detailled classification is not neccessary. Moreover, no model on the interaction of all factors that goes beyond simple addition of effects of factors is needed. It may be left open what values are ideal and what values inhibit the success of variants. This is - as well as the relevance hypothesis - the result of the analysis.
Solely from a single acceptable variant the FACTORFINDER-Procedure could not derive any conclusions concerning the relevance of the factors and concerning the ideal values. Specific values can promote reaching the success criterion or inhibit reaching it. If a value of an acceptable example acts goal-adverse, the respective factor can be only subcritically important. Otherwise this example could not be acceptably successful.
The result of the analysis is generated by interpreting successful variants. By that, the result incorporates information on the success criterion and on properties of the factors in relation to that criterion. This relation is understood as the relevance of the factors.