Kauko Hahtola

Faktorianalyysi metsänomistajien käyttäytymistutkimuksissa.

Hahtola K. (1971). Faktorianalyysi metsänomistajien käyttäytymistutkimuksissa. Silva Fennica vol. 5 no. 3 article id 4850. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a14652

Abstract

Some alternative ways of using factor analysis in the field of forest owners’ behaviour are explored in the article, in the light of two new Finnish publications. The philosophical and mathematical propertied of factor analysis are often considered too restrictive, and thus its applicability to different fields too limited. A good knowledge of the method and the subject matter theories seems to be an important prerequisite for a successful application of factor analysis. Otherwise the researcher is too dependent on the general recommendations concerning the use of factor analysis and cannot fit its use in his special situation and the whole methodological setting of the study.

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Original keywords
metsänomistajat; tilastomenetelmät; asenteet; asennetutkimus; faktorianalyysi

English keywords
forest owners; factor analysis; attitude research; statistical methods

Published in 1971

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