A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGE IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER WATERSHED¹

Abstract

Factor analysis is used to identify and summarize the socioeconomic changes occurring in the Tennessee River Watershed. A general factor analysis program is applied to a set of 25 socioeconomic variables hypothesized to represent many of the dimensions of regional socioeconomic change. The analysis identifies seven factors that underlie and explain socioeconomic change in the Tennessee River Watershed. (KEY TERMS: Tennessee River; factor analysis; socioeconomic change.)