Factor Analysis of Water Quality Observations in the Sakarya River

Authors: BÜLENT ŞENGÖRÜR, DİLŞAT İSA

Abstract: In this study, 42 water quality parameters obtained monthly from 1992 to 1996 at the last monitoring station on Sakarya River, namely Adatepe, have been evaluated. The results of factor analysis obtained from Adatepe indicate that 42 parameters can be reduced to 12 factors. Therefore, instead of measuring a large number of parameters in water quality research studies, a smaller number of carefully chosen parameters which are more critical have been determined.

Keywords: Water quality, Parameter, Principal component analysis, Factor analysis.

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