Discriminant analysis and an application

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS AND AN APPLICATION(M.Sc. Thesis)Mert ÜNALGAZI UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYOctober 2006ABSTRACTWater production, distribution and consumption in the municipalitiesconstitutes a most important place in the Turkey?s energy sector.In this study, wen municipalities have been reclassified after the discriminantanalysis was applied to the water statistics of the year 2001 taken fromTURKSTAT (TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE). The rest of themunicipalities totally 65, are presumed to be placed into the new groups thatappeared after the classification process.Science Code : 205.1.009Key Words : Discriminant Analysis, Discriminant Functions, WenMunicipalities, Water StatisticsPage Number : 51Adviser : Instructor Yrd. Doc. Dr. Selahattin ERGEÇ