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County Seats Of Northeast Iowa: A Multivariate Classification, William E. Blake Jan 1969

County Seats Of Northeast Iowa: A Multivariate Classification, William E. Blake

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The purpose of the study was to classify, or group, the fifteen county seats of northeast Iowa according to selected demographic, social, and economic phenomena. To achieve such groupings various methods and techniques of multivariate analysis were utilized. The desire to group the county seats based upon their likenesses or homogeneous traits was paramount. A brief historical overview of Iowa, and a discussion of the reasons for county seat selection, were used to set the background for a multivariate classification of northeast Iowa county seats. Selected accounts of northeast Iowa county establishment and organization were cited as an introductory aid …