Human Ecology: Toward a Holistic Method
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly
- Vol. 45 (1) , 25-42
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3349046
Abstract
In terms of method, a holistic technique for ecological analysis is demonstrated. Given sufficiently comprehensive data, factor analysis can reveal the relationships among ecological variables as interrelated associated systems which, when viewed as a whole, should approximate a model of man''s relations with his total environment. In terms of ecological theory, the potential utility of such a model lies not only in its possible contributions to the development of more systematic concepts, but also in its role as a frame of reference, or common ground, among the several disciplines concerned with studies of man and his environment.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The BC Try Computer System of Cluster And Factor AnalysisMultivariate Behavioral Research, 1966