Determination of Impact Size by Canonic Correlation Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Buying or Selling Agricultural Lands

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the influencing factors in the data set created with the help of canonical correlation in the factors affecting the purchase or sale of agricultural lands in certain neighborhoods in the Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş province and the most effective factor or factors compared to the others. For this, a survey was conducted with the parcel owners in the determined neighborhoods and a data set of 1000 people was created. As a result of the data obtained, the first data set of the study, in which the canonical correlation method was used, was the slope and irrigation status of the land, the average productivity rate of the land, and the presence of tractors and equipment used in the land, among the factors affecting the purchase or sale of agricultural lands; land parcel size, land purchase or sale price and for what purpose the land was bought or sold were also the second data set. The rate of canonical correlation coefficient in the data sets created according to the estimation results was found to be 40.32%. In the data set we compared, the average productivity of the land was determined in the first data set with the highest effect, while in the second data set it was determined as the purpose for which the land was bought or sold