Evaluation of development Level in townships of Hamedan province by using of Quantitative Models

One of the common criteria in regional Development planning is the ranking of regions based on their share of different development indicators. In the present study attempts are made to investigate development indicator in townships of Hamedan province by using factor analysis and cluster analysis techniques. The research strategy quantitative- analytical and the member of indicator under study was 44. The result of using factor analysis is the reduction of 44 research indicator into five final factors based on the calculated factorial advantages, the result of using cluster analysis technique is dividing townships of Hamedan province into four homogeny gropes. Based on the combination indicator of townships calculated by makgranahan technique, the townships of Hamedan province have been categorized into 4 levels: Very developed level: Hamedan Developed level: Malayer under developed level: Nahavand Deprived and non-developed level: Kobudarahong, Razan, Tuiserkan, Bahar and Assadabad.Key Words: development indicators, factor analysis, makgranahan, Hamedan province.Key Words: development indicators, factor analysis, makgranahan, Hamedan province.