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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

AA Field Call ameuta arcpat artnov_ leysal_ plejam arttri_ brotec artrw_ agrcri artrw_ multi atrcan_ ephvir atrcan atrcon_ sarver atrgar_ plejam betocc brotec cerint erinau junbal pj_ artrw pj_ multi junost_ breaks_ and_pj_ grass pj_ artnov pj_ sparse popfre _salexi quegam _rhutri salexi     90% Confidence Interval
Map Data
Map Class Name
Map Code 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 25 28 29 30 37 Total Points User's Accuracy - +
ameuta 2 8                             1 25 2     2 2   40 20% 8% 32%
arcpat 3   1                                           1 100% 50% 150%
artnov_leysal_plejam 4     29           3               2 1 1         36 81% 68% 93%
arttri_brotec 5       15 1 3     2             1         1     23 65% 47% 84%
artrw_agrcri 7         23 2                   1               26 88% 76% 101%
artrw_multi 8     1     29     1     1       2   1 2         37 78% 66% 91%
atrcan_ephvir 9             3   1                 3           7 43% 5% 81%
atrcan 10     1         4 2                             7 57% 19% 95%
atrcon_sarver 12     1         1 5                             7 71% 36% 107%
atrgar_plejam 13                   2                           2 100% 75% 125%
betocc 14                     3                         3 100% 83% 117%
brotec 15       1               6                       7 86% 57% 115%
cerint 16                         2       5             7 29% -7% 64%
erinau 17                           4                   4 100% 88% 113%
junbal 18                             4                 4 100% 88% 113%
pj_artrw 19           1     1             25 6 2   2       37 68% 54% 82%
pj_multi 20 1                             2 83 3 3 7     1 100 83% 76% 90%
junost_breaks_and_ pj_grass 22                           1   2 7 24   4   1   39 62% 47% 76%
pj_artnov 25                               2 9   21 5       37 57% 42% 72%
pj_sparse 28     1                           17 1 1 19       39 49% 34% 63%
popfre_salexi 29                                         7     7 100% 93% 107%
quegam_rhutri 30                                 1         4   5 80% 41% 119%
salexi 37                           1                 5 6 83% 50% 117%
Total AA Points   9 1 33 16 24 35 3 5 15 2 3 7 2 6 4 36 155 37 28 37 10 7 6 481  
Producer's Accuracy   89% 100% 88% 94% 96% 83% 100% 80% 33% 100% 100% 86% 100% 67% 100% 69% 54% 65% 75% 51% 70% 57% 83% Overall Accuracy = 68%
90% Confidence Interval -   66% 50% 77% 81% 87% 71% 83% 41% 10% 75% 83% 57% 75% 27% 88% 55% 47% 51% 60% 36% 41% 19% 50% Kappa Index - 64%  
90% Confidence Interval +   112% 150% 99% 107% 105% 95% 117% 119% 57% 125% 117% 115% 125% 107% 113% 83% 60% 79% 90% 66% 99% 95% 117%        
   
  Key To Map Class Codes  
  ameuta Utah Serviceberry Shrubland brotec Cheatgrass Semi-natural Herbaceous Vegetation  
  arcpat Greenleaf Manzanita Shrubland cerint Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany / Slickrock Sparse Vegetation  
  artnov_leysal_plejam Black Sagebrush and Grasses Shrubland - Graminoids erinau Rubber Rabbitbrush Desert Wash Shrubland  
  arttri_brotec Basin Big Sagebrush / Cheatgrass Semi-natural Shrubland junbal Baltic Rush Herbaceous Vegetation  
  artrw_agrcri Wyoming Big Sagebrush / Seeded Grasses Semi-natural Shrubland pj_artrw Two-needle Pinyon Pine - Utah Juniper / Wyoming Big Sagebrush Woodland  
  artrw_multi Wyoming Big Sagebrush Shrubland pj_multi Two-needle Pinyon Pine - Utah Juniper / Multiple Shrub Woodland  
  atrcan_ephvir Fourwing Saltbush - Mormon Tea Talus Shrubland junost_breaks_and_ pj_grass Utah Juniper / Mixed Shrubs Talus Woodland  
  atrcan Fourwing Saltbush Shrubland pj_artnov Two-needle Pinyon Pine - Utah Juniper / Black Sagebrush Woodland  
  atrcon_sarver Shadscale - Black Greasewood Shrubland pj_sparse Two-needle Pinyon Pine - Utah Juniper / Sparse Understory Woodland  
  atrgar_plejam Gardner's Saltbush / James' Galleta Dwarf-shrubland popfre_salex Cottonwood / Coyote Willow Woodland  
  betocc Quaking Aspen - Water Birch Forest-Shrubland quegam_rhutri Gambel Oak / Skunkbush Shrubland  
                          salexi         Coyote Willow / Mesic Graminoids Shrubland          
   
Table 15. Final Contingency Table for Colorado National Monument showing both user's and producer's accuracy for all map units retained after the final analysis.

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