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Accuracy Assessment Final Matrix

                                COMMISSION ERROR % CORRECT CONFIDENCE INTERVAL
   
  REFERENCE CLASS TOTAL N
      BB BU CP GH MK CW PB PD PJ PP1 PP2 SC     - +
    BB    1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 10 100
    BU   0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 63.1 100
M C CP 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 63.1 100
A L GH 0 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 30 83.3 70.9 89.9
P A MK 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100 31.6 100
P S CW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 10 100
E S PB    0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 80 41.6 93.4
D   PD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100 10 100
    PJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100 10 100
    PP1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 3 0 40 90 80.8 94.1
    PP2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 8 0 19 42.1 26.1 60.7
    SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100 56.3 100
TOTAL N   1 8 5 25 2 1 9 1 1 46 11 4 114  
OMISSION ERROR  
 % CORRECT 100 62.5 100 100 100 100 44.4 100 100 78.3 72.7 100  
90% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL  
- 10 34.4 63.1 91.1 31.6 10 21.1 10 10 68 48.9 56.3  
+ 100 82.6 100 100 100 100 71.4 100 100 85.1 86.2 100  
   
OVERALL TOTAL ACCURACY = 81.6%  
OVERALL KAPPA INDEX = 76.2%  
OVERALL TOTAL ACCURACY 90% LOWER & UPPER CONFIDENCE INTERVALS 75.5% AND 86.0%  
(OMMISSION & COMMISSION ERRORS CALCULATED USING TOTAL ACCURACY, NOT USING KAPPA INDEX)  
   
  Key to Map Class Codes  
   
  BB Wyoming Big Sagebrush / Bluebunch Wheatgrass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation MW Mosaic - Western Wheatgrass / Little Bluestem Grassland  
  BU Green Ash - American Elm / Wolfberry Forest PB Ponderosa Pine / Bur Oak Woodland  
  CP Eastern Cottonwood - Peach Leaf Willow / Narrow-Leaf Willow Woodland PJ Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland  
  GH Grassland Complex PP1 Ponderosa Pine Complex I  
  MK Mosaic - Kentucky Bluegrass / Little Bluestem Grassland PP2 Ponderosa Pine Complex II  
                      SC Silver Sage Brush / Western-Wheat Grass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation

Table 9. Final Contingency Table for Vegetation Accuracy Assessment

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