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Accuracy Assessment Final Matrix

Table 9.  Final Contingency Table for Vegetation Accuracy Assessment
    COMMISSION CONFIDENCE
REFERENCE CLASS ERROR INTERVAL
            TOTAL N % CORRECT - +
  P1 P2 WM HB PJ        
P1 19 0 0 0 13 32 59.4 44.8 72
MAP P2 0 29 4 0 2 35 82.9 70.8 89.5
CLASS WM 0 1 4 0 0 5 80 41.6 93.4
  HB 0 0 0 3 0 3 100 46.4 100
  PJ 10 1 0 0 16 27 70.4 55.1 81.1
TOTAL N   29 31 8 3 31 102      
                     
OMISSION ERROR                  
% CORRECT 65.5 93.5 50 100 51.6        
90% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL              
-   50.8 83.4 24 46.4 38.3        
+   77 96.7 76 100 64.6        
                     
OVERALL TOTAL ACCURACY = 80.8
OVERALL KAPPA INDEX = 57.9%
OVERALL TOTAL ACCURACY 90% LOWER & UPPER CONFIDENCE INTERVALS 62.7%, 75.4%
(OMISSION & COMMISSION ERRORS CALCULATED USING TOTAL ACCURACY, NOT USING KAPPPA INDEX)
   
Key to Map Class Codes  
P1 Ponderosa Pine Complex 1 WM Wet Meadow (Carex lanuginosa - Calamagrostis stricta HV 
P2 Ponderosa Pine Complex 2 HB Bur Oak / Ironwood Woodland   
        PJ Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland   

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