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Rock Creek Park Accuracy Assessment Contigency Matrix
    AA Points                     Total Users Con Con
  1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 10B 11 13 Unk. Acc Interval- Interval+
Mapped 1 18         1           19 95% 84% 106%
Points 2 7     1           1 9 78% 49% 106%
  3   6     1 2         9 67% 35% 98%
  4     26 2     2         30 87% 75% 99%
  5       27   2 2       31 87% 76% 99%
  6         10 7 3         20 50% 29% 71%
  8           35 3 1       39 90% 80% 99%
  10 1     3 2   7 26 2     4 45 58% 45% 71%
  10B         7   2 2 19     30 63% 47% 79%
  11                 19   19 100% 97% 103%
  13                   6   6 100% 92% 108%
  Unk                         0 0% NA NA
  Total 19 7 6 29 38 11 53 40 24 19 6 5 257    
  Prod Acc 95% 100% 100% 90% 71% 91% 66% 65% 79% 100% 100% 0% Total In Agreement= 199
  Con Interval -  84% 93% 92% 79% 58% 72% 54% 51% 63% 97% 92% -10% Overall Accuracy= 77%
  Con Interval + 106% 107% 108% 101% 84% 110% 78% 79% 95% 103% 108% 10%        
Rock Creek Park Accuracy Assessment Contigency Matrix with Beech Subclasses Combined
  AA Points Total Users Con Con
  1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 13 Unk. Acc Interval- Interval+
Mapped 1 18           1       19 95% 84% 106%
Points 2   7     1       1 9 78% 49% 106%
  3     6     3       9 67% 35% 98%
  4     26 2   2       30 87% 75% 99%
  5       27 4       31 87% 76% 99%
  6         10 10       20 50% 29% 71%
  10 1     3 9 97   4 114 85% 79% 91%
  11             19   19 100% 97% 103%
  13               6   6 100% 92% 108%
  Unk.                     0 0% NA NA
  Total 19 7 6 29 38 11 117 19 6 5 257  
  Prod Acc 95% 100% 100% 90% 71% 91% 83% 100% 100% 0% Total In Agreement= 216
  Con Interval -  84% 93% 92% 79% 58% 72% 77% 97% 92% -10% Overall Accuracy= 84%
  Con Interval + 106% 107% 108% 101% 84% 110% 89% 103% 108% 10%        
01 = Forest canopy gap
02 = Loblolly pine - mixed oak forest
Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, falcata, stellata) Forest [Provisional]
03 = Virginia pine - oak forest
Pinus virginiana - Quercus (alba, stellata, falcata, velutina) Forest Association
04 = Sycamore - green ash forest (floodplain forest)
Platanus occidentalis - Fraxinus pennsylvanica Forest
05 = Tulip poplar forest
Liriodendron tulipifera Forest [Provisional]
06 = Chestnut oak forest
Quercus (prinus, velutina) / Gaylussacia baccata Forest
07 = code not used
08 = MIXED OAK/BEECH VARIANT of Beech - white oak / mayapple forest
Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba / Podophyllum peltatum Forest
09 = code not used
10 = Beech - white oak / mayapple forest (CLASSIC TYPE)
Fagus grandifolia - Quercus alba / Podophyllum peltatum Forest
10B = Beech - white oak / mayapple forest (CLASSIC TYPE) beech/tulip component Fagus grandifolia -
Quercus alba / Podophyllum peltatum Forest
11 = Shrub areas
12 = Managed grass/lawns
13 = Meadow grasslands
14 = Managed grass/lawns with trees (No AA on this map class)
98 = Water (No AA on this map class)

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