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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

  Observation Points                                         User's Conf Interval
    Acc - +
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21        
Mapped 1 7                                         7 100% 93% 107%
Points 2 2 16                                       18 89% 74% 104%
  3     10 1                                   11 91% 72% 110%
  4                                           0 0% 0% 0%
  5         16                                 16 100% 97% 103%
  6           2                               2 100% 75% 125%
  7             25                             25 100% 98% 102%
  8               4                           4 100% 88% 113%
  9                 8   1 1                   10 80% 54% 106%
  10                   27 4 1                   32 84% 72% 96%
  11                     28 1                   29 97% 89% 104%
  12                       98                   98 100% 99% 101%
  13                         6                 6 100% 92% 108%
  14         1             1   25               27 93% 82% 103%
  15                             19             19 100% 97% 103%
  16                               15           15 100% 97% 103%
  17                                 5         5 100% 90% 110%
  18                                   17       17 100% 97% 103%
  19             1         1             35     37 95% 87% 102%
  20                                       4   4 100% 88% 113%
  21                                         24 24 100% 98% 102%
Total 9 16 10 1 17 2 26 4 8 27 33 103 6 25 19 15 5 17 35 4 24 406      
Prod Acc 78% 100% 100% 0% 94% 100% 96% 100% 100% 100% 85% 95% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%    
Con Interval - 49% 97% 95% -50% 82% 75% 88% 88% 94% 98% 73% 91% 92% 98% 97% 97% 90% 97% 99% 88% 98%    
Con Interval + 106% 103% 105% 50% 106% 125% 104% 113% 106% 102% 97% 99% 108% 102% 103% 103% 110% 103% 101% 113% 102%        
   
  Code Description  
  1 Juniperus scopularum/Orysopsis micrantha Woodland 12 Stipa comata -Bouteloua gracilis/Carex filfolia Herb. Veg.  
  2 Pinus ponderosa/Juniperus scopularum Woodland 13 Riverine Sand Flats/Bars  
  2 Pinus ponderosa/Juniperus scopularum Woodland 14 Rock Outcrop/Prairie Mosaic  
  3 Populus deltoides - (Salix amygdaloides)/Salix exigua Fldpln 15 Siltstone - Clay Butte Sparse Vegetation  
  4 Salix exigua Shrubland 16 Open Bluff/Cliff & Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Veg.  
  5 Andropogon halii --Calamovilfa longifolia Herbaceous Veg. 17 Andropogon gerardii -Calamagrostis canadensis - Helianthus g.  
  6 Cercocarpus montanus/Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland 18 Cliff/Rock Outcrop/Prairie Mosaic  
  7 Symphoricarpus occidentalis Shrubland 19 Eroding Great Plains Slopes Sparse Vegetation  
  8 Typha spp. -Equisetum hyemale/Carex spp. Seep Herbaceous 20 Water  
  9 Kochia scoparia/Bromus spp. Early Seral Community 21 Unvegetated landuse / disturbance  
  10 Mixed Grass Prairie (reseeded) 22  Pinus ponderosa - Schizachyrium scoparium Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation  
    11 Pascopyrum smithii Herbaceous Vegetation                                    

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