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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

Table 6. Contingency matrix and calculated errors for the thematic accuracy assessment of the vegetation association map of Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
   
Accuracy Assessment Observation Mapped Vegetation Association Total Error of Comission (% correct)
Conifer Plantation Early Successional Hardwood Forest Mixed Forb Marsh Northern Red Oak - Mixed Hardwood Forest Successional Old Field Sycamore Floodplain Forest Tuliptree - Beech - Maple Forest
Conifer Plantation 2             2 100.00%
Early Successional Hardwood Forest   7   1       8 87.50%
Mixed Forb Marsh     2         2 100.00%
Northern Red Oak - Mixed Hardwood Forest       3     1 4 75.00%
Successional Old Field         6     6 100.00%
Sycamore Floodplain Forest     1     5   6 83.30%
Tuliptree - Beech - Maple Forest       4     14 18 77.80%
Developed Land     1         1 N/A
Total 2 7 4 8 6 5 15 47
Error of Omission 100.00% 100.00% 50.00% 37.50% 100.00% 100.00% 93.30%    
(% correct)
      Total Points Correct 39  
  Overall Accuracy 83.00%  
  Kappa Index 78.80%  
            90% confidence interval for Kappa Index 10.90%  



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