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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

    Reference Data (Field Data for Accuracy Assessment Class) Total Commission Error 90% Confidence Intervals  
  Map Code Other*1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 N (% Correct) - +
Sample Data (Map Classes) 1 1 16                   1                           17 94.1 71.4 21.5 16.0
2     4                                             4 100.0 59.7 100 4.0
3       0 1           1                             2 N/A N/A N/A 0
4         27     1       2                           30 90.0 77.4 95.9 27
5         1 5                                       6 83.3 49.8 96.2 5.0
6             1 1                                   2 50.0 12.1 87.9 1.0
7         8     4 6     1                           19 21.1 9.8 39.5 4.0
8 1       3 2   4 13 1 2 1   1                       26 50.0 31.9 61.6 13.0
9                   16   4   4 2 1                   28 57.1 43.6 73.2 16.0
10   1           2     26                             27 96.3 76.7 95.8 26.0
11         2     1   1   24   1   1                   30 80.0 65.7 89.3 24.0
12                     1   22     3                   26 84.6 69.8 92.9 22.0
13         2       1   1 5   19   2                   29 65.5 50.2 78.1 19.0
14         1         2 3 7     5   1                 19 26.3 13.4 45.1 5.0
15 1       1           1 2 2 3   18 2                 29 62.1 45.1 73.3 18.0
16         1         1   3     1   22                 26 84.6 63.6 88.5 22.0
17                                   0             1 1 N/A N/A N/A 0.0
18                                     1             1 100.0 27 100 1.0
19                                       3           3 100.0 52.6 100 3.0
20                                         3         3 100.0 52.6 100 3.0
21         1                                 6       7 85.7 54.7 96.7 6.0
22         3       1                           1     5 20.0 45.6 65.5 1.0
23                                               0   0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0
24                       1                         4 5 80.0 43.5 95.4 4.0
Total N 3 17 4 0 51 7 1 13 21 21 35 51 24 28 8 25 25 0 1 3 3 6 1 0 5 Total Sampling Points: 347*2  
Omission Error (% Correct) N/A 94.1 100.0 N/A 52.9 71.4 100.0 30.8 61.9 76.2 74.3 47.1 91.7 67.9 62.5 72.0 88.0 N/A 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 N/A 80.0 Total Correct: 240������������������������������ Overall Accuracy: 69.2%  
90% Confidence Intervals - N/A 77.4 59.7 N/A 41.6 40.9 27.0 14.6 44.1 58.5 60.7 36.0 77.7 52.3 34.8 55.7 73.5 N/A 27.0 52.6 52.6 68.9 27.0 N/A 43.5 Kappa Index: 66.7%  
+ N/A 98.7 100.0 N/A 64.0 90.0 100.0 53.5 77.0 87.9 84.4 58.4 97.2 80.2 83.9 84.0 95.1 N/A 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 N/A 95.4 90% Confidence Interval:64.1-%, 71.8+%  
*1 Other was recorded in cases where none of the map labels available adequately described the vegetation  
*2 Total Sampling Points excludes undescribed, land cover, and land use classes (map classes other, 3, 17, and 23) that do not validate the Kappa statistic assumption  
  16.0 4.0 0 27 5.0 1.0 4.0 13.0 16.0 26.0 24.0 22.0 19.0 5.0 18.0 22.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 0.0 4.0    
   
  1 Sparsely Vegetated Coconino Sandstone 13 Ponderosa Pine - Pinyon Pine - Juniper / Gambel Oak Woodland  
  2 Sparsely Vegetated Kaibab Limestone 14 Ponderosa Pine / Gambel Oak Woodland                
  3 Sparsely Vegetated Intermittent Drainage Channel 15 Ponderosa Pine / Mixed Graminoid Woodland Complex  
  4 Blue Grama - Mountain Muhly Grassland Group 16 Douglas-fir / Gambel Oak Forest  
  5 Introduced Western Wheatgrass Grassland 17 Rural Resident  
  6 Common Horehound - Prairie Dog Town 18 Ranch Developments  
  7 Snakeweed / Modified Grassland Complex 19 NPS Facilities  
  8 Rabbitbrush / Blue Grama Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation 20 Utility Corridors  
  9 Limestone Rim Complex 21 Transportation Routes  
  10 Canyon Floor Complex 22 Pastures  
  11 Pinyon Pine � Utah Juniper / Blue Grama Woodland 23 Reservoirs  
      12   Ponderosa Pine - Pinyon Pine � Juniper / Blue Grama Woodland   24   Stock Tanks and Dams                  

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