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Accuracy Assessment Matrix

CODES AA 6151, 6505, 6267 6324, 6129 6253 6252 6506, 6293, 5005, 6134, 5101 6506, 6129, 5005 6508, 6053, 6250, 6292 6411, 6508 6041 5046 6154 6116 6303, 6320 6506, 6134 6053, 6303, 5101 6220, 6395 6198, 6098, 6507 6510 5094 6274 6529, 6106 6062, 6158 6512 6225, 6260, 6513, 6248 6158, 6512, 6225, 6248, 6513, 6412, 6519, 6521, 6524 4201, 6006 6412, 6519, 6345, 6153, 6521 6346, 6153, 6275, 6196, 2386 TOTAL USERS'
ACCUR-
ACY
Confidence Intervals
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MAP                                                             - +
SF, SFM 49   1 2     6           5       4                       67 73% 63% 83%
WPC 1 15                         3                           19 79% 61% 97%
WRP     5                                                   5 100% 90% 110%
MDF 1     18                 7                               26 69% 52% 86%
OPF         16               1   1                           18 89% 74% 104%
WPM 7 2   1 1 19             1   4                           35 54% 39% 70%
MCW 7         50 1       1 1       1   1                   62 81% 72% 90%
WCW 1             3         1                               5 60% 14% 106%
JPW                 5     1     1                           7 71% 36% 107%
PPB                   1                                     1 100% 50% 150%
PPC                     1                                   1 100% 50% 150%
PPW             2         21 1   1                           25 84% 70% 98%
ABF, ABW, ABS 1       4 1             49     1     1                   57 86% 78% 94%
ROW                         2 24                             26 92% 82% 103%
MW   1   2 2 2 1         2     22                           32 69% 54% 84%
MAS 1                       2     7 1         3             14 50% 24% 76%
CSW, WCS 1           4           1       83         1 1   4       95 87% 81% 94%
CB                                   3                     3 100% 83% 117%
BBSS             4           1         1 29                   35 83% 71% 95%
AM                                       1                 1 100% 50% 150%
SVH*                                         23               24 96% 87% 105%
ASP                               1           18     2   5   26 69% 52% 86%
SG                                           2 12 1 3       18 67% 46% 88%
DSB                                               3         3 100% 83% 117%
FX                                 2               30     2 34 88% 78% 99%
TG                                                   5     5 100% 90% 110%
SMG                                             4   3   20   27 74% 58% 90%
OWM                                                 1     16 17 94% 74% 106%
TOTAL 69 18 6 23 23 22 67 4 5 1 1 25 72 24 32 9 91 4 31 1 23 24 17 4 43 5 25 18 688
PRODUCERS' ACCURACY 71% 83% 83% 78% 70% 86% 75% 75% 100% 100% 100% 84% 68% 100% 69% 78% 91% 75% 94% 100% 100% 75% 71% 75% 70% 100% 80% 89%  
Confidence Interval - 61% 66% 50% 62% 52% 72% 65% 27% 90% 50% 50% 70% 58% 98% 54% 49% 86% 27% 85% 50% 98% 58% 49% 27% 57% 90% 65% 74%  
Confidence Interval + 81% 101% 117% 95% 88% 101% 84% 123% 110% 150% 150% 98% 78% 102% 84% 106% 97% 123% 102% 150% 102% 92% 92% 123% 82% 110% 95% 104%  
Overall Accuracy = 80% Kappa adjustment = 79% *Map class SVH had one error to map class SVT. SVT was not assessed for accuracy and thus, is not shown in this matrix.  
                                                                   
    KEY TO MAP CLASS CODES                                                        
    (via order on matrix)           SVH Open Headland - Beach Strand     6129 Hemlock - Hardwood Forest           6395 Red Maple Swamp Woodland      
    SF Spruce - Fir Forest (conifer phase)       SVT Sparsely Vegetated Talus       6134 Central Appalachian High-Elevation Red Oak Woodland, Northern Variant 6411 White-cedar Woodland        
    SFM Spruce - Fir Forest (mixed phase)       ASP Alder Shrubland         6151 Maritime Spruce - Fir Forest           6412 Eastern Tussock Sedge Meadow      
    WPC White Pine - Mixed Conifer Forest       SG Sweetgale Mixed Shrub Fen       6153 Eastern Cattail Marsh           6505 Successional Spruce - Fir Forest      
    WRP Red Pine - White Pine Forest         DSB Dwarf Shrub Bog         6154 Coastal Pitch Pine Outcrop Woodland         6506 Successional Oak - Pine Forest      
    MDF Beech - Birch - Maple Forest       FX Fen Complex         6158 Northern Peatland Shrub Swamp         6507 Northern White-cedar Wooded Fen      
    OPF Oak - Pine Forest           TG Tidal Marsh         6196 Open Water Marsh with Mixed Submergents/Emergents     6508 Cedar Seepage Slope        
    WPM White Pine - Hardwood Forest       SMG Graminoid Shallow Marsh       6198 Red Maple - Conifer Acidic Swamp         6510 Crowberry - Bayberry Maritime Shrubland    
    MCW Mixed Conifer Woodland         OWM Open Water - Deep Marsh Complex     6220 Northern Hardwood Seepage Swamp         6512 Sweetgale Mixed Shrub Swamp      
    WCW White Cedar Woodland                       6225 Northern Dwarf-shrub Bog           6513 Leatherleaf Acidic Fen        
    JPW Jack Pine Woodland         KEY TO CEGL CODES       6248 Maritime Crowberry Bog           6519 Seasonally Flooded Mixed Graminoid Meadow    
    PPB Pitch Pine - Heath Barren         (via numerical order)         6250 Red Spruce Talus Slope Woodland         6521 Slender Sedge Fen        
    PPC Pitch Pine - Corema Woodland       2386 Water Lily Aquatic Wetland       6252 Northern Hardwood Forest           6524 Few-seeded Sedge - Leatherleaf Fen      
    PPW Pitch Pine Woodland         4201 Brackish Tidal Marsh, Cattail Variant     6253 Red Pine - White Pine Forest           6529 Northern Maritime Rocky Headlands      
    ABF Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex (forest phase)   5005 Sugar Maple - White Pine Forest     6260 Maritime Peatland Sedge Lawn         6534 Northern Lichen Talus Barrens      
    ABW Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex (woodland phase) 5046 Pitch Pine / Blueberry spp. - Huckleberry Woodland 6267 Red Spruce - Hardwoods Forest                        
    ABS Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex (shrubland phase) 5094 Blueberry Granite Barrens       6274 Northern Beachgrass Dune                          
    ROW Red Oak Woodland         5101 White Pine - Oak Acid Bedrock Glade     6275 Bulrush Deepwater Marsh                          
    MW Mixed Conifer - Deciduous Woodland       6006 Spartina High Salt Marsh       6292 Black Spruce / Heath Rocky Woodland                      
    MAS Red Maple - Hardwood Swamp       6041 Jack Pine Heath Barren       6293 White Pine - Oak Forest                          
    CSW Conifer Swamp Woodland
(spruce-mixed phase)
  6053 Spruce - Fir Rocky Summit       6303 Early Successional Woodland/Forest                        
    WCS Conifer Swamp Woodland
(white cedar phase)
  6062 Alluvial Alder Thicket       6320 Red Oak Talus Slope Woodland                        
    CB Crowberry - Bayberry Headland       6098 Black Spruce Woodland Bog     6324 Eastern Hemlock - White Pine - Red Spruce                      
    BBSS Blueberry Bald - Summit Shrubland Complex     6106 Sea-rocket - Oysterleaf Sparse Vegetation   6345 Bayonet Rush Herbaceous Vegetation                      
    AM Dune Grassland           6116 Pitch Pine Rocky Summit       6346 Seven-angle Pipewort - Dortmann's Cardinal-flower Herbaceous Vegetation                
                                                                   

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