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Accuracy Assessment Preliminary Matrix

Table 8. Preliminary Contingency Table for Vegetation Accuracy Assessment
                              COMMISSION CONFIDENCE
                            ERROR - % INTERVAL
                            TOTAL N CORRECT    
M C   WW GP KB KW PB PF PJ PN PS PW WS     - +
A L���� WW 10 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30 33.3 21.8 48.5
P A GP 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40 11.2 79.8
P S KB 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 100 87.2 100
E S KW 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 10 100
D   PB 0 0 0 0 15 3 5 3 3 1 0 30 50 36.8 63.2
    PF 0 0 0 0 5 10 3 3 4 5 0 30 33.3 21.8 48.5
    PJ 0 0 0 0 2 1 20 4 0 1 0 28 71.4 57.2 81.3
    PN 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 19 2 1 0 30 63.3 48.7 75.2
    PS 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 2 11 0 0 30 36.7 24.8 51.3
    PW 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 3 8 6 0 30 20 10.8 36.7
    WS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    TOTAL N 10 9 26 6 47 23 32 34 28 14 2 231      
                                   
OMMISSION ERROR                              
% CORRECT 100 22 65 17 32 44 63 56 39 43 0        
90% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL                          
- 79.4 6.1 50 1.7 23 29 49 42 26 24 0        
+ 100 62 77 79 44 60 74 68 55 65 0        
OVERALL KAPPA ACCURACY = 48.1%
OVERALL KAPPA INDEX = 41.4%
OVERALL TOATAL ACCURACY 90% LOWER & UPPER CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 42.1%, 54.0%
(OMMISSION & COMMISSION ERRORS CALCULATED USING TOTAL ACCURACY, NOT KAPPA INDEX)
   
  Key to Map Class Codes  
   
  WW Western-wheat Grass - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation  
  GP Little Bluestem - Threadleaf Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation  
  KB Kentucky Bluegrass Disturbed Community  
  KW Kentucky Bluegrass / Snowberry Mosaic  
  PB Ponderosa Pine / Little Bluestem Woodland  
  PF Ponderosa Pine / Snowberry Forest  
  PJ Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland  
  PN Ponderosa Pine / Ninebark Forest  
  PS Ponderosa Pine / Sunsedge Woodland  
  PW Ponderosa Pine / Bearberry Woodland  
  WS Western Snowberry Shrubland                        

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