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Calculation of Upper Confidence Bounds on Proportion of Area containing Not-sampled Vegetation Types: An Application to Map Unit definition for Existing Vegetation Maps
Paul L. Patterson, Mark Finco
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This paper explores the information forest inventory data can produce regarding forest types that were not sampled and develops the equations necessary to define the upper confidence bounds on not-sampled forest types. The problem is reduced to a Bernoulli variable. This simplification allows the upper confidence bounds to be calculated based on Cochran (1977). Examples are provided that demonstrate how the resultant equations are relevant to creating mid-level vegetation maps by assisting in the development of statistically defensible map units.
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Map unit; remote sensing; FIA; dominance type; grid sampling; confidence bounds; mid-level map