Variance estimates and confidence intervals for the kappa measure of classification accuracy

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-216

  Kalkhan, M A ^a   Reich, R M ^a   Czaplewski, R L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ERRORS; ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; KAPPA STATISTIC; LAND COVER; VARIANCE ESTIMATE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031222047     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1997.10855203     Document Type: Article

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