Purposive versus random sampling for map validation: A case study on ecotope maps of floodplains in the Netherlands

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-434

  Knotters, M ^a   Brus, D J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Producer's accuracy; Proportion of area correctly classified; Ratio estimator; Two stage random sampling; User's accuracy

Indexed keywords

PRODUCER'S ACCURACY; PROPORTION OF AREA CORRECTLY CLASSIFIED; RANDOM SAMPLING; RATIO ESTIMATORS; USER'S ACCURACY;

DESIGN;

ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; MAP; PROBABILITY; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84879413698     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1289     Document Type: Article

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