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Table 5 Accuracy assessment of report for 1973 and 2015 reference data in the study areas, Sidama, South Ethiopia

From: Human-climate induced drivers of mountain grassland over the last 40 years in Sidama, Ethiopia: perceptions versus empirical evidence

Year of reference data 1973

Year of reference data 2015

Land cover type

FL

GL

SL

BL

AL

Total

UA (%)

FL

GL

SL

BL

AL

Total

UA (%)

FL

66

4

5

4

1

80

82

56

0

4

1

2

63

88.89

GL

0

25

2

0

0

27

93

0

11

0

2

0

13

84.62

SL

1

1

4

0

0

6

67

0

0

8

0

0

8

100

BL

0

0

0

1

0

1

100

5

0

0

14

1

20

70

AL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

20

22

90.91

Column total

67

30

11

5

1

114

 

62

11

13

17

23

126

 

PA (%)

98

83

36

20

0

  

90

94

61.54

82.35

86.96

  

Overall classification accuracy = 84.21%, overall Kappa statistics = 0.6962

Total no. of samples 114, accurate samples 96

Overall classification accuracy = 86.51, Kappa statistic = 0.8031

PA = producer’s accuracy, UA = user’s accuracy

Total no. of samples 126

No. of accurate samples 109