Blog Post 4
Which technique had the fastest estimated sampling time?
For this tutorial I used the area based method and I found that the technique that had the fasted estimated sampling time was the systematic sample at 12 hours and 34 minutes.
Compare the percentage error of the different strategies for the two most common and two rarest species. Did the accuracy change with species abundance? Was one sampling strategy more accurate than another?
The rarest species found was the white pine, and the most accurate sampling method was the systematic method. The most common species was the eastern hemlock, and the most accurate sampling strategy for this species was the systematic method. As species abundance increased, the accuracy of each method also increased and for the rare species the accuracy was significantly lower.
Percentage Error
Most Common: Eastern Hemlock
Systematic: 1.13 %
Random: 11%
Haphazard: 21%
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Rarest Species: White Pine
Systematic: 4.78%
Random: 50%
Haphazard: 50%