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Table 2 Error matrix (confusion matrix) for 2015 LU-LC change classification map

From: The implications of land use and land cover changes for rural household food insecurity in the Northeastern highlands of Ethiopia: the case of the Teleyayen sub-watershed

Classified data

Reference point data

Water body

Built-up area

Crop land and settlement

Forest land

Bare land

Shrub land

Grass land

Row total

User’s accuracy (%)

Water body

33

3

1

2

0

2

1

42

78.5

Built-up area

0

30

2

1

1

3

0

37

81

Crop land and settlement

2

0

53

3

4

3

2

67

79.1

Forest land

0

1

1

45

0

2

3

52

86.5

Bare land

2

0

2

0

55

0

0

59

93.2

Shrub land

0

0

2

0

2

55

1

60

91.6

Grass land

2

1

0

0

1

2

44

50

88

Column total

39

35

61

51

63

67

51

367

–

Producer’s accuracy (%)

84.6

85.7

86.8

88.2

87.3

82

86.2

–

–

  1. Over all accuracy = 85.8%; kappa coefficient = 83.4%