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Table 4 F-value results of comparing Laplace and Simple Good-Turing smothing for single-year (2005_1) and five-year (2005_5) observation amounts. Cells are subdivided to hold results from each abundance quartile separately; quartile order is clockwise (see top left of table). The right-hand portion of the table summarizes means for all conditions. In 2005, 31 of the 104 Jasper Ridge species were not observed. During the five-year span only one species remained unobserved.

From: Optimizations for the EcoPod field identification tool

Legend for Cell Partitions:

Laplace 5 Years F values

SGT 1 Year F values

SGT 5 Years F values

Mean Number of Questions ± SD

Q 4:F1,25

Q 1:F1,26

        

Q 3:F1,26

Q 2:F1,25

        

Laplace 1 Year

ns

ns

4.5

9.3

ns

ns

3.7 ± 1.1

5.2 ± 2.3

  

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

4.3 ± 1.5

4.0 ± 1.9

Laplace 5 Years

  

ns

8.3

ns

ns

3.5 ± 1.2

5.4 ± 2.6

    

ns

ns

ns

ns

4.6 ± 2.0

4.4 ± 2.3

SGT 1 Year

Italicized

F values: p < .0.1,

others: p < .05.

ns

11.4

3.5 ± 1.1

6.5 ± 3.3

      

ns

ns

4.3 ± 1.4

4.4 ± 2.5

SGT 5 Years

      

3.5 ± 1.2

5.1 ± 2.3

        

4.4 ± 1.9

4.4 ± 2.4