Table 2 Confusion Matrices for Random Forest Analysis using 10,000 trees with each column demonstrating the number of individuals identified as P. glauca, I. oxyrinchus or A. vulpinus by the analysis.

From: Organic contaminants as an ecological tool to explore niche partitioning: a case study using three pelagic shark species

 

P. glauca

I. oxyrinchus

A. vulpinus

Class Error

P. glauca

21

0

1

0.0454

I. oxyrinchus

0

45

1

0.0217

A. vulpinus

2

1

50

0.0566

  1. Out of Bag (OOB) estimate of error rate was 4.13%. Out of bag error estimate is the rate at which the analysis incorrectly identified species.
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