Table 3 Differences in subgroup and population means

From: Forest carbon program enrollment in Pennsylvania falls below survey predictions

 

Normalized mean difference

P-value for one-sample t test

 

Declined

In process

Enrolled

Declined

In process

Enrolled

Normalized vegetation index (NDVI), 1985

0.142

0.080

−0.017

0.000

0.000

0.249

Change in NDVI, 1985–2019

−0.096

0.098

−0.122

0.000

0.000

0.000

Average annual percent forested area cut, 1985–2019

0.074

0.028

0.067

0.000

0.000

0.000

Average annual percent forested area cut, 1985–1999

0.150

0.057

0.003

0.000

0.000

0.827

Average annual percent forested area cut, 2000–2014

0.111

0.083

0.358

0.000

0.000

0.000

Average annual percent forested area cut, 2015–2019

0.286

0.028

0.091

0.000

0.000

0.000

Forest area (Ha)

0.509

0.478

0.330

0.000

0.000

0.000

Forest area: Less than 4 ha

−0.383

−0.399

−0.350

0.000

0.000

0.000

Forest area: 4–20 ha

−0.060

−0.019

0.054

0.000

0.007

0.000

Forest area: 40–79 ha

0.219

0.240

0.232

0.000

0.000

0.000

Forest area: 80 or more ha

0.402

0.299

0.060

0.000

0.000

0.000

Distance to road, meters

0.440

0.195

0.425

0.000

0.000

0.000

Distance to road: Less than 100 m

−0.321

−0.232

−0.425

0.000

0.000

0.000

Distance to road: 100–249 m

−0.126

0.045

0.027

0.000

0.000

0.064

Distance to road: 250–500 m

0.117

0.108

0.149

0.000

0.000

0.000

Distance to road: 500 or more meters

0.344

0.073

0.251

0.000

0.000

0.000

Years owned

0.035

−0.226

−0.326

0.002

0.000

0.000

Years owned: Less than 5 years

−0.007

0.196

0.311

0.518

0.000

0.000

Years owned: 5–9 years

−0.047

0.009

0.070

0.000

0.238

0.000

Years owned: 10–14 years

−0.021

0.129

−0.068

0.057

0.000

0.000

Years owned: 15 or more years

0.048

−0.242

−0.265

0.000

0.000

0.000

Owner is a person, not entity

−0.314

0.015

−0.025

0.000

0.043

0.077

Owner’s address is within 40 km of parcel

−0.087

−0.135

−0.169

0.000

0.000

0.000

  1. The first three columns show the subsample mean values less the population mean value divided by the population standard deviation. Thus, it measures mean differences in standard deviation units. The p-values shown in the right three columns correspond to a one-sample t test for the hypothesis that the given subsample (e.g., enrolled parcels) was drawn at random from the population of likley eligible parcels.