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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Frequency Metrics

Two different frequency metrics are offered in the Vegetation Graphical Database Browser, Percent Frequency and Relative Frequency.

Percent Frequency
Percent frequency is a measure of how often a species is encountered. It is calculated by dividing the number of sites where a species occurs by the total number of sites sampled and multiplying by 100. It is displayed as a bar chart over a range of years. percent frequency chart
Relative Frequency
relative frequency chart Relative Frequency compares the frequency of one species to all species. It is calculated by dividing the number of occurrences for a single species by the total number of occurrences for all species. It is displayed as a pie chart representing one year.

 

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