Talk:Land change modeling

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Adding a section on model evaluation

I'm a student at Clark University currently studying land change modeling with Professor Robert Pontius. A small group of students including me are planning on editing this page to add a section devoted to model evaluation as part of a final project for the class. The section would be focused on pattern validation and especially emphasize 3 map comparisons that generate hits, misses, and false alarms as a metric, and the Figure of Merit as an effective single-summary metric. All three of us are new to editing Wikipedia pages, and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to provide more detailed information if necessary.

Thanks, --SamHea16 (talk) 22:44, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

SamHea16, hi Sam! First off, thank you for contributing! I would just have a couple of suggestions:

1) Make sure what you add is encyclopedic - in other words, that it presents an in-depth *summary* of a topic without going into too much detail. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a textbook. Here's a summary of the project's basic principles - WP:PILLARS.

2) Make sure that all the information you add is based on reliable sources, and is not original research (WP:NOR). If a reliable source doesn't say it, don't draw conclusions based on it.

3) It's great you're doing this work for a class. Perhaps you could recommend to your professor that he look into the Wikipedia Education program which formalizes and helps guide students through this process (WP:WEP).

Don't hesitate to ask me questions on my talk page. I'm here to help! Another great place to ask questions is the Teahouse (WP:TEA). Ganesha811 (talk) 16:21, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]