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PREDICTED UPGROWTH, MORTALITY, AND CONVERSION; 



ACTUAL INGROWTH 36 



ALL COMPONENTS PREDICTED 36 



Predicting Subplots and Averaging vs. Predicting Plot 



Averages 36 



RESULTS OF STUDY 37 



CONCLUSIONS 40 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 40 



APPENDIX A — DATA PROBLEMS 46 



APPENDIX B — DISTRIBUTION OF TREES WITHIN A DIAMETER CLASS. . 49 



APPENDIX C — DEVELOPMENT OF DIAMETER GROWTH MODELS 50 



Prior Findings 50 



General Model Form 51 



The Random Error Component 52 



Definition of Independent and Dependent Variables 53 



Development of Equations 55 



Multicollinearity and Ridge Regression 61 



APPENDIX D — CORRECTION FOR LOG BIAS 65 



APPENDIX E — DEVELOPMENT OF MORTALITY MODELS 67 



Prior Findings 67 



Definition of Variables and Transformations 57 



"Screening" Independent Variables 69 



APPENDIX F — DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVERSION MODEL 75 



APPENDIX G — DEVELOPMENT OF RECRUITMENT MODELS 77 



Prior Findings 77 



Total Ingrowth Model Development 78 



Through-Growth Model Development 84 



APPENDIX H — DEVELOPMENT OF HEIGHT EQUATIONS 87 



Even-Aged Height Equation 87 



Uneven-Aged Height Equation 87 



APPENDIX I — EXAMINATION OF STATISTICAL TESTS USED IN 



VALIDATION 89 



APPENDIX J — DESCRIPTION OF CONTROL CARDS 91 



