Niccolucci, Michael J. 1989. Predicting salability of timber sale offerings in the Forest 

 Service Northern Region. Res. Pap. INT-418. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 13 p. 



Some 389 sold and unsold timber offerings in the Northern Region of the Forest 

 Service were used to develop classification equations. Equations were designed to be 

 used at three points in the Gates timber sale planning process. Classification results 

 ranged from 59 to 90 percent correct classification. 



KEYWORDS: unsold timber sales, classification, Gates timber sale planning process, 

 logistic regression, discriminant analysis 



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