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1. Which technique had the fastest estimated sampling time?
The technique with the fastest sampling times was systematic with 12 hours and 35 minutes.
2. Compare the percentage error of the different strategies for the two most common and two rarest species.
| Common / Rare | Sampling Technique | % Error |
| Common (Eastern Hemlock) | Random | 28.6% |
| Haphazard | 20.6% | |
| Systematic | 17.4% | |
| Common (Sweet Birch) | Random | 4.3% |
| Haphazard | 4.3% | |
| Systematic | 26.0% | |
| Rare (White Pine) | Random | 197.6% |
| Haphazard | 48.8% | |
| Systematic | 138.1% | |
| Rare (Red Maple) | Random | 8.9% |
| Haphazard | 19.2% | |
| Systematic | 14.4% |
3. Was one sampling strategy more accurate than another?
Based on the information presented in the above table, no single sampling technique was more accurate than another.
