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From: Comparison of methods for measuring and assessing carbon stocks and carbon stock changes in terrestrial carbon pools. How do the accuracy and precision of current methods compare? A systematic review protocol

Figure 2

Calculated minimum detectable difference (MDD) in soil organic carbon inventory as a function of variance (σ2) and sample size (n). The MDD is the smallest difference that can be detected (α = 0.05) between two mean soil organic carbon inventories with 90% confidence (1 − β) given the average variance (mean square error from ANOVA) and the sample size [82]. Used with permission, from Journal of Environmental Quality, 1999 28:1359–1365.

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