... check the suitability of the de-signed model for the prediction. Deviance residu-als are based on the contribution of the observed responses to the log-likelihood statistic, while Pearson χ2 ... to the frequent neglect of tending and forest sanitation measures on the part of small owners. In the Orava region, where the disturbance pattern is in transition between the previous regions, ... parameters of the discriminant model, used for the estimation, whether the critical damage occurred or did not occur in the Low Tatras region, as a surrogate of direct visual classifi cation of forest...