We inspected the spectra of all EDR objects that were selected for reasons other than being a galaxy, or which were classified by the spectroscopic pipelines as not being a galaxy. Table 31 summarizes the number of quasars, galaxies, stars of various types, unknown objects, and spectra that are defective for some reason. We have prepared a catalog of all spectroscopically confirmed quasars in the EDR by visually inspecting all the spectra. This catalog is presented in schneider01, and is available on our web site.
Various spectroscopic samples may be constructed from the EDR. Table 32 summarizes the number of objects with spectra in four broad target samples: ``Main Galaxy'', ``Luminous Red Galaxy'', ``Main Quasar'', and ``High Redshift Quasar.'' In the table, we first list the number of targets selected in each class (as well as in all ``other'' samples), and then the number of spectra with high confidence and good status for the redshift determination, respectively. Finally, we list the number of objects classified as galaxy, quasar, and neither, for each of the samples.
Figures 14 and 16 show the redshift distributions for the galaxy and quasar samples, respectively. The contribution from each of the samples is shown, along with the distribution of all redshifts for classified spectra. Figures 15 and 17 are ``pie charts'' for objects from the equatorial data (runs 94/125 and 752/756).