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Table 1 Statistical analysis of the knowledge richness index (KRI) and knowledge sharing index (KSI) intracultural for the three categories of use in a rural community of northeastern Brazil

From: A new technique for testing distribution of knowledge and to estimate sampling sufficiency in ethnobiology studies

 

KRI

KSI

Categories

of use

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Number of

people

Number of residences

Fuel

0.8285 ± 1.611 a*

0.6198 ± 0.377 a

71

31

Food

0.8511 ± 1.39 a**

0.5769 ± 0.421 a

77

32

Medicinal

0.2848 ± 0.55 b

0.6644 ± 0.370 a

85

36

  1. * H = 32.8168; p < 0.0001; ** H = 28.5688; p < 0.0001
  2. Values followed by the same letters in the same column do not show significant differences
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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