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Table 1 Answers elicited by interviewers in comparison to their own knowledge

From: Who should conduct ethnobotanical studies? Effects of different interviewers in the case of the Chácobo Ethnobotany project, Beni, Bolivia

Three interviewers who tended to elicit answers similar to their own

 

Species

Species mentions

Uses

Use mentions

Plant-uses

Plant-use mentions

BCM

      

 Novel

84

1193

27

4059

216

2030

 Same as interviewer

57

2866

22

3895

58

2029

 Chance novel

 

29%

 

51%

 

50%

MOV

 Novel

102

710

34

2429

282

1372

 Same as interviewer

46

1719

16

2181

52

1057

 Chance novel

 

29%

 

53%

 

56%

SCO

 Novel

106

1206

29

2903

233

1541

 Same as interviewer

48

1697

20

2779

52

1362

 Chance novel

 

42%

 

51%

 

53%

Two interviewers who tended to elicit answers more different from their own

GCM

 Novel

93

686

33

2106

252

1095

 Same as interviewer

49

1420

25

2026

60

1011

 Chance novel

 

33%

 

51%

 

52%

MSM

 Novel

104

722

29

1783

266

1225

 Same as interviewer

49

1061

23

1570

48

558

 Chance novel

 

40%

 

53%

 

69%