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Table 4 Relative importance of the variables studied in the first two discriminant functions

From: How does urbanization affect perceptions and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants?

Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients

Variable

Function

1

2

Sex

− 0.1002

− 0.0953

Age

− 3.1193

6.4347

Birthplace

− 0.1734

0.1926

Ocupation

0.3962

0.3197

Number of species

− 0.7418

− 0.6630

Number of native species

− 1.4697

− 0.0436

Number of introduced species

0.7278

− 0.6194

Number of wild TDF species

− 1.2784

0.3881

Number of domesticated species

1.0076

− 1.0529

Number of ruderal species

− 0.1274

− 0.1139

Number of herbaceous species

− 0.0989

− 0.1353

Number of ruderal and herbaceous species

− 0.3304

0.0692

Number of species collected

− 1.7439

− 0.5615

Number of species purchased

1.0749

− 0.0085

 

0.3174

− 0.1511

  1. Bold text indicates the most important variables in the discriminant function