Table 1 Hypothetical data as an example for the application of Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index (BEI)
From: Botanical Ethnoknowledge Index: a new quantitative assessment method for cross-cultural analysis
Cultural group | Number of participants in a particular group (N) | Mean number of species reported per participant in a particular group (ms) | Total number of species reported by all participants in a particular group (Sg) | Mean number of citations per species in a particular group (mc) | Total number of species reported by all compared groups in the study (St) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 30 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 50 |
B | 33 | 9 | 25 | 8 | |
C | 30 | 13 | 25 | 8 | |
D | 30 | 9 | 25 | 11 | |
E | 30 | 9 | 35 | 8 |