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

• Main Authors: Sousa Araújo Thiago (Author), Almeida Alyson (Author), Melo Joabe (Author), Medeiros Maria (Author), Ramos Marcelo (Author), Silva Rafael (Author), Almeida Cecília (Author), Albuquerque Ulysses (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We propose a new quantitative measure that enables the researcher to make decisions and test hypotheses about the distribution of knowledge in a community and estimate the richness and sharing of information among informants. In our...