I just want to have a positive critique from experts in the field of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine on our recentlyintroduced Index?

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Shujaul Mulk Khan

Inayat Ur Rahman, can you comment on Dr Arshad's critique! Thanks

Tariq Habib

Dear Dr. Sb

I agree with Dr. ARSHAD'S comments about the application of similarity indices weather new or previous due to

1. Cultural, economic, social, geopolitical and many other aspects(factors) vary from region to region and even in the same region the changing life style along with changing socioeconomic condition; all effect the knowledge, practices and wisdom of people who are owner and custodian of ethnobotanical knowledge. These variables are major contributing factors in determining the ethnobotanical practices/knowledge. In all said along with proposed index to determine similarity among MPs, the contribution of these variables is ignored/ measured.

2. Different researcher use and apply different data collection approaches to reach their objectives. So objective of study changes (and it really happens to bring novality, fill the gap). The studies with multiple objectives could not be judged by single tool. e.g objective of documenting TEK produces different results and objective to record declining trend of TEK generate different data set. Approaches also matter alot as open ended and close ended questionnaire, number of informants, demographic status of informants any many others; they are not same in any study. There is no uniformity in data of papers.

3. Taxonomic skill and local terminology of diseases are also not same in both researchers and informants which may result chaos in data sets.

Whereas for determining similarity index by JI or SI the procedure adopted to collect data about any target group is always predefined.

Tariq Habib Dr sb thanks Inayat Ur Rahman can you send me the tables used in the analyses! so that we can share with Dr Sb!