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HowtoCalculateShannonWienerDiversityIndexFormula,Example

HowtoCalculateShannonWienerDiversityIndexDefinition
ThistutorialexplainshowtocalculatetheShannonWienerdiversityindexandEvenness.

Formula:
H=SUM[(pi)*ln(pi)]
E=H/Hmax
Where,
SUM=Summation
pi=Numbeofindividualsofspeciesi/totalnumberofsamples
S=Numberofspeciesorspeciesrichness
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Hmax=Maximumdiversitypossible
E=Eveness=H/Hmax

Example:

Thesamplesof5speciesare60,10,25,1,4.CalculatetheShannondiversityindexandEvennessforthesesample
values. BMI

Given:

SampleValues(S)=60,10,25,1,4
numberofspecies(N)=5

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shannondiversityindexandEvenness

Solution:

Step1:

First,letuscalculatethesumofthegivenvalues.
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Learn sum Info Share =(60+10+25+1+4)

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Buy =100

Step2: LOVEGame

Noofsample pi=sample/sum ln(pi) pi*ln(pi) PopularCalculators

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sum=100 SUM=1.07
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H=1.07 DateDay

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Step3:
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Hmax=ln(N)=ln(5)=1.61
Numbers
Evenness=H/Hmax=1.07/1.61=0.66
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Shannondiversityindex(H)=1.07
Evenness=0.66

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