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Describing the severity of mottling in a community: a different approach
Author(s) -
Butler William,
Segreto Vincent,
Collins Edwin
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb00453.x
Subject(s) - medicine , odds , measure (data warehouse) , index (typography) , statistics , odds ratio , data mining , logistic regression , mathematics , world wide web , computer science
Dean's community mottling index, though a useful summary measure, suffers from the use of arbitrary scores and the inability to describe the frequency in each of the levels of mottling. An alternative statistical approach, based on the proportional odds model, is used here to describe the severity of mottling in a community. The use of this model is demonstrated on prevalence data collected on 16 Texas communities.