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Bayesian Network Modeling in Discovering Risk Factors of Dental Caries in Three-Year-Old Children

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Łaguna W., Bagińska J., Oniśko A.

Progress in Health Sciences

2019

vol. 1

118-125

Purpose - The aim of this study was to use probabilistic graphical models to determine dental caries risk factors in three-year-old children. The analysis was conducted on the basis of the questionnaire data and resulted in building probabilistic graphical models to investigate dependencies among the features gathered in the surveys on dental caries. Materials and Methods - The data available in this analysis came from dental examinations conducted in children and from a questionnaire survey of their parents or guardians. The data represented 255 children aged between 36 and 48 months. Self-administered questionnaires contained 34 questions of socioeconomic and medical nature such as nutritional habits, wealth, or the level of education. The data included also the results of oral examination by a dentist. We applied the Bayesian network modeling to construct a model by learning it from the collected data. The process of Bayesian network model building was assisted by a dental expert. Results - The model allows to identify probabilistic relationships among the variables and to indicate the most significant risk factors of dental caries in three-year-old children. The Bayesian network model analysis illustrates that cleaning teeth and falling asleep with a bottle are the most significant risk factors of dental caries development in three-year-old children, whereas socioeconomic factors have no significant impact on the condition of teeth. Conclusions - Our analysis results suggest that dietary and oral hygiene habits have the most significant impact on the occurrence of dental caries in three-year-olds.

The paradigm of statistical inference and the paradigm of statistical learning

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Pociecha J.

Przegląd Statystyczny

2021

vol. 68

issue 1

1-16

The starting point for the presentation of the similarities and differences between the principles of conducting statistical research according to the rules of both statistical inference and statistical learning is the paradigm theory, formulated by Thomas Kuhn. In the first section of this paper, the essential features of the statistical inference paradigm are characterised, with particular attention devoted to its limitations in contemporary statistical research. Subsequently, the article presents the challenges faced by this research jointly with the expanding opportunities for their effective reduction. The essence of learning from data is discussed and the principles of statistical learning are defined. Moreover, significant features of the statistical learning paradigm are formulated in the context of the differences between the statistical inference paradigm and the statistical learning paradigm. It is emphasised that the statistical learning paradigm, as the more universal one of the two discussed, broadens the possibilities of conducting statistical research, especially in socio-economic sciences.

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Bayesian Network Modeling in Discovering Risk Factors of Dental Caries in Three-Year-Old Children

The paradigm of statistical inference and the paradigm of statistical learning