Bio-Statistics (QM-150)

Assignment # 1
(Due date: December 12, 2015)
In a study of the oral home care practice and reasons for seeking dental care among
individuals on renal dialysis, Atassi (A-1) studied 90 subjects on renal dialysis. The oral
hygiene status of all subjects was examined using a plaque index with a range of 0 to 3
(0 = no soft plaque deposits, 3= an abundance of soft plaque deposits). The following
table shows the plaque index scores for all 90 subjects.
1.17
1.17
2.17
1
1.33
0.33
1
0.83
0.5
1.17
1.67
1.17
0.83
2
2.17

2.5
2.17
1.17
2.17
2.17
2.17
2.17
1.17
1.5
1.33
0.33
0
1.17
2.17
2.17

2
2.17
2.5
2.17
2.83
1.83
2.17
2.17
2
1.67
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.33
2

2.33
1.33
2
1.67
1.5
2
1.33
2.5
2
2.17
2.17
2.33
2.17
2
2.17

1.67
2.17
1.5
2
2.5
2.17
2.17
2
2
1.5
2.33
1.83
2.67
2.33
2

1.33
2
1.5
2
2.33
2
2.5
2.5
2
2
2.33
2.67
1.5
2
2.17

Source: Farhad Atassi, DDS, MSc, FICOI. Used with permission.

(a) Use these data to prepare:
A frequency distribution
A relative frequency distribution
A cumulative frequency distribution
A cumulative relative frequency distribution
A histogram
A frequency polygon
(b) What percentage of the measurements are less than 2.00?
(c) What proportion of the subjects have measurements greater than or equal to 1.50?
(d) What percentage of the measurements are between 1.50 and 1.99 inclusive?
(e) How many of the measurements are greater than 2.49?
(f) What proportion of the measurements are either less than 1.0 or greater than 2.49?