MetricDefinition element

Describes the metrics produced by an assessment.

Usage

<MetricDefinition>
  child elements
</MetricDefinition>

Attributes

There are no attributes.

Child elements

Element	Description
BetterDirection	This node describes the direction that is better . For some metrics this is higher for others it is lower.
DecimalPlaces	The number of decimal places to retain for the metric.
Description	This node contains the description of the assessment.
Importance	The importance of the activity.
Ordinal	Ordinal of this MetricDefinition within MetricDefinitions.
PrimaryStatistic	This node describes the primary descriptive statistic the assessment author recommends for describing the metrics.
SecondaryStatistic	This node describes the secondary descriptive statistic the assessment author recommends for describing the metrics.
StandardType	This node describes the metric's data type.
Units	This node describes the units of the metric's value.

Child element sequence

(
  Description, 
  StandardType, 
  Units, 
  DecimalPlaces, 
  Ordinal, 
  BetterDirection, 
  PrimaryStatistic, 
  SecondaryStatistic, 
  Importance
)

Parent elements

Element	Description
MetricDefinitions	This element contains a collection of MetricDefinition elements.

Element information

Can be empty	No

See also

AXE Assessment Manifest