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