Probability-distribution-type.xml

Definition for Value SetProbabilityDistributionType

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="probability-distribution-type"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00"/>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="extensions"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid">
    <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.325"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/probability-distribution-type"/>
  <version value="0.5.0"/>
  <name value="ProbabilityDistributionType"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Codes specifying the type of probability distribution"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2015-04-03T14:24:32+11:00"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ProbabilityDistributionType"/>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="The beta-distribution is used for data that is bounded on both sides and may or may not
           be skewed (e.g., occurs when probabilities are estimated.) Two parameters a and b are
           available to adjust the curve. The mean m and variance s2 relate as follows: m = a/ (a
           + b) and s2 = ab/((a + b)2 (a + b + 1))."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="B"/>
        <display value="beta"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="Used for data that describes extinction. The exponential distribution is a special form
           of g-distribution where a = 1, hence, the relationship to mean m and variance s2 are m
           = b and s2 = b2."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="E"/>
        <display value="exponential"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="Used to describe the quotient of two c2 random variables. The F-distribution has two parameters
           n1 and n2, which are the numbers of degrees of freedom of the numerator and denominator
           variable respectively. The relationship to mean m and variance s2 are: m = n2 / (n2 -
           2) and s2 = (2 n2 (n2 + n1 - 2)) / (n1 (n2 - 2)2 (n2 - 4))."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="F"/>
        <display value="F"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="The gamma-distribution used for data that is skewed and bounded to the right, i.e. where
           the maximum of the distribution curve is located near the origin. The g-distribution has
           a two parameters a and b. The relationship to mean m and variance s2 is m = a b and s2
           = a b2."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="G"/>
        <display value="(gamma)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="The logarithmic normal distribution is used to transform skewed random variable X into
           a normally distributed random variable U = log X. The log-normal distribution can be specified
           with the properties mean m and standard deviation s. Note however that mean m and standard
           deviation s are the parameters of the raw value distribution, not the transformed parameters
           of the lognormal distribution that are conventionally referred to by the same letters.
           Those log-normal parameters mlog and slog relate to the mean m and standard deviation
           s of the data value through slog2 = log (s2/m2 + 1) and mlog = log m - slog2/2."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="LN"/>
        <display value="log-normal"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="This is the well-known bell-shaped normal distribution. Because of the central limit theorem,
           the normal distribution is the distribution of choice for an unbounded random variable
           that is an outcome of a combination of many stochastic processes. Even for values bounded
           on a single side (i.e. greater than 0) the normal distribution may be accurate enough
           if the mean is &quot;far away&quot; from the bound of the scale measured in terms of standard
           deviations."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="N"/>
        <display value="normal (Gaussian)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="Used to describe the quotient of a normal random variable and the square root of a c2
           random variable. The t-distribution has one parameter n, the number of degrees of freedom.
           The relationship to mean m and variance s2 are: m = 0 and s2 = n / (n - 2)."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="T"/>
        <display value="T"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="The uniform distribution assigns a constant probability over the entire interval of possible
           outcomes, while all outcomes outside this interval are assumed to have zero probability.
           The width of this interval is 2s sqrt(3). Thus, the uniform distribution assigns the probability
           densities f(x) = sqrt(2 s sqrt(3)) to values m - s sqrt(3) &gt;= x &lt;= m + s sqrt(3)
           and f(x) = 0 otherwise."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="U"/>
        <display value="uniform"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition">
          <valueString value="Used to describe the sum of squares of random variables which occurs when a variance is
           estimated (rather than presumed) from the sample. The only parameter of the c2-distribution
           is n, so called the number of degrees of freedom (which is the number of independent parts
           in the sum). The c2-distribution is a special type of g-distribution with parameter a
           = n /2 and b = 2. Hence, m = n and s2 = 2 n."/>
        </extension>
        <code value="X2"/>
        <display value="chi square"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>