Statistic-definitions

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14.11.2 Statistic Detailed Descriptions

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14.11.2.1 Statistic

Statistic
Standards Status	This element has a standards status of "Draft"
Element Id	Statistic
Definition	A fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data. A mathematical or quantified characteristic of a group of observations.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	BackboneType
Summary	true
Statistic.description
Element Id	Statistic.description
Definition	A description of the content value of the statistic.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	string
Summary	true
Statistic.note
Element Id	Statistic.note
Definition	Footnotes and/or explanatory notes.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Annotation
Summary	true
Statistic.statisticType
Element Id	Statistic.statisticType
Definition	Type of statistic, eg relative risk.
Cardinality	0..1
Terminology Binding	StatisticStatisticType (Extensible)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Statistic.quantity
Element Id	Statistic.quantity
Definition	Statistic value.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	Quantity
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize
Definition	Number of samples in the statistic.
Cardinality	0..1
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.description
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.description
Definition	Human-readable summary of population sample size.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	string
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.note
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.note
Definition	Footnote or explanatory note about the sample size.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Annotation
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.numberOfStudies
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.numberOfStudies
Definition	Number of participants in the population.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	integer
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.numberOfParticipants
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.numberOfParticipants
Definition	A human-readable string to clarify or explain concepts about the sample size.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	integer
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.knownDataCount
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.knownDataCount
Definition	Number of participants with known results for measured variables.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	integer
Summary	true
Statistic.sampleSize.numeratorCount
Element Id	Statistic.sampleSize.numeratorCount
Definition	Number of participants with “positive” results, only used to report actual numerator count for a proportion.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	integer
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate
Definition	An estimate of the precision of the statistic.
Cardinality	0..*
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.description
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.description
Definition	Human-readable summary of the estimate.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	string
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.note
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.note
Definition	Footnote or explanatory note about the estimate.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Annotation
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.type
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.type
Definition	The estimateType of precision estimate, eg confidence interval or p value type.
Cardinality	0..1
Terminology Binding	StatisticAttributeEstimateType (Extensible)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.quantity
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.quantity
Definition	The singular quantity of the precision estimate, for precision estimates represented as single values; also used to report unit of measure.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	Quantity
Summary	true
Comments	Often the pvalue.
Statistic.attributeEstimate.level
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.level
Definition	Use 95 for a 95% confidence interval.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	decimal
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.range
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.range
Definition	Lower bound of confidence interval.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	Range
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier
Definition	An estimate of the precision of the estimate.
Cardinality	0..*
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.description
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.description
Definition	Human-readable summary of the estimate.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	string
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.note
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.note
Definition	Footnote or explanatory note about the estimate.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Annotation
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.type
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.type
Definition	The estimateType of attribute estimate, eg confidence interval or p value type.
Cardinality	0..1
Terminology Binding	StatisticAttributeEstimateType (Extensible)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.quantity
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.quantity
Definition	The singular quantity of the attribute estimate, for attribute estimates represented as single values; also used to report unit of measure.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	Quantity
Summary	true
Comments	Often the pvalue.
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.level
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.level
Definition	Use 95 for a 95% confidence interval.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	decimal
Summary	true
Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.range
Element Id	Statistic.attributeEstimate.estimateQualifier.range
Definition	Lower bound of confidence interval.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	Range
Summary	true