Table 3.
Attribute ranking scores according to the information gain and Relief individual attribute ranking algorithms. The lower the score, the stronger the attribute.
| Information gain | Relief | |
|---|---|---|
| Avg reads | 3 | 1.3 |
| Orders entered | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| Avg writes | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Age | 10 | 4 |
| Parent level 3 | 1 | 15.7 |
| Merged parent level | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| Parent level 2 | 7 | 9.4 |
| HR specialty | 12 | 5 |
| Age group | 11 | 6.4 |
| AHFS class | 8 | 13.1 |
| Parent level 1 | 13 | 10.7 |
| Years of practice | 17 | 7 |
| HR discipline | 14.9 | 11.3 |
| HELP2 discipline | 16 | 14.6 |
| Merged specialty | 14.1 | 17 |
| Merged discipline | 18.1 | 18.9 |
| HELP2 specialty | 19.4 | 18.5 |
| Medications | 19.5 | 21.4 |
| Problems | 22.7 | 19.6 |
| Maintenance drug | 21.9 | 21.6 |
| Gender | 21.4 | 23 |
| DEA class code | 24 | 24 |
| Drug class code | 25 | 26 |
| Task | 26 | 25 |