probit

A unit, derived from a standard normal distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses.

Noun

  1. A unit, derived from a standard normal distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses.
    • The only limitation of probit models is that they require normal distributions for all unobserved components of utility. […] In the current section, I describe three simulators that are applicable for probits of any...
  2. The probit function, the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution function.

Origin

Blend of probability + unit. Coined by American statistician Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934: “These arbitrary probability units have been termed ‘probits’…”

Forms

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