Logit

English

Etymology

Template:Blend, by analogy with Template:M, coined by Joseph Berkson in 1944: “I use this term [logit] for $\ln p/q$ following Bliss, who called the analogous function which is linear on $x$ for the normal curve ‘probit.’”

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Lb the inverse of the "sigmoid" or "logistic" function used in mathematics, especially in statistics. The logit of a number p between 0 and 1 is given by the formula: Template:C

   $\mathrm{logit}(p)=\log \left(\frac{p}{1-p}\right)=\log (p)-\log (1-p).$

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See also

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Old Norse

Participle

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Verb

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