"logit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈloʊd͡ʒɪt/ [US], /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪt/ [US], /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-logit.wav Forms: logits [plural]
Etymology: Blend of logistic + unit, by analogy with probit, 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.’” Etymology templates: {{blend|en|logistic|unit}} Blend of logistic + unit Head templates: {{en-noun}} logit (plural logits)
  1. (mathematics) 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: Wikipedia link: logit Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics Related terms: probit, bit
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