logit
noun/ˈloʊd͡ʒɪt/US/ˈlɒd͡ʒɪt/UK
Etymology
Blend of logistic + unit, by analogy with probit, coined by American statistician 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.’”
Definitions
The inverse of the sigmoid or logistic function used in mathematics, especially in…
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
- operatorname logit(p)= log (p/(1-p))= log (p)- log (1-p).!,
- Improvements in computer speed and in our understanding of simulation methods have allowed the full power of mixed logits to be utilized.
A logistic regression, which applies such a mathematical function.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for logit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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