probit

English

Etymology

Blend of probability +‎ unit. Coined by Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934:[1] “These arbitrary probability units have been termed ‘probits’…”

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒbɪt

Noun

probit (plural probits)

  1. (statistics) A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses
  2. The probit function, the inverse of the cumulative distribution function.

See also

References
  1. Bliss, C. I. (1934) “The method of probits”, in Science, volume 79, number 2037, →DOI, →JSTOR, →PMID, pages 38–39

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English probability.

Pronunciation

Noun

probit

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, mathematics) probability
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