probit

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English

Etymology

Blend of probability +‎ unit. Coined by Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

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probit (plural probits)

  1. (statistics) A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses

References

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