probit
English
Etymology
Blend of probability + unit. Coined by Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934[1].
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒbɪt
Noun
probit (plural probits)
- (statistics) A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses
References
- Bliss CI. (1934), “The method of probits”, in Science, volume 79, issue 2037, DOI:, JSTOR 1659792, PMID 17813446, pages 38–39