[1930–35; prob(ability) + (un)it]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hypercorrection, logical positivism, preset, saddle stitch, uncertainty principle
Examples of 'probit' in a sentence
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A bivariate probit model was used to estimate the statistical tests.
Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Fábio Tatei, Natália Ferreira Batista 2010, 'Impactos do Programa Bolsa Família federal sobre o trabalho infantil e a frequênciaescolar Impacts of the Bolsa Família Program on child labor and school attendance',Revista de Economia Contemporâneahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-98482010000200003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The probit model was used in the analysis of data.
Anselm Komla Abotsi, Gershon Yawo Dake, Richard Abankwa Agyepong 2014, 'Factors Influencing Risk Management Decision of Small and Medium Scale Enterprisesin Ghana', Contemporary Economicshttp://ce.vizja.pl/en/download-pdf/id/380. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A binary probit model was developed to analyze the data.
Crespo de Carvalho J, Sequeira L 2013, 'Buyer-seller conflict and cooperation in marketing channels: port wine distribution',International Journal of Wine Researchhttp://www.dovepress.com/buyer-seller-conflict-and-cooperation-in-marketing-channels-port-wine--a12675. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three probability models (logit, probit and scobit models) are used.
Haifeng Guo, Tienan Wang, Yijun Li, Hung-Gay Fung 2014, 'Challenges to China's new stock market for small and medium-size enterprises: tradingprice falls below the IPO price', Technological and Economic Development of Economyhttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/4337. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Crucially, the probit analysis revealed violations of perceptual independence that remain undetected by marginal analysis.
Natalie eMestry, Tamaryn eMenneer, Michael J Wenger, Nick eDonnelly 2012, 'Identifying sources of configurality in three face processing tasks', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00456/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Third, we estimated average marginal effects of variables in probit models.
Minghui Yin, Balekouzou Augustin, Chang Shu, Tingting Qin, Ping Yin 2016, 'Probit Models to Investigate Prevalence of Total Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetesamong Aged 45 Years or Older Adults in China', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0164481. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper employs an ordered probit model to construct cooking patterns and fuel choices.
Jean Hugues Nlom, Aziz A. Karimov 2015, 'Modeling Fuel Choice among Households in Northern Cameroon', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/8/9989. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The responses from a paired comparison valuation method were assessed using a probit regression.
Ian Neethling, Jennifer Jelsma, Lebogang Ramma, Helen Schneider, Debbie Bradshaw 2016, 'Disability weights from a household survey in a low socio-economic setting: how doesit compare to the global burden of disease 2010 study?', Global Health Actionhttp://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/31754/pdf_332. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Probit analysis showed that increased exposure time and essential oil concentration increased mortality.
Asgar Ebadollahi 2011, 'Chemical constituents and toxicity of Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) kuntze essentialoil against two stored-product insect pests Componentes químicos y toxicidad del aceiteesencial de Agastachefoeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze contra dos plagas de insectos de productosalmacenados', Chilean Journal of Agricultural Researchhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392011000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)