<!-- @license Apache-2.0 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> # logit > Compute the [logit][logit] function. <section class="intro"> The [logit][logit] function is defined as the logarithm of the odds `p / (1-p)`; i.e., <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:logit_function" align="center" raw="\operatorname{logit}(p)=\log \left({\frac {p}{1-p}}\right)" alt="Logit function."> --> <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\operatorname{logit}(p)=\log \left({\frac {p}{1-p}}\right)" data-equation="eq:logit_function"> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@bb29798906e119fcb2af99e94b60407a270c9b32/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/logit/docs/img/equation_logit_function.svg" alt="Logit function."> <br> </div> <!-- </equation> --> The [logit][logit] function is the inverse of the [standard logistic][standard-logistic] function, sometimes also called the sigmoid function. </section> <!-- /.intro --> <section class="usage"> ## Usage ```javascript var logit = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/logit' ); ``` #### logit( p ) Computes the [logit][logit] function. ```javascript var v = logit( 0.2 ); // returns ~-1.386 v = logit( 0.9 ); // returns ~2.197 ``` If `p < 0` or `p > 1`, the function returns `NaN`. ```javascript var v = logit( 1.3 ); // returns NaN v = logit( -0.2 ); // returns NaN ``` </section> <!-- /.usage --> <section class="examples"> ## Examples <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> ```javascript var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); var logit = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/logit' ); var p; var i; for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) { p = randu(); console.log( 'logit(%d) = %d', p, logit( p ) ); } ``` </section> <!-- /.examples --> <section class="links"> [logit]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logit [standard-logistic]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function </section> <!-- /.links -->