A method for evaluating the area of the normal function

  • Authors:

  • Frank B. Baker

  • Affiliations:

  • Univ. of Maryland, College Park

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1961

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Abstract

Many statistical procedures require the cumulative area and ordinate of the normal function corresponding to a given deviate. The development of a computer program for the application of probit analysis [1] to bio-assay led to the method described here.