Etymology

Tobit

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Today it means: a model where the dependent variable is censored. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Τωβίτ ← Hebrew טוֹבִי
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Tobit · proper noun1

  1. Hebrew · derived fromטוֹבִי
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΤωβίτ
  3. English todayTobit

From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).

Tobit · noun2

Coined by A. S. Goldberg in 1964 as these type of models were first proposed by James Tobin and are similar to probit models.

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