scipy/numpy inverse cumulative normal

[bartsimpson8882002]

I was wondering if scipy/numpy has the inverse cumulative normal
function, ie the function f in this expression

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(1.2)) = 1.2

or more generally, a function f which fits the criteria

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(x)) = x

There is a distribution called invnorm, but I am not sure of how to use
it.

[Robert Kern]

ba****************@yahoo.com wrote:

I was wondering if scipy/numpy has the inverse cumulative normal
function, ie the function f in this expression

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(1.2)) = 1.2

or more generally, a function f which fits the criteria

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(x)) = x
Look in the file where all of the distributions are defined,
Lib/stats/distributions.py . You will find that each distribution object also
has a method call .ppf(), the Percent Point Function, the inverse of the CDF.

In [1]: from scipy.stats import norm

In [2]: norm.ppf(norm.cdf(1.2))
Out[2]: array(1.2000000000000004)
There is a distribution called invnorm, but I am not sure of how to use
it.

invnorm is another probability distribution entirely. Don't bother with it.

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Robert Kern
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"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco

[noonoo]

In article <ma***************************************@python. org>,
ro*********@gmail.com says...

ba****************@yahoo.com wrote:

I was wondering if scipy/numpy has the inverse cumulative normal
function, ie the function f in this expression

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(1.2)) = 1.2

or more generally, a function f which fits the criteria

f(scipy.stats.norm.cdf(x)) = x

Look in the file where all of the distributions are defined,
Lib/stats/distributions.py . You will find that each distribution object also
has a method call .ppf(), the Percent Point Function, the inverse of the CDF.

In [1]: from scipy.stats import norm

In [2]: norm.ppf(norm.cdf(1.2))
Out[2]: array(1.2000000000000004)

There is a distribution called invnorm, but I am not sure of how to use
it.

invnorm is another probability distribution entirely. Don't bother with it.

Great thanks very much. Exactly what I was looking for. And seeing the
scipy.info for ppf, that's exactly what it says as well. Got distracted
by the invnorm distribution :-(