Mill's ratio

The Mills' ratio is the ratio of the complementary c.d.f. to the p.d.f. for a continuous variable.


Description

The ratio is defined in reference to a p.d.f. f(.) and the corresponding c.d.f. F(.).

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This is the inverse of the hazard rate.

For the standard normal distribution, lower and upper bounds can be proven for this ratio. As x approaches negative infinity, the ratio approaches 0. As x approaches infinity, the ratio approaches infinity.


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Statistics/MillsRatio (last edited 2025-08-06 03:04:19 by DominicRicottone)