# Log odds

> The logarithm of the odds of some event. By convention, "logarithm" refers to natural logarithm, but logarithm could actually be any base greater than 1.[^1]

The logarithm of the [odds](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Odds%20(statistics.txt)) of some event. By convention, "logarithm" refers to <natural logarithm>, but logarithm could actually be any base greater than 1.[^1]

The log-odds function is the inverse of the [sigmoid function](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Sigmoid%20function.txt)

## Footnotes

[^1]: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/glossary#log-odds