Topics in circular statistics /
Coupled with the discussion of new theoretical research the book should benefit both the researcher and the practitioner."--Jacket.
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| Language: | English |
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River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
[2001]
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| Series: | Series on multivariate analysis ;
v. 5. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Applications and Background. 1.3. Descriptive Statistics
- 2. Circular Probability Distributions. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Circular Distributions. 2.3. Bivariate Circular Distributions. 2.4. Generation of Circular Random Variables. 2.5. Appendix: Curved Exponential Families and CND
- 3. Some Sampling Distributions. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Generalized Pearson's Random Walk Problem. 3.3. Sampling Distributions for CN Distribution. 3.4. Some Large Sample Results. 3.5. Two or More Samples. 3.6. Approximate Distributions for Large [kappa]
- 4. Estimation of Parameters. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. CN Distribution. 4.3. CN Mixtures. 4.4. ML Estimation for the WC Distribution. 4.5. Circular Beta Distribution. 4.6. WS Family. 4.7. Confidence Intervals. 4.8. Appendix: Proofs
- 5. Tests for Mean Direction and Concentration. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Single Population. 5.3. Two or More Populations.