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Original Articles

Statistics for a New Test of Discordance in Circular Data

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Pages 1882-1890 | Received 22 Sep 2010, Accepted 13 Sep 2011, Published online: 13 Jun 2012
 

Abstract

This article considers the derivation of approximate distributions for two types of statistics that can be used in developing new tests of discordance in circular samples from the von Mises distribution. An alternative test of discordance is proposed based on the circular distance between sample points. The advantage of the test is that it allows users to detect possible outliers in both univariate and bivariate circular data. For illustration, the test is applied to two real circular data sets.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification:

Acknowledgment

The authors are most grateful to the Associate Editor and referees for their thorough reading and valuable suggestions which led to a substantial improvement of the article.

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