Cut-Off Points for Various Tests for Circular Uniformity

V. J. Devaraaj*, S. V. S. Girija**, A. V. Dattatreya Rao***
* Associate Professor, Department of Basic Science & Humanities, V.K.R, V.N.B and A.G.K. College of Engineering, Gudivada, (A.P), India.
** Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Hindu College, Guntur, (A.P), India.
*** Former Professor, Department of Statistics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, (A.P), India.
Periodicity:October - December'2017
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.6.4.13863

Abstract

Because of central role played by Circular Uniform Distribution, the most important hypothesis about a distribution on the Circle is that of Uniformity. Though several tests were proposed, cut-off points for various sample sizes and level of significance were not made available in the literature. Hence, an attempt is made here to present tables of cut-off points and their utility in discussing goodness of fit of a model is presented.

Keywords

Circular Model, Cut-off Points, Goodness of Fit, Wrapped Lognormal, Wrapped Logistic, Wrapped Extreme-Value Models

How to Cite this Article?

Devaraaj, V.J., Girija, S.V.S., Rao, A.V.D. (2017). Cut-Off Points for Various Tests for Circular Uniformity. i-manager’s Journal on Mathematics, 6(4), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.6.4.13863

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