THE STATISTICS OF ORIENTATION DATA.

Abstract

This paper provides the key references for, and a summary of, statistical methods for describing and analyzing orientation data. Most of the paper is concerned with the author's approximate analysis of variance procedures for unit vectors in two and three dimensions. They are based on probability density proportional to exp(kappa cos theta) where kappa is an accuracy parameter and theta is the angle between the true and observed directions. A brief account of the theory for exp(kappa cos sq theta) and its generalization is given; this may be useful for axial data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0630887

Entities

People

  • Geoffrey S. Watson

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Probability
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.