Description
Book SynopsisPresents new and up--dated material on both the underlying theory and the practical methodology of directional statistics, helping the reader to utilise and develop the techniques appropriate to their work. The book is divided into three parts. The first part concentrates on statistics on the circle.
Trade Review"This book provides essential material that is very timely and interesting and provides an excellent treatise on the theory, methodology, and applications of directional and axial statistics." (Technometrics, November 2008)
"This book has been written as a drastic revision and major extension to Statistics of Directional Data. It is a worthy successor to that book and will surely become the definitive reference on this subject are for many years." (Short Book Reviews, Vol. 20, No. 3, December 2000)
"The text will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers and practitioners alike working with directional data..." (The Statistician, Vol. 50, 2001)
"...a highly valuable and nicely written contribution" (Statistics and Decisions, Vol 19/2, 2001)
"In coverage and presentation, the current book dominates...the starting place for anyone wanting to make inferences using directional data or wishing to pursue research in this area." (Mathematical Reviews, 2003b)
Table of ContentsI: Circular data;
2. Summary Statistics;
3 Basic Concepts and Models;
4 Fundamental Theorems and Distribution Theory;
5 Point Estimation;
6 Tests of Uniformity and Tests of Goodness-of-Fit;
7. Tests on von Mises Distributions
8 Non-parametric Methods
9 Distributions on Spheres
10 Inference on Spheres
11 Correlation and Regression
12 Modern Methodology
13 General Sample Spaces
14 Shape Analysis
