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A Study Of The Parametric And Nonparametric Linear-Circular Correlation Coefficient, Robin Tu
A Study Of The Parametric And Nonparametric Linear-Circular Correlation Coefficient, Robin Tu
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Circular statistics are specialized statistical methods that deal specifically with directional data. Data that is angular require specialized techniques due to the modulo 2π (in radians) or modulo 360◦ (in degrees) nature of angles.
Correlation, typically in terms of Pearson’s correlation coefficient, is a measure of association between two linear random variables x and y. In this paper, the specific circular technique of the parametric and nonparametric linear-circular correlation coefficient will be explored where correlation is no longer between two linear variables x and y, but between a linear random variable x and circular random variable θ.
A simulation …