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GOODNESS‐OF‐FIT TESTS FOR FISHER'S DISTRIBUTION ON THE SPHERE
Author(s) -
Fisher N. I.,
Best D. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 0004-9581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1984.tb01228.x
Subject(s) - goodness of fit , empirical distribution function , mathematics , statistics , anderson–darling test , kolmogorov–smirnov test , distribution (mathematics) , sample (material) , set (abstract data type) , statistical hypothesis testing , mathematical analysis , computer science , physics , thermodynamics , programming language
Summary A set of three goodness‐of‐fit procedures is proposed to investigate the adequacy of fit of Fisher's distribution on the sphere as a model for a given sample of spherical data. The procedures are all based on standard tests using the empirical distribution function.