A More Efficient Way Of Obtaining A Unique Median Estimate For Circular Data
Article Sidebar
Published
May 1, 2003
Main Article Content
B. Sango Otieno
Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech University
Christine M. Anderson-Cook
Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech University,
Abstract
The procedure for computing the sample circular median occasionally leads to a non-unique estimate of the population circular median, since there can sometimes be two or more diameters that divide data equally and have the same circular mean deviation. A modification in the computation of the sample median is suggested, which not only eliminates this non-uniqueness problem, but is computationally easier and faster to work with than the existing alternative.
Article Details
Issue
Section
Articles