Abstract (EN):
The Watson distribution is frequently used for modeling axial data. In this paper, we present goodness-of-fit methods for the bipolar Watson distribution defined on the hypersphere. We analyze by simulation some questions concerning these tests: the adequacy of the asymptotic chi-square distribution used in the tests and the adequacy of using the tabulated critical values for the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic when the parameters of the bipolar Watson distribution are unknown. We illustrate these techniques with simulated data from this distribution.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
No. of pages:
11