{"title":"Spherical median axes","authors":"N. Fisher, A. D. Lunn, S. Davies","doi":"10.1111/J.2517-6161.1993.TB01471.X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In an earlier paper, Fisher defined the notion of a median direction for data from a unimodal distribution of three-dimensional unit vectors and studied its statistical properties. Corresponding notions of a median axis for bipolar axial or great circle data were also suggested but not analysed. This paper gives a statistical treatment of spherical median axes, including their asymptotic relative efficiencies, and a comparison with the customary principal or polar axis estimators using asymptotic relative efficiencies","PeriodicalId":17425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the royal statistical society series b-methodological","volume":"6 1","pages":"117-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the royal statistical society series b-methodological","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.2517-6161.1993.TB01471.X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In an earlier paper, Fisher defined the notion of a median direction for data from a unimodal distribution of three-dimensional unit vectors and studied its statistical properties. Corresponding notions of a median axis for bipolar axial or great circle data were also suggested but not analysed. This paper gives a statistical treatment of spherical median axes, including their asymptotic relative efficiencies, and a comparison with the customary principal or polar axis estimators using asymptotic relative efficiencies