Download or read book Circular Statistics in R written by Arthur Pewsey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements like mass, length and speed are "linear"; but compass direction or the time of the year are "circular". Circular data have a repeating nature and an arbitrary zero: 12 months after the 1st of July it is the 1st of July again. This book explains how to easily and effectively analyse circular data statistically.