Rayleigh test explained

Rayleigh test can refer to :

• a test for periodicity in irregularly sampled data.^[1]
• a derivation of the above to test for non-uniformity (as unimodal clustering) of a set of points on a circle (eg compass directions).^[2] Sometimes known as the Rayleigh z test.^[3]

See also

• Circular distribution
• Directional statistics
• Kuiper's test
• Rayleigh distribution
• Watson test
• Rayleigh plot

External links

• A test for the significance of the mean direction and the concentration parameter of a circular distribution.
• Rao's spacing test - contrasted with Rayleigh test

Notes and References

1. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994MNRAS.268..709B Confidence Intervals from the Rayleigh Test
2. http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10676-circular-statistics-toolbox--directional-statistics-/content//circ_rtest.m MATLAB code for circ_rtest function
3. http://webspace.ship.edu/pgmarr/Geo441/Lectures/Lec%2016%20-%20Directional%20Statistics.pdf Lecture on directional statistics