Re: [R] Circular Statistic in R

2016-03-19 Thread David L Carlson
sday, March 16, 2016 11:33 AM To: David L Carlson Subject: RE: [R] Circular Statistic in R David Thank you for your comments. I am using the circular package and find my data words better when I convert to radians, but I'm lazy and don't like converting back and forth (radian - degrees);

Re: [R] Circular Statistic in R

2016-03-19 Thread David L Carlson
It is always hard to diagnose unspecified "problems", but it should not matter. You do need to use statistical methods specifically designed for circular data. Even simple descriptive statistics such as the mean, standard deviation, and variance require special functions. Try package circular.