Rayleigh test

Rayleigh test can refer to :

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

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