Circular Statistics Toolbox (Directional Statistics)
Compute descriptive and inferential statistics for circular or directional data.
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Cite As
Philipp Berens (2026). Circular Statistics Toolbox (Directional Statistics) (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10676-circular-statistics-toolbox-directional-statistics), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: Circular Cross Correlation
Inspired: Family of Rayleigh Statistics Toolbox, Alphonse:Rex - Handwriting and Print Expertise, kuipertest2, circular_plot, circular corcoeff, Kernel smoothing density estimate for circular data, pierremegevand/watsons_u2, Kernel density estimation for circular functions
General Information
- Version 1.21.0 (46 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
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| 1.21.0 | Update on median, wwtest, hktest, kuiper. Also added examples from paper. |
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| 1.20.0 | Bugfixes in wwtest, kuiper, median, hktest and added example files from paper. |
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| 1.19.0 | Updates fixing the bugs reported in the last few months. Touched files:
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| 1.18.0 | Bugfixes and updates |
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| 1.17.0 | Bug in circ_clust fixed. |
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| 1.16.0 | Bugfix in circ_hktest: lines 159 and 163 were switched. |
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| 1.15.0 | Small bugfixes, mainly in the help sections |
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| 1.14.0 | Various bugfixes. Added Matlab-style computations. |
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| 1.13.0 | Bug fix in circ_stats. |
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| 1.12.0 | Bug fix in circ_skewness and circ_kurtosis. Thanks to Shiquan Wang. |
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| 1.11.0 | Bug fix in circ_dist and circ_clust. |
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| 1.10.0 | Bug fix. |
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| 1.9.0 | Two new tests |
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| 1.8.0 | Updated reference for paper |
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| 1.7.0 | Added reference. Removed some bugs. Added new, more complicated tests (ANOVA like testing). |
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| 1.6.0 | A number of small bug fixes. |
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| 1.5.0 | Changed licensing |
