Directional Data/Examples/Arbitrary Example 2

Example of Directional Data

Let points be distributed on the circumference of circle such that the probability of an arbitrary point lying on a given arc of a given length is the same.

Then there is a uniform directional distribution:

In such a case, there is no unique arithmetic mean.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): directional data (angular data, circular data)