circular_qqplot: Quantile-Quantile Linearised Plot for Circular Distributions

In tectonicr: Analyzing the Orientation of Maximum Horizontal Stress

Quantile-Quantile Linearised Plot for Circular Distributions

Description

Uniformly distributed orientations should yield a straight line through the origin. Systematic departures from linearity will indicate preferred orientation in some manner.

Usage

circular_qqplot(
  x,
  axial = TRUE,
  xlab = paste("i/(n+1)"),
  ylab = NULL,
  main = "Circular Quantile-Quantile Plot",
  ...
)

Arguments

x	numeric. Angles in degrees
axial	Logical. Whether data are uniaxial (axial=FALSE)
xlab, ylab, main	plot labels.
...	graphical parameters

Value

plot

References

Borradaile, G. J. (2003). Statistics of earth science data: their distribution in time, space, and orientation (Vol. 351, p. 329). Berlin: Springer.

Examples

x_vm <- rvm(100, mean = 0, kappa = 2)
circular_qqplot(x_vm, pch = 20)

x_norm <- rnorm(100, mean = 0, sd = 25)
circular_qqplot(x_norm, pch = 20)

x_unif <- runif(100, 0, 360)
circular_qqplot(x_unif, pch = 20)

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