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Two-way ANOVA for the Watson distribution defined on the hypersphere

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The Watson distribution is frequently used for modeling axial data. We propose the two-way analysis of variance for a concentrated Watson distribution defined on the hypersphere in the girdle or bipolar form. We illustrate this technique with spherical data.

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Figueiredo, A. Two-way ANOVA for the Watson distribution defined on the hypersphere. Statistical Papers 49, 363–376 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-006-0019-2

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