Rayleigh Test A test for the significance of the mean direction and the concentration parameter of a circular distribution. This is a problem in circular distributions. We want to obtain the likelihood ratio test for this situation. The joint p.d.f. may be regarded as a function of q .
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H 1 is that function which yields the probability that the sample point falls in the critical region C of the test, i.e., a function which yields the prob. The value of the power function at a parameter point is called the power of the test. Sciences and Dr. W.T. Keeton, New York University.