function [pval, f] = circ_ktest(alpha1, alpha2) % [pval, f] = circ_ktest(alpha1, alpha2) % % A parametric two-sample test to determine whether two concentration % parameters are different. % % H0: The two concentration parameters are equal. % HA: The two concentration parameters are different. % % Input: % alpha1 fist sample (in radians) % alpha2 second sample (in radians) % % Output: % pval p-value that samples have different concentrations % f f-statistic calculated % % Assumptions: both samples are drawn from von Mises type distributions % and their joint resultant vector length should be > .7 % % References: % Batschelet, 1980, section 6.9, pg 122-124 % % Circular Statistics Toolbox for Matlab % By Marc J. Velasco, 2009 % velasco@ccs.fau.edu alpha1 = alpha1(:); alpha2 = alpha2(:); n1 = length(alpha1); n2 = length(alpha2); R1 = n1*circ_r(alpha1); R2 = n2*circ_r(alpha2); % make sure that rbar > .7 rbar = (R1+R2)/(n1+n2); if rbar < .7 warning('resultant vector length should be > 0.7') %#ok end % calculate test statistic f = ((n2-1)*(n1-R1))/((n1-1)*(n2-R2)); if f > 1 pval = 2*(1-fcdf(f, n1, n2)); else f = 1/f; pval = 2*(1-fcdf(f, n2, n1)); end