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Table 2 Coverage rates and median interval widths for estimating spread of the matrix Fisher distribution via nonparametric and parametric methods using various (κ,n) pairs

From: Quantifying spread in three-dimensional rotation data: comparison of nonparametric and parametric techniques

 

Nonparametric

Parametric

(κ,n)

Coverage rate

Median width (AMA)

Median width (κ)

Coverage rate

Median width (κ)

(1,10)

78.3

0.7061

1.3685

92.1

1.1621

(1,30)

89.5

0.4663

0.6709

95.0

0.6428

(1,100)

93.7

0.2635

0.3528

94.9

0.3475

(5,10)

82.2

0.2594

8.3839

91.1

5.6748

(5,30)

91.5

0.1584

3.3620

94.4

2.9355

(5,100)

93.2

0.0882

1.6469

94.9

1.5676

(20,10)

84.2

0.1257

33.4181

90.8

23.4370

(20,30)

89.7

0.0756

13.8188

95.1

12.0597

(20,100)

94.2

0.0419

6.7897

94.2

6.4390

(500,10)

83.7

0.0251

871.3614

92.2

591.3957

(500,30)

92.6

0.0151

346.8934

95.8

306.2049

(500,100)

94.2

0.0083

171.3630

95.0

162.3764