Application of circular statistics to life science data
Journal Title: Medical Science and Discovery - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to explain circular statistics and hypothesis tests with life science data. The accuracy of the statistical method used in scientific research is related to the data structure and scale type. Therefore, scale types and data structures should be well defined. It is possible to frequently come across circular data in many different scientific fields such as medicine, biology and physics. These data are usually obtained by compass or clock. Compass; the flight direction of any animal that is released, the direction of the wind or the direction of current in the ocean, clock; the birth time of infants, the time of crisis, circadian rhythms or biological rhythms can be shown as examples. Apart from the clock, such data may also be obtained by a scale that expresses a time such as day, month and year. Material and Methods: The data related to 179 normal deliveries that took place in Yüzüncü Yıl University Medical Faculty Hospital in 2008 were used. Circular data analysis was performed using the NCSS2007 statistical package program. Results: The times of birth of infants show a uniform distribution. No significant difference at a significance level of 5% was found between the times of birth according to gender. Conclusion: It has been stated that circular data cannot be analyzed by the analysis methods developed for linear data due to several reasons. If circular data are analyzed by linear statistical methods, inaccurate or nonsense results usually emerge. Therefore, it was emphasized that appropriate statistical methods should be used.
Authors and Affiliations
Yıldırım Demir, Ömer Cevdet Bilgin
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