Creates circular / polar / angle histograms
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CircHist creates circular (polar) histograms from angle data, either distribution data or already-binned data. Works with circular and axial (bimodal) data. Circular statistics (average angle, 95 % confidence interval, resultant vector length, Rayleigh test of uniformity and circular-linear correlation) are automatically calculated using the CircStat Toolbox (https://github.com/circstat/circstat-matlab) and are graphically included. All visual properties can be dynamically adjusted; see @CircHist/html/exampleCircHist.html for usage examples. This function is conceptually similar to MATLAB's ROSE and POLARHISTOGRAM functions, but differs from them in several respects:
- Instead of plotting the histogram bins as wedges, they are plotted as straight bars.
- The histogram bins can have error bars.
- The radius-axis scale is shown as a straight scale next to the plot.
- Circular statistics are automatically computed.
- Arrows with specific direction and length can be overlayed.
Cite As
Frederick Zittrell (2026). CircHist - circular / polar / angle histogram (https://github.com/zifredder/CircHist), GitHub. Retrieved .
Frederick Zittrell (2019). CircHist (https://www.github.com/zifredder/CircHist), GitHub. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
General Information
- Version 1.3.0.2 (1.38 MB)
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MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with R2017a and later releases
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Versions that use the GitHub default branch cannot be downloaded
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
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| 1.3.0.2 | Update required MATLAB version. |
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| 1.3.0.1 | Update description |
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| 1.3.0.0 | Files are now linked to GitHub repository.
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| 1.2.2.0 | Fixed bug in SET.FONTSIZE during object construction. |
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| 1.2.1.0 | Minor changes in documentation and description. |
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| 1.2.0.0 | Introduction of DRAWARROW, which enables adding arrows with a specified direction and length. |
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| 1.1.2.0 | Minor addition to previous compatibility-improvement. |
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| 1.1.1.0 | Minor compatibility update. |
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| 1.1.0.0 | Minor bugfix in method setRLim. |
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| 1.0.0.0 |
