Sightseeing Around the Single Cosinor

Sightseeing Around the Single Cosinor

Misuses of the single cosinor analysis are numerous. We give three rules of thumb, providing guidelines as to whether results obtained from this analysis are dubious. This short note avoids mathematical development so as to be comprehensible to the nonspecialist. However, a few endnotes, give some t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chronobiology international 1993, Vol.10 (5), p.395-400
Hauptverfasser: de Prins, Jean, Waldura, Jean
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Circadian Rhythm
Cosinor
Data processing
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Periodicity
Sampling
Single cosinor
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Zusammenfassung:Misuses of the single cosinor analysis are numerous. We give three rules of thumb, providing guidelines as to whether results obtained from this analysis are dubious. This short note avoids mathematical development so as to be comprehensible to the nonspecialist. However, a few endnotes, give some technical comments.
ISSN:0742-0528
1525-6073
DOI:10.3109/07420529309064493