Abstract
An analysis of isolated concentrations of poles in a pole‐figure plot has been made in terms of a normal bivariate frequency distribution. A definition of pole density is given, and absolute units for measuring pole density are introduced. Simple procedures for determining the standard deviation of the pole‐density distribution and for calculating the fraction of crystals in one preferred orientation in a texture consisting of several preferred orientations are given. A method of constructing a quantitative pole figure from a number of single Laue patterns and crystal sizes in coarse‐grained material also is given.