In this post, we show you how to add error bars to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can use Error bars for standard deviation & trending margin of error.

Suppose you have some data. You want to plot that data and turn it in with your lab report. Your instructor (me) told you to be sure and include error bars on your graph.

If you create charts with Excel, error bars allow you to visualize margins of error for data points. Here's how to add error bars in Excel.

To put error bars on a graph in Google Sheets, you need to follow the aforementioned steps. In other words, you can do that with the help of the Series section.

The meaning of error bars is often misinterpreted, as is the statistical significance of their overlap.

Do you plot error bars when visualizing data? A new study suggests that the type of variability you choose to display can drastically change how people perceive a ...

A new study shows different psychological reactions to two types of error bars.