Error bars Definition and 28 Threads

Hello, I was working in excel on data reported in two columns, X data and Y data. I measured both X and Y, i.e. Y was not calculated using a function and the X data. The Y an X data was plotted as Y vs X using a scatterplot. The Excel graph offers the option to add error bars over each point...

I made a histogram based off a dataset and I calculated the uncertainty of the measurements and I included the error bars into my histogram. Is that okay? I am asking because I never seen error bars included with a histogram. I have included an image of my histogram below:

Hi there, I hope I chose the right forum for my question. So, basically, I'm doing an analysis measuring the number of signal particles in a certain momentum bin i, and doing two corrections: Nsig, i=M*(Nmeas, i-Nbkg, i) Here, M is a matrix covering PID correction and PID efficiencies, and...

Hello everybody, I need a help, primarly a confirmation about my reasoning. I have data from a MonteCarlo simulation of collisions between particles at LHC (made with Madgraph). I have plotted some variables, for example the angle between two final leptons. Then I have normalized the plot to a...

The only thing I wish to take from this graph is the intersect of the two lines of best fit. How can I get the uncertainty in this point? While the points appear to have the same uncertainties, they actually each have their own distinct % uncertainty. Would the maximum uncertainty in the X...

I'm currently writing a paper over an experiment I did for class and I have a very stupid question over I need clarification on before I continue. I am using excel to graph out data, and I have determined that the error in my Length is .001 m. However, I am graphing the inverse of length to...

Dear all, I am reading the paper "Cosmic dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes " by Liske et al. about redshift. I get the physical meaning of redshift drift, but when it comes to the error bars, I am confused. - Aren't the error bars given in equation (15) ? - Isn't this function...

Kind of a silly question; can pie charts have error bars? I have used x-ray dispersion to find the approximate chemical composition of unknown samples. Is it appropriate to have error bars on how much we expect the percentages to deviate statistically throughout the sample? Or, should I go a...

I was reading an 1803 paper by Thomas Young (of double slit fame), "Experiments and Calculations relative to physical Optics". In it, he lists various dimensions of fringes of light and things. All without any error bars. It got me thinking, what's the history of error bars in scientific...

So, we did an experiment to find the dissolved oxygen concentration in % over time in a stirred tank reactor at 2 different flow rates and at 3 different agitator speeds. We did not do any repeat measurements, it was just one reading per condition. Now I am confused what sort of error bars I...

Orodruin submitted a new PF Insights post Plus/minus What? How to Interpret Error Bars Continue reading the Original PF Insights Post.

Hi, I'm doing a fit using Chi-square distribution. I have a data set and their errors, I found the best estimate minimizing Chi square, as usual, and I like to found the error bars of my best estimates but I don't know how to do that. Which is the standard form to do it?

Homework Statement I am currently doing an experiment on Compton scattering and have plotted a linear graph of 1/E' on (1-cos θ), where E' is the scattered gamma ray energy. My goal is to find the value of the gradient and y-intercept with their corresponding uncertainties. Instead of using the...

I have several data points with error bars, and these error bars are different sizes for each of the data points. I'd like to fit a model function to them which has non-linear parameters, and be able to get error bars on the model parameters, ie. if my model is something like f(x) = A +...

Hi, Okay, I'm in a bit of a rush: Can you put error bars on INDIVIDUAL points in Excel? I found the "custom" setting for the error bars, but you can only add custom error bars for ALL points. I'm looking for a way to mark errors for each point individually. Is there any way to do that? I...

I have a graph which I would like to add Y error bars to. When I click to add the error bars, it only allows me to add horizontal bars. This is very strange because the other graph I have, it allowed me to insert vertical bars. Basically when I click on exactly the same menu to insert error...

Hello I've measured some data, let's say f±Δf as a function of x±Δx, and I know the form of f(x) but not the specific parameters, so it will be something like f(x) = (A/x)*exp(-B/x + C), I think. I'm comfortable enough fitting the data (x,f) to the curve and finding A,B,C, but can anyone point...

I'm currently performing a real bench experiment that would essentially validate the results of those generated in two different computer models. Essentially, there is one (real) test setup, one computer model, and another (but different) computer model. I have ONE result from each of the...

I think this is probably the right place to put it, didn't really fit anywhere else. I've got the joyless task of writing a lab report at university and need to put a graph in it, ideally with error bars. I don't have a problem with error bars normally, but I'm coming unstuck about what to do...

Hello, What are the error bars on the least squares fit line? recall the variables are: x ; y ; x^2 ; xy ; y^2 ; yi=mx+c ; d =(y-yi) ; d^2 --------- is it d? Thanks

I have a list of chemicals, their assay test results, and a binomial column of whether or not the assay test result was high enough to be considered a threat (anything >2g/ml). Some chemicals were tested more than once, but others were not. It is understood that it is a poor set of data, but I...

With MATLAB or something. Basically, I just have a bunch of data points where I should do a linear least squares fit, but each of the points have error bars around them.

I've been trying to figure out how to do a linear regression on data with asymmetric x and y error bars (different for each data point). Any help would be much appreciated.

I have measurement dataset (x_i,y_i) -pairs with error for each value \Delta x_i and \Delta y_i so that I can plot datapoints with vertical as well as horizontal errorbar. I want to fit linear regression line y=a_1 x + a_0 and also error lines to the data. But how I take into account as...

Homework Statement I have a set of data which clearly shows a linear trend. I've hand-drawn the y-axis error bars for the data (x-axis errors are negligible), and a trendline (without any mathematical/statistical techniques). The trendline stays well within each of the error bars...

Error bars and slope error ?? Homework Statement I have to construct a graph with three lines. The middle line is 'best fit', one line is 'max slope' the other 'min slope', and error bars need to be drawn. The error for the Y axis is too small to draw so there is only an error bar for X...

Can anyone recommend some free software to me where you can make charts that include an error bar? OpenOffice Calc is not able to do that (I don't have access to Excel). So as an example: I have a triplicate measurement of 77, 75 and 76. I want the graph to show 75 as the mean and then an...

From Kosmoi.com/Science/Cosmology/http://kosmoi.com/Science/Cosmology/Big_Bang/wiki.shtml "A critical further prediction was that the further away one looks, the hotter the universe should appear to be (as looking further away corresponds to looking backwards in time), and at some extremely...