Error bar charts

Creating a simple error bar chart

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1. In the Chart Type section, click the Error bar icon.

   The canvas updates to display an error bar chart template.

2. Select a scale variable as the Category variable (the variable whose data is represented on the X-axis).
3. Select a variable as the Y-axis variable (the variable whose data is represented on the Y-axis).
4. Click the Save visualization in the project control. Select Create a new asset or Append to existing asset. Provide a Visualization asset name, an optional description, and a chart name.
5. Click Apply to save the visualization to the project. The new visualization asset is now available on the Assets tab.

Options

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Category

Lists variables that are available for the chart's X-axis.

Y-axis

Lists variables that are available for the chart's Y-axis.

Category order

Select the order in which variable categories are sorted.

As read

Variable categories are presented as they appear in the data set.

Ascending

Sort variable categories in ascending order.

Descending

Sort variable categories in descending order.

Split by

Select a categorical variable that creates a table of charts, with a cell for each category in the Split by variable. Like grouping, split by variables essentially add more dimensions to your chart by displaying information for each variable category.

Reference line

When enabled, displays a reference line on the chart. The reference line correlates with the selected Statistical method.

Error bars

When enabled, the lines that represent the range of error are displayed in the chart.

Measure

Select the measure type that is represented by the error bars:

Confidence intervals

Sets the confidence intervals for the selected variables. The default value is 0.95 (95%), as reflected in the Represent value field.

Standard error

Measures the standard error of the selected variables.

Standard deviation

Measures the standard deviations of the selected variables.

Confidence level

This value represents the confidence intervals for the selected Measure. The default value is 0.95 (95%).

Statistical method

Select the method for describing the central tendency:

Mean

The result of summing the ratios and dividing the result by the total number ratios.

Median

The value such that number of ratios less than this value and the number of ratios greater than this value are the same.

Display mode

Select how the Statistical method selection displays (bar, line, or circle).

Legend orient

Sets the chart legend orientation. Available options are Horizontal, Vertical, and Vertical bottom.

Primary title

The chart title.

Subtitle

The chart subtitle.

Footnote

The chart footnote.

XAxis label

The x-axis label.

YAxis label

The y-axis label.