Error Bars
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This document describes the Error Bars indicators that can be plotted for any Cartesian series view.
Error bars are a graphical representation of the variability of data and are used on charts to indicate the error or uncertainty in a reported measurement. They give a general idea of how precise a measurement is, or conversely, how far from the reported value the true (error free) value might be.
For Cartesian series (series with the XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase class descendant assigned to SeriesBase.View), you can show any number of Error Bars of the following types.
- Fixed (FixedValueErrorBars) - error values are specified by constant values.
- Percentage (PercentageErrorBars) - error values are calculated as a portion of series values.
- Standard Error (StandardErrorBars) - error values represent a standard error.
- Standard Deviation (StandardDeviationErrorBars) - error values represent a standard deviation.
- Data Source Based (DataSourceBasedErrorBars) - error values are loaded from a data source.
The following image demonstrates the Percentage Error Bars indicator.
Examples
- How to: Plot the Fixed Value Error Bars Indicator on a Chart
- How to: Plot the Percentage Error Bars Indicator on a Chart
- How to: Plot the Standard Error Bars Indicator on a Chart
- How to: Plot the Standard Deviation Error Bars Indicator on a Chart
- How to: Plot the Data Source Based Error Bars Indicator on a Chart