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There is already a way to communicate imprecision of results.

Error bars

Error bars

Error bars

Error bars

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Nope. Error bars are precise.


True. The original plot claims to know one thing (the reported quantity). The plot with error bars claims to know two (the reported quantity, and the correct error bars).

Often getting real error bars is much harder than getting the original quantity.




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