The document provides instructions for creating histograms with 95% confidence intervals in 11 steps. It explains how to format the data series to display both upper and lower 95% confidence interval bars on the histogram. The final histogram will have the 95% CI bars extending above and below the baseline data range, visually indicating the confidence bounds.
The document provides instructions for creating histograms with 95% confidence intervals in 11 steps. It explains how to format the data series to display both upper and lower 95% confidence interval bars on the histogram. The final histogram will have the 95% CI bars extending above and below the baseline data range, visually indicating the confidence bounds.
The document provides instructions for creating histograms with 95% confidence intervals in 11 steps. It explains how to format the data series to display both upper and lower 95% confidence interval bars on the histogram. The final histogram will have the 95% CI bars extending above and below the baseline data range, visually indicating the confidence bounds.
The document provides instructions for creating histograms with 95% confidence intervals in 11 steps. It explains how to format the data series to display both upper and lower 95% confidence interval bars on the histogram. The final histogram will have the 95% CI bars extending above and below the baseline data range, visually indicating the confidence bounds.
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals
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9. Once completed, your chart should look like this;
10. To create the 95% CI bars, double click in the middle of any of the histogram bars;
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 6 of 11 11. The Format Data Series window will appear;
12. Select the Y Error Bars tab
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 7 of 11 13. Click Both in Display box:
14. Select the Custom button, and click in the + bar;
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 8 of 11 15. With the cursor flashing in the + bar, click on the spreadsheet tab where the data is stored;
16. Now select the data in the Upper 95 column;
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 9 of 11 17. The cell range will now be displayed in the + bar of the Format Data Series window;
18. Repeat this for the bar. Click in the - bar and select the data in the Lower 95 column, and the cell range will appear in the - bar;
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 10 of 11 19. Now click OK;
20. The histogram will now appear with the 95% CI bars evident.
VICNISS Creating Histograms with 95% Confidence Intervals 24 July 2003 Page 11 of 11 21. To format these bars, double click on any one of them as alter appearance as desired.