A note on error bars as a graphical representation of the variability of data in biomedical research: choosing between standard deviation and standard error of the mean
Abstract. Standard deviation (SD) and standard error of the mean (SEM) have been applied widely as error bars in scientific plots. Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted principle addressing which of these 2 measures should be used. Here we seek to fill this gap by outlining the reasoning f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pancreatology |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/JP9.0000000000000024 |