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The survey’s error bars were wide, and in those years, any increase in the numbers was not statistically significant.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Once again the error bars are wide, which is why the CDC’s data brief asserts that the apparent drop in the obesity rate, from 41.9 percent to 40.3 percent, is better understood as a new plateau.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
The team noticed that there were large error bars on the TRGB measurement.
—Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
Frye expects to refine those error bars after a few more years of similar measurements.
—Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above
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“Error bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20bar. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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