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Line chart with error limits

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Line chart with error limits
Line chart showing actual teenage conception rates (green line) in comparison to trajectory (red circles), 1997 to 2010.
Visual types
Level of expertise
Source:
Surrey JSNA: page 149 (JSNA)
http://www.surreyhealth.nhs.uk/about-surrey-pct/strategy-and-planning/joint-strategic-needs-assessment-2008
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Benefits & pitfalls to avoid
  • Line-charts imply that data is continuously changing. If your data is discrete you might consider a bar-chart instead.
Create your own
  • Confidence intervals can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.
  • Point charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.