2011/12/12 by Aggarwal, Ritu, Caldwell, Allen
#Data Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1112.2593
The common practice for displaying error bars on distributions of numbers of events is confusing and can lead to incorrect conclusions. A proposal is made for a different style of presentation that more directly indicates the level of agreement between expectations and observations.