Hi
We currently don't support what you are asking for. I added this to our
feature request list.
You can however use the charts server for partial solutions
http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/browse_thread/thread/0091e0feb389e052?pli=1


<http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/browse_thread/thread/0091e0feb389e052?pli=1>
ChartMan

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM, tazz_ben <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Well, I'm asking for error bars:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_bar
> http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-stat-home.html
>
> If, for instance, let's say you have a bar chart and the mean of
> particular data set is 5.  As it is currently, you are basically
> saying that your 100% certain the value is 5 (ie. standard deviation
> of 0).  Or at best you are saying that it is 5 and you don't know what
> the confidence interval is (which makes it worthless).  So, to do it
> right, you would need to place an error bar on the chart going from
> 4-6 (for instance) because that represents the 95% (for instance)
> confidence interval.  This is *absolutely* necessary whenever you use
> discrete data.  The only time you shouldn't have an error bar is when
> the value is absolute (so basically whenever stats are involved you
> should have error bars).
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2:06 am, ChartMan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Can you elaborate of what you are asking for.
> > An example will also be very helpful.
> >
> > ChartMan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:29 PM, tazz_ben <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > So, this is seems like fantastic system.  I'm really impressed with
> > > what google has provided to use to do charting.  However, it doesn't
> > > appear that you can place error bars on any of the charts.  If that is
> > > the case, it is real problem for discrete data sets.  In a way, it
> > > doesn't matter how cool the effects are, or how well it handles
> > > whatever, without being able to display how accurate a number is, the
> > > chart is useless.
> >
> > > So, is this something being worked on?  Or is there way to extend the
> > > existing tool to allow for this?
> >
>

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