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Confidence error bars and “central point”: Should we emphasize the median?

Say I want to plot summary data with a point and a 95% confidence interval around that point. What should my point really be? Mean, mode, or median? I know that mean = median for any symmetrical ...
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Histogram of uncertain data

I have a set of values, each of these values has its own mean and variance. I want to be able to account for this variance when I plot the histogram of the means. Something like an error bar on the ...
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What graphical methods are useful for visualising how uncertainties aggregate?

I have a set of systems where uncertainties accumulate within it. These aren't always purely additive - sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. I've had some success in using fan-charts, bar charts ...