In this post, we show you how to add error bars to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can use Error bars for standard deviation & trending margin of error.

If you create charts with Excel, error bars allow you to visualize margins of error for data points. Here's how to add error bars in Excel.

Type your data or use existing data from your file. Highlight the range of cells containing your data. Then click the Insert tab and click the Insert Column or Bar Chart button. Click the Clustered ...