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Fan Chart

Apply light shading above and below your line to indicate margins of error.

Description

You can shade +/- a standard deviation, a confidence interval, and more.

Functions

Examples

  • Unauthorized immigrant population trends
  • Communicating quality, uncertainty, and change
  • Who’s ahead in the mid-term race
  • Rosier outlook
  • The myth of the 2017 “youthquake” election
  • Estimated natural interest rate after inflation

Example Chart

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