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Forecasters can't say much more than that at this point, given the large error bars in the timing.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 May 2025
The error bars mean the actual peak — which is measured as the number of sunspots in a calendar month — could occur between November 2024 and March 2026.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The survey’s error bars were wide, and in those years, any increase in the numbers was not statistically significant.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Once again the error bars are wide, which is why the CDC’s data brief asserts that the apparent drop in the obesity rate, from 41.9 percent to 40.3 percent, is better understood as a new plateau.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 May 2025
The error bars mean the actual peak — which is measured as the number of sunspots in a calendar month — could occur between November 2024 and March 2026.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The survey’s error bars were wide, and in those years, any increase in the numbers was not statistically significant.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Once again the error bars are wide, which is why the CDC’s data brief asserts that the apparent drop in the obesity rate, from 41.9 percent to 40.3 percent, is better understood as a new plateau.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Error bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20bar. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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