Converting Errors for Logarithmic Graphs for Scientists

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I think this is probably the right place to put it, didn't really fit anywhere else.

I've got the joyless task of writing a lab report at university and need to put a graph in it, ideally with error bars. I don't have a problem with error bars normally, but I'm coming unstuck about what to do in this case.

I have the equation: [itex]ln\frac{I_{REF}}{I} = \frac{-hv}{k}[\frac{1}{T_{REF}} - \frac{1}{T}][/itex]. This is in the form y=mx.

If I were to have values for the errors in I and T, how would I convert these into the errors of Log(I) and Log(T) and thus graph them?
 
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I don't see your logarithm on the right, but you can handle them as usual just take the logarithm beforehand, except the behaviour of errors is different from the general behaviour of the value. In that case two separate graphs might be useful.