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Anscombe's Quartet
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`Anscombe's Quartet `_
is a famous dataset constructed by Francis Anscombe.
It is made of 4 different subsets of data.
Each subset has very different characteristics, even though common summary
statistics such as mean and variance are identical.
This example shows how to make a faceted plot, with each facet
showing a different subset of the data.
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import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.anscombe()
alt.Chart(source).mark_circle().encode(
alt.X("X", scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
alt.Y("Y", scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
alt.Facet("Series", columns=2),
).properties(
width=180,
height=180,
)
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.. tab-item:: Method syntax
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.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.anscombe()
alt.Chart(source).mark_circle().encode(
alt.X("X").scale(zero=False),
alt.Y("Y").scale(zero=False),
alt.Facet("Series", columns=2),
).properties(
width=180,
height=180,
)
.. tab-item:: Attribute syntax
:sync: attribute
.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.anscombe()
alt.Chart(source).mark_circle().encode(
alt.X("X", scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
alt.Y("Y", scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
alt.Facet("Series", columns=2),
).properties(
width=180,
height=180,
)