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Error Bars with Standard Deviation
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This example shows how to show error bars with standard deviation using crop yields data of different
in the years of 1930s.


.. altair-plot::
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    import altair as alt
    from vega_datasets import data

    source = data.barley()

    error_bars = alt.Chart(source).mark_errorbar(extent='stdev').encode(
      x=alt.X('yield:Q', scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
      y=alt.Y('variety:N')
    )

    points = alt.Chart(source).mark_point(filled=True, color='black').encode(
      x=alt.X('yield:Q', aggregate='mean'),
      y=alt.Y('variety:N'),
    )

    error_bars + points


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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.barley()

            error_bars = alt.Chart(source).mark_errorbar(extent='stdev').encode(
              x=alt.X('yield').scale(zero=False),
              y=alt.Y('variety')
            )

            points = alt.Chart(source).mark_point(filled=True, color='black').encode(
              x=alt.X('mean(yield)'),
              y=alt.Y('variety'),
            )

            error_bars + points


    .. tab-item:: Attribute syntax
        :sync: attribute

        .. code:: python


            import altair as alt
            from vega_datasets import data

            source = data.barley()

            error_bars = alt.Chart(source).mark_errorbar(extent='stdev').encode(
              x=alt.X('yield:Q', scale=alt.Scale(zero=False)),
              y=alt.Y('variety:N')
            )

            points = alt.Chart(source).mark_point(filled=True, color='black').encode(
              x=alt.X('yield:Q', aggregate='mean'),
              y=alt.Y('variety:N'),
            )

            error_bars + points