Simple Scatter Plot with Errorbars

A simple scatter plot of a data set with errorbars.

import altair as alt

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

# generate some data points with uncertainties
np.random.seed(0)
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = np.random.normal(10, 0.5, size=len(x))
yerr = 0.2

# set up data frame
data = pd.DataFrame({"x":x, "y":y, "yerr":yerr})

# generate the points
points = alt.Chart(data).mark_point(filled=True, size=50).encode(
    alt.X("x",
          scale=alt.Scale(domain=(0,6)),
          axis=alt.Axis(title='x')
    ),
    y=alt.Y('y',
            scale=alt.Scale(zero=False, domain=(10, 11)),
            axis=alt.Axis(title="y")),
    color=alt.value('black')
)

# generate the error bars
errorbars = alt.Chart(data).mark_rule().encode(
    x=alt.X("x"),
    y="ymin:Q",
    y2="ymax:Q"
).transform_calculate(
    ymin="datum.y-datum.yerr",
    ymax="datum.y+datum.yerr"
)

points + errorbars