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aes() tells ggplot which data columns control what you see (x-axis, y-axis, color…)

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Stack a theme() call on top of any pre-built theme, or use it alone to build your own theme from scratch.

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         ggplot() base
       geom_violin()
        geom_point()
         stat_summary()
        theme
         labels
    