How I Create Violin Plots with ggplot2 in R

How I Create Violin Plots with ggplot2 in R

Key Points Violin plots are a type of graphical display that shows the distribution of a continuous variable along one or more categorical variables. Violin plots are composed of a box plot and a kernel density plot. The box plot shows the median, the interquartile range, and the outliers of the data, while the kernel density plot shows the smoothed curve of the probability density function of the data. To create violin plots with ggplot2, you need to use the geom_violin() function, which adds a layer of violins to your plot. You can customize your violins with colors, themes, labels, scales, limits, and other options. You can combine your violins with other geoms, such as points, lines, or box plots, to create more complex and informative plots. Violin plots are useful for comparing the shape and spread of different groups and identifying any skewness or multimodality in the data. Table of Functions Function Description geom_violin() Adds a layer of violins to the plot scale_fill_manual() Spec…