R 简明教程

R 是一种用于统计分析、图形表示和报告的编程语言和软件环境。R 由新西兰奥克兰大学的 Ross Ihaka 和 Robert Gentleman 编写，目前由 R Development Core Team 开发。R 在 GNU 通用公共许可证下免费提供，并为各种操作系统（如 Linux、Windows 和 Mac）提供了预编译的二进制版本。此编程语言被命名为 R ，其依据是两位 R 作者（Robert Gentleman 和 Ross Ihaka）名字的首字母，并且部分借鉴了贝尔实验室语言 S 的名字。

This tutorial is designed for software programmers, statisticians and data miners who are looking forward for developing statistical software using R programming. If you are trying to understand the R programming language as a beginner, this tutorial will give you enough understanding on almost all the concepts of the language from where you can take yourself to higher levels of expertise.

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of Computer Programming terminologies. A basic understanding of any of the programming languages will help you in understanding the R programming concepts and move fast on the learning track.