R is a free statistical programming language that is popular among researchers and data miners to build software and analyze data1. In next sections, we will first get you started with the setup of en- vironment for using R and then introduce some basic R operations and data structures that will be good to know if you do not have prior experience with R. If you need more in depth R introduc- tion you will want to check out some beginner level books and on- line tutorials. This website has a bunch of resources listed: http: //www.introductoryr.co.uk/R_Resources_for_Beginners.html