Presents a guide to the R computer language, covering such topics as the user interface, packages, syntax, objects, functions, object-oriented programming, data sets, lattice graphics, regression models, and bioconductor.

"A desktop quick reference"--Cover. "December 2009: first edition"--T.p. verso.

Getting and installing R -- The R user interface -- A short R tutorial -- R packages -- An overview of the R language -- R syntax -- R objects -- Symbols and environments -- Functions -- Object-oriented programming -- High-performance R -- Saving, loading, and editing data -- Preparing data -- Graphics -- Lattice graphics -- Analyzing data -- Probability distributions -- Statistical tests -- Power tests -- Regression models -- Classification models -- Machine learning -- Time series analysis -- Bioconductor -- App. R reference.