ThisbookisintendedasaguidetodataanalysiswiththeRsystemforstatisticalcomputing.RisanenvironmentincorporatinganimplementationoftheSprogramminglanguage,whichispowerful,flexibleandhasexcellentgraphicalfacilities(RDevelopmentCoreTeam,2005).IntheHandbookweaimtogiverelativelybriefandstra