This chapter covers the basic programming syntax functions and capabilities of R. Its intention is to introduce you to R and accelerate your learning. The objectives are as follows:

• Installing R and RStudio
• Creating and exploring vectors
• Creating data frames and matrices
• Exploring mathematical and statistical functions
• Building simple plots
• Introducing dplyr data manipulation
• Installing and loading packages

All of the examples in this Appendix are covered in one way or another in the preceding chapters. However, if you are completely new to R, this is a great starting point. It may accelerate your understanding of the content in the chapters.