A Report Generated by knitr

This report is automatically generated with the R package knitr (version `1.6`) .

    # Chapter 1 - Introducing R: The Big Picture
    # Recognizing the Benefits of Using R
    ## It comes as free, open-source code
    ### It runs anywhere
    ### It supports extensions
    ### It provides an engaged community
    ### It connects with other languages
    # Looking At Some of the Unique Features of R
    ## Performing multiple calculations with vectors
    x <- 1:5
    x

    ## [1] 1 2 3 4 5

    x + 2

    ## [1] 3 4 5 6 7

    x + 6:10

    ## [1]  7  9 11 13 15

    ## Processing more than just statistics
    ## Running code without a compiler

The R session information (including the OS info, R version and all packages used):

        sessionInfo()

    ## R version 3.0.3 (2014-03-06)
    ## Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
    ##
    ## locale:
    ## [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom.1252
    ## [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
    ## [5] LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252
    ##
    ## attached base packages:
    ## [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
    ##
    ## other attached packages:
    ##  [1] knitr_1.6          rfordummies_0.0-01 foreign_0.8-59     ggplot2_1.0.0
    ##  [5] reshape2_1.4       XLConnect_0.2-7    sos_1.3-8          brew_1.0-6
    ##  [9] stringr_0.6.2      fortunes_1.5-2     devtools_1.5       Revobase_7.3.0
    ## [13] RevoMods_7.3.0     RevoScaleR_7.3.0   lattice_0.20-27    rpart_4.1-2
    ##
    ## loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
    ##  [1] codetools_0.2-8  colorspace_1.2-4 digest_0.6.4     evaluate_0.5.5   foreach_1.4.2
    ##  [6] formatR_0.10     grid_3.0.3       gtable_0.1.2     highr_0.3        httr_0.3
    ## [11] iterators_1.0.7  labeling_0.2     MASS_7.3-33      memoise_0.2.1    munsell_0.4.2
    ## [16] parallel_3.0.3   plyr_1.8.1       proto_0.3-10     Rcpp_0.11.2      RCurl_1.95-4.1
    ## [21] rJava_0.9-6      roxygen2_4.0.1   scales_0.2.4     tools_3.0.3      whisker_0.3-2

        Sys.time()

    ## [1] "2014-07-26 22:45:11 BST"