Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day, the perfect day to learn R, the programming language of pirates (arrr, matey!). If you have two-and-a-bit hours to spare, Nathaniel Phillips has created a video tutorial YaRrr! The Pirate's Guide to R which will take you through the basics: installation, basic R operations, and the matrix and data frame obects. For a more in-depth study of R, there's also a 250-page e-book YaRrr! The Pirate’s Guide to R which goes into the basics in more depth, and covers more advanced topics including data visualization, statistical analysis, and writing your own functions. There's...