This book is great for researchers and scientists, who want to make use of this free and great open source software to get the most out of their data analysis. It is recommended that you have at least some experience in using R and know how to run basic scripts from the command line. However, knowledge of other statistical scripting languages, such as Octave, S-Plus, or MATLAB, will suffice to follow through the recipes.

A strong background in Statistics is not required.