"I would recommend this book to those who need to teach statistics via the medium of R and those self learners who want to acquire the basic techniques of statistics together with powerful statistical software." (Technometrics, May 2006)

"…will provide you with enhanced statistical insights…and access to a free and powerful computing language." (Clinical Chemistry, May 2006)

"...I know of no better book of its kind..." (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Vol 169 (1), January 2006)

"…offers a demanding, non-calculus-based coverage of such standard topics as hypothesis testing, modeling, regression, ANOVA, and count data." (CHOICE, November 2005)