This section explores concepts that are necessary for all other aspects of the subject.  Concepts are presented in short chapters so that the reader can more easily find the information that they seek.

Introduction to R

• Installing and Running Software
• Loading Data
• Reproducible Research
• R Basics

Data Adjustments

• Data Adjustments
• Transformations
• Relativizations
• Order of Data Adjustments

Matrix Algebra

• Matrix Algebra Basics
• Matrix Algebra to Solve a Linear Regression
• Eigenanalysis

Distance Measures

• Properties of Distance Measures
• Common Distance Measures
• Multivariate Outlier Analysis