Teaching statistics can be a provoking challenge. Frequently it necessitates communicating with hands and feet. Because I know I have been teaching statistics for years now. Besides all existing literature Andy Fields book is the most comprehensive and easy-to-read book of RI know. It Introduces known and unknown users all facets from installing and starting the program to handle it with mostly all common statistical methods. In addition It provides links and Further online data / material to get a wide range of options how to use R. So it can be used for individual self-study or for teachers and academics to prepare ambitious and easy to understand lectures. The only thing what's left When reading the book is the notion: Andy, it's about time for Stata. ;)