There are three courses in R at the Summer Institute for Statistics Genetics, in Seattle this July, ranging from completely introductory to advanced programming. The intermediate and advanced courses are taught by me and Ken Rice, the (new) introductory course by Ken and Tim Thornton. More information at http://www.biostat.washington.edu/suminst/sisg/schedule -thomas -- Thomas Lumley Professor of Biostatistics University of Auckland [[alternative HTML version deleted]]