Getting R up and running
We want to accomplish two things here: first, install the latest version of R and second, install RStudio, which is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for R.
Let's start by going to R's homepage at https://www.r-project.org/. This page will look similar to the following screenshot:
You can see that there is a link, download R, and in the News section, the latest R version is 3.2.2 (Fire Safety), which was released on 2015-08-14. Now, click one of the links, either CRAN under Download or download R under Getting Started, and you will come to the following screen, which has CRAN Mirrors:
These are the links by country and sorted alphabetically that will take you to the download page. Being in Indiana, USA, I will scroll down and find that Indiana University has a link:
Once you find a similar link that is close to your location, click on it and you will see this as part of the page that will be loaded:
Now, click on your appropriate operating system...