First you should watch a few videos. These are in the MarinStatsLectures. At this point you should watch videos 1.0 and 1.1.
This is an excellent series of lectures, but the author does use a Mac. If you need to see the specifics for Windows, there is a collection of videos here.
Now you should proceed with installing R and Rstudio on your own computer. The website where you obtain R itself is here. The website for RStudio is here. You want the open source desktop edition.
To complete your reading assignments you will need to use a snipping tool.
All versions of Windows have the windows snipping tool installed. Here is a collection of YouTube Videos on the Windows 7 Snipping Tool. And here is a collection on the Windows 8 Snipping Tool.
For Mac users, the free app, Monosnap has equivalent (and more) functionality. You’ll have to get it from the app store. Here is a collection of YouTube videos on Monosnap.
You will need to learn some very basic things about the statistical software we will be using in this course. There is a free set of lessons offered by the O’Reilly Code School. At the end of the first reading assignment, you will need to submit your badge for Chapter 6. Before you begin the lessons, you should click on the three horizontal bars in the upper left corner. Follow the links to create a free account. Having an account allows you to save your work between sessions. If you don’t do this, you can still do the lessons, but your work will be lost when you sign off.