This document provides an introduction to linear regression in R. It covers exploratory data analysis of the iris data set, correlation analysis, linear regression using lm(), plotting regression results, and identifying influential cases. Key steps include examining assumptions, fitting a linear regression model to predict petal length from sepal length, interpreting regression coefficients, and checking for high leverage or influential points. The document demonstrates many linear regression procedures in base R and with additional packages like ggplot2, Hmisc, and QuantPsyc.