Dice, a site supporting technical jobseekers, has produced a 2-minute video about R. It’s intended as advice to graduates seeking a career in the analytics sector (the advice: R is growing fast, so you’d better learn it!) but it also serves as an entertaining, if quirky, general introduction to R.
The accompanying article (linked below) is also a good overview of R for anyone who isn’t sure what it is or why it’s important.
