1. The document provides an overview of common statistical tests and functions in R, including linear regression and mixed models. It demonstrates how to perform t-tests, linear regression, and fit mixed models using the lm() and lme() functions.
2. Linear regression in R uses Wilkinson-Rogers notation to specify models in the lm() function. Mixed models can include both fixed and random effects, as demonstrated by fitting a basic mixed model with a random intercept to a subset of the Orthodont data.
3. Class lm objects have their own plot() function to visualize linear regression results. Summary() provides statistics on model fits while individual fields like coefficients and residuals can be accessed directly from the model object.