View source: R/downloadTIMSS.R
downloadTIMSS | R Documentation |
Uses an Internet connection to download TIMSS data. Data come from timssandpirls.bc.edu zip files. This function works for 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 data.
downloadTIMSS(
root,
years = c(2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019),
cache = FALSE,
verbose = TRUE
)
root |
a character string indicating the directory where the TIMSS data should be stored. Files are placed in a subdirectory named TIMSS/[year]. |
years |
an integer vector of the assessment years to download. Valid years are 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. |
cache |
a logical value set to process and cache the text (.txt) version of files.
This takes a very long time but saves time for future uses of
the data. Default value is |
verbose |
a logical value to either print or suppress status message output.
The default value is |
Tom Fink
readTIMSS
## Not run:
# root argument will vary by operating system conventions
downloadTIMSS(year=c(2019, 2015, 2011), root = "~/")
# cache=TRUE will download then process the datafiles
downloadTIMSS(year=2015, root = "~/", cache = TRUE)
# set verbose=FALSE for silent output
# if year not specified, download all years
downloadTIMSS(root="~/", verbose = FALSE)
## End(Not run)
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