download_ePIRLS: Download and Unzip ePIRLS Files

In EdSurvey: Analysis of NCES Education Survey and Assessment Data

Download and Unzip ePIRLS Files

Description

Uses an Internet connection to download ePIRLS data. Data come from timssandpirls.bc.edu zip files. This function works for 2016 data.

Usage

download_ePIRLS(root, years = c(2016), cache = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

root	a character string indicating the directory where the ePIRLS data should be stored. Files are placed in a subdirectory named ePIRLS/[year].
years	an integer vector of the assessment years to download. Valid year is 2016 only.
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 FALSE.
verbose	a logical value to either print or suppress status message output. The default value is TRUE.

Author(s)

Tom Fink

See Also

read_ePIRLS

Examples

## Not run: 
# root argument will vary by operating system conventions
download_ePIRLS(years=2016, root = "~/")

# cache=TRUE will download then process the datafiles
download_ePIRLS(years=2016, root = "~/", cache = TRUE)

# set verbose=FALSE for silent output
# if year not specified, download all years
download_ePIRLS(root="~/", verbose = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

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