raw_data: Download Open Case Study Raw Data

In OCSdata: Download Data from the 'Open Case Studies' Repository

Description

Download the specified case study raw data to use as you follow along the case study.

Usage

raw_data(casestudy, outpath = NULL)

Arguments

casestudy

character string, name of the case study to pull data from. The input name should follow the same naming scheme as the repository on GitHub: ocs-bp-rural-and-urban-obesity ocs-bp-air-pollution ocs-bp-vaping-case-study ocs-bp-opioid-rural-urban ocs-bp-RTC-wrangling ocs-bp-RTC-analysis ocs-bp-youth-disconnection ocs-bp-youth-mental-health ocs-bp-school-shootings-dashboard ocs-bp-co2-emissions ocs-bp-diet

outpath

character string, path to the directory where the downloaded data folder should be saved.

Details

This function downloads the Open Case Study raw data from GitHub and saves it in a new 'OCS_data/data/raw/' folder in the specified directory. This makes it so all the raw data are easily available in a local folder to be processed and wrangled.

Value

If download is successful, the path to the downloaded data folder is printed and the logical value TRUE is returned. Otherwise the appropriate error message is printed.

Examples

tmp = tempfile()
dir.create(tmp)
raw_data('ocs-bp-opioid-rural-urban', outpath = tmp)

OCSdata documentation built on Aug. 20, 2021, 9:07 a.m.