download_dgm: Download Datasets/Results/Measures of a DGM

In PublicationBiasBenchmark: Benchmark for Publication Bias Correction Methods

Download Datasets/Results/Measures of a DGM

Description

This function downloads datasets/results/measures of a specified Data-Generating Mechanism (DGM) from the OSF repository (https://osf.io/exf3m/). The datasets/results/measures are saved to the location specified via PublicationBiasBenchmark.options(resources_directory = "/path/"). To set the location permanently, specify the PublicationBiasBenchmark_RESOURCES environment variable. The data are stored in dgm_name/datasets, dgm_name/results, dgm_name/measures subfolders.

Usage

download_dgm_datasets(
  dgm_name,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  progress = TRUE,
  max_try = 10
)

download_dgm_results(
  dgm_name,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  progress = TRUE,
  max_try = 10
)

download_dgm_measures(
  dgm_name,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  progress = TRUE,
  max_try = 10
)

Arguments

dgm_name	Character string specifying the name of the DGM dataset to download.
overwrite	Logical indicating whether to overwrite existing files. Defaults to FALSE, which means only missing files will be downloaded.
progress	Logical indicating whether to show progress downloading files. Defaults to TRUE.
max_try	Integet specifying how many times should the function attempt reconnecting to OSF upon failure.

Value

TRUE if the download was successful, otherwise an error is raised.

Examples

## Not run: 
  download_dgm_datasets("no_bias")

## End(Not run)

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