Reproducible Retrieval of Pew Research Center Datasets

Reproducible, programmatic retrieval of survey datasets from the Pew Research Center.

pewdata

pewdata is an R package that provides reproducible, programmatic access to survey datasets from the Pew Research Center.

To install:

• the latest released version: install.packages("pewdata")
• the latest development version:

if (!require(remotes)) install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("fsolt/pewdata")

Note that pewdata depends on the Chrome Dev browser; if you don't already have it installed on your machine, get it here.

pewdata also depends on having a working installation of rJava. Helpful hints for Mac users and for Windows users.

For more details, check out the vignette.