Benefit-Cost

To run the pipeline:

Clone the repo:

1. cd desired_directory
2. git clone the SSH url

To run the code on your local machine:

1. Set your working directory to the root of the project folder

   • In Rstudio console: setwd("../benefit-cost")

2. Confirm your working directory is at the root of the project directory

   • In Rstudio console: getwd()

3. Singular task(s)

   • Manually
     • In Rstudio console, setwd("task-name"); source("src/task-name.r")

4. Alternatively, you can run the desired task as a local job by

• Opening the local jobs pane (Tools -> Jobs -> Start Local Job) after opening the task's script
  • Selecting the task directory as the working directory
  • Clicking start

The order to run tasks in is as described in the makefile i.e.

1. download_and_clean_crime_costs
2. inflation_adjust_crime_cost
3. calculate_cost_of_violence
4. run_models

The other tasks do not need to be rerun