Congressional Roll Call Votes To Text Corpus

Tabula Rasa

The below steps can be taken to "re-play" the project's process. Each step may refer to a different README. In these cases, the step in that README will aslo be noted. It is recommended you read the full README as sometimes a step may contain a shortcut or other prior assumed knowledge.

When the work is still in-progress a note of TODO, DOING, DONE should be added to the front

1. Get the raw data. Data instructions(step 1...N).
2. Describe some steps that need to be run Code instructions(script 1...M).
3. Describe more steps that need to be run Code instructions(script M+1...N).
4. Knit the paper. Paper instructions(script 1-2).

Prerequisites

The following packages need to be installed. You can use any method to install the prerequisites. I recommend using Chocolatey. If you decide to use Chocolatey, open an admin PowerShell prompt and run the code snipet below.

• Python
• R + R Studio

if('Unrestricted' -ne (Get-ExecutionPolicy)) { Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force }
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
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choco install python3 -y
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choco install r.project -y
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choco install r.studio -y