Using pre-publication openICPSR Projects#

Typically the AEA Data Editor team will access code and data provided by authors that is stored on openICPSR.

Cornell replicators: You will need to set up an openICPSR account using your Cornell email.

Basics of openICPSR#

  • Authors will create a draft deposit that contains the replication archive for their paper.

  • Each deposit is identified with a six digit number (123456)

  • You will download the project and commit the code (but not the data) files to the corresponding Bitbucket repo.

Downloading from openICPSR#

The most convenient way to download the information is to use the LDI-specific script tools/download_openicpsr-private.py (be sure to have set up your environment first).

Short version of call to script

While in your repository directory, open a (Git) Bash shell, and type

python3 tools/download_openicpsr-private.py 123456

which will download a file 123456.zip. If this has not been done before, it will unzip it into a directory 123456.

You may need to adjust python3 to be python, depending on your environment.

Full options for script

python3 tools/download_openicpsr-private.py 123456 . mylogin@cornell.edu

where

  • . indicates the directory to download the ZIP file to (here, the current directory)

  • mylogin@cornell.edu is the login you use on the openICPSR website (typically, netid@cornell.edu)

See appendix on how to set up the environment to make the script simpler (i.e., allow the short form to run).

  • Log on to the openICPSR website by clicking on the Replication package URL link in Jira

  • If you get an error, the project has probably not been shared with you. Contact your supervisor.

  • If successfully logged on, you will be able to download the project from the “more” menu:

Reminders#

Normally, none of the actions below are technically possible, but you should nevertheless follow these guidelines:

  • Do not publish the openICPSR projects.

  • Do not upload files to the projects.

  • Do not share projects with others unless instructed otherwise.

  • Do not share screenshots with others

See Privacy section about expectations on privacy.