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loadData.R
# Check if file exists in working directory; if not, downloads
fileName = "medMis.csv"
if (!file.exists(fileName)){
url <- "https://health.data.ny.gov/api/views/ebmi-8ctw/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD"
fileName <- "medMis.csv"
download.file(url, fileName, method = "curl")
}
medMis <- read.csv(fileName)
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