The Status of Monarch Butterflies in Montana

Inspiration

For this project we were tasked with sorting through a data set and create a presentation over it.

What it does

Our code uses a .csv file and then based on the info that is desired by the user can output averages, top results for a certain categories or a count of how many instances a value occurred.

How we built it

For the code aspect of the challenge we use python to sort through all the data that was presented to us with the .csv file we coded it so that it would give us the data that we wanted which in our case was to give us the top five results and averages of certain data points.

Challenges we ran into

Some of the challenges we face was the fact that the .csv file that we were original presented with had nearly 600k lines of data which made it hard for us to one keep opening the file and also made it hard for the python script to run through all of that data.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to refine the code a at very early point within the challenge which helped us get the data that we needed quickly which also allowed us to spend more time on working on our presentation

What we learned

We have learned that by utilizing a combination of excel and python to help us sort through data it can be very efficient and also helpful to have team members who specialize in different categories which helps the overall team dynamic.

What's next for The Status of Monarch Butterflies in Montana

The next step for the project would be to expand the data base and use the same process which we have used for all the other states to get a better idea of how it effect each state.

Built With

• python