Simple data processing from csv file using Java
US Land use survey data will be filtered and analyzed to answer five simple questions. The data is from the United States Department of Agriculture’s report on major land use categories for US states. The report includes survey data from 1945 through 2012, taken roughly every 5 years.
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Which region had the most "Grassland pasture and range" in 1974? Answer: Mountain total
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How many states had at least 2,000 in the “Land in Urban areas” column for any year prior to 1987? Answer: 4
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What is the average value of the “Cropland used for pasture” column among all states within the Pacific and Mountain regions for 1964? Answer: 777.1
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Consider the original 13 colonies of England which became what is now the United States. Of the states that have land within the territory of those 13 colonies, which state made the largest contribution to its region's total “Forest-use land” in 2012? Anwer: Georgia
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Which region has had the largest shift in its land use between 1945 and 2012? Please explain your reasoning, including the data that you used to reach that conclusion. Answer: The region in which the land use changed the most between 1945 and 2012 is Southeast total. The land type of Forest Use Land Not Grazed
increased by 54100 acres.
This data analysis project is the technical challenge for the Ada Developers' Academy application for cohort 11.