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Project Brief: Spreadsheet Analysis

In this project you'll use Python to do very basic data analysis on a spreadsheet. The standard project will use csv file that contains fake sales data. After completing the required tasks you are free to change the csv file that you use.

The csv file for the standard project is called sales.csv and is included with your course materials. Please ask your instructor in case you are unable to find it$.$

You will not need any additional knowledge beyond what is covered in this course to complete this project.

Required Tasks

These are the required tasks for this project. You should aim to complete these tasks before adding your own ideas to the project.

Read the data from the spreadsheet

Collect all of the sales from each month into a single list

Output the total sales across all months

Ideas for Extending the Project

Here are a few ideas for extending the project beyond the required tasks. These ideas are just suggestions, feel free to come up with your own ideas and extend the program however you want.

Output a summary of the results to a spreadsheet

Calculate the following:

Monthly changes as a percentage

The average

Months with the highest and lowest sales

Use a data source from a different spreadsheet $($see Useful Resources$)$Example Project Code

In this section you will find some example code to complete the required tasks. You can use this code for guidance if you are finding it difficult to complete the required tasks for this project.