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October 25, 2024
Visualising results from the Backyard Ultra World Team Championship 2024
I got obsessed with the Backyard Ultra 2024 teams event and made some charts of the results.
October 15, 2024
Mapping changes in Auckland's youngish adult population: Census 2023 edition
Dot-density maps of changes in Auckland's population aged 20-34 between the 2018 and 2023 Censuses.
October 9, 2024
Problems with SurveyMonkey's A/B test calculator
SurveyMonkey's calculator to compare proportions across groups is very confusing.
October 7, 2024
NZ Treasury changes the discount rate
The New Zealand Treasury substantially reduced the discount rate for public sector projects -- what does this mean?
October 4, 2024
Working from home in the 2023 New Zealand Census
What can the latest 2023 New Zealand Census data tell us about working from home?
October 3, 2024
NZ Census 2023 data released
Taking a first look at data from the 2023 New Zealand Census that was released today
October 1, 2024
Celebrating 10 years in business
Today is the 10th anniversary of starting Schiff Consulting. Here's a look back at achievements in that time.
September 26, 2024
Are young women in New Zealand starting to leave men behind?
Comparing socio-economic trends for people in their 20s
September 18, 2024
Building a Linkedin data visualisation template with Quarto and Typst
A detailed walkthrough of how I set up a custom template for Quarto and Typst to create PDF files of data visualisations for sharing on Linkedin.
September 17, 2024
Visitor arrivals to New Zealand over 100 years
A look at how the number of international visitor arrivals to New Zealand has changed over the past 100 years.