Dr Aaron Schiff is an independent
data scientist and consulting economist
I use data analysis and economics to help people understand problems and make better decisions. I have a PhD in economics and more than 20 years of experience as a consultant to public and private sector clients in New Zealand and abroad. I also enjoy collaborating with other consultants. Please get in touch to discuss how we could work together.
- 16 May 2022 One month with R in VS Code – A few more tweaks for using R in VS Code
- 7 April 2022 Using R in VS Code – Some things I learned while trying out R in VS Code
- 29 March 2022 Automating downloads from Infoshare with R – I wrote some code that uses RSelenium to help automate downloads of time-series data
- 27 March 2022 Visualising forecast uncertainty – Experimenting with how to show the uncertainty associated with an economic forecast
- 25 March 2022 Back to blogging – Goodbye email newsletter, hello (again) blog
- NZ vaccination – Uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in New Zealand. Updated weekly on Wednesdays.
- COVID benchmarking – Comparions of COVID outcomes for New Zealand versus selected other countries. Updated fortnightly on Mondays.
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State Highway 1 Population – NZ’s population along State Highway 1
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Small Towns – Approximate maps of the small towns of Aotearoa
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NZ Freight Volumes – An interactive visualisation of estimated freight volumes transported within New Zealand in 2012