DOT loves data

31/08/2022

dotlovesdata.com got an upgrade.

11/06/2021

We launched "Us". Unique Segmentation for a changing NZ. We're delighted. The video is epic as well!

The newest DOT loves data product, ‘Unique Segmentation for today's New Zealand’ (Us), supersedes previous DOT products in the segmentation space.

16/11/2020

Who doesn't like an old-fashioned morning tea. Especially when welcoming new faces.

13/10/2020

Welcome to data engineer Scottie T. Scott works on the extraction and storing of data for various DOT products. He honed his skills programming for the brand that touches us all, the IRD. Welcome Scott!

04/10/2020

Help us Ali, you're our only hope, will say many an organisation.

Ali has joined us as a Data Scientist and is just a few months away from completing her PhD in PaleoArchaeology. As our resident Indiana Jones, she is used to digging data out of the East African dirt and applying quantitative methods to understanding human evolution. Here at DOT, she continues her interests in what we humans do by digging through digital data. Minus the snakes.

28/09/2020

Meet Brandon. He's brand new at DOT and works as a systems engineer. He's rocking the latest DOT t-shirt, a tribute to rock 'n roll giants Def Leppard. Brandon may not remember them, hell he wasn't even born when Hysteria was released, but who doesn't like a free t-shirt.

08/09/2020

We love a good rugby analysis. And so does Dylan Cleaver at the Herald so we joined forces. It's behind the paywall, so here's the gist of it:

SUPER RUGBY v SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA

"Number crunchers Dot Loves Data asked analysed pre-Covid Super Rugby, with peri-Covid.
The most glaring hole in the argument for SRA is tries. In 48 Super Rugby matches there was an average of 6.9 tries per game. In the 19-game SRA, just 5.8. That is a significant climb down.

Yet the ball was kicked more in SRA. Not significantly (37.5 kicks per game as opposed to 36) but you start to wonder: less tries, more kicking – was SRA actually rubbish?

Probably not.

The key to success was competitiveness. Nearly half the games – nine – were decided by seven points or less. Pre-Covid was far more lopsided, with just 19.5 per cent of matches being decided by a converted try or less.

If the competitiveness was better, so was the continuity. There were fewer scrums per game (10.3 v 13.2), more rucks (166.8 v 153.2), more passes (292.1 v 269.1) and more offloads (17.9 v 15.1). There was more tackling (288 attempts v 277) and better tackling (85 per cent accuracy v 83 per cent)."

Comment: Yes, it wouldn't be the panacea - but it would serve a delightful double purpose.

27/05/2020

Nice work Justin. Come on Wellington CBD, let's get those tills humming!

In the capital city thousands of public servants aren't heading back to work any time soon.

26/05/2020

We released some data yesterday and it's been run by Stuff. We have some good news and some bad news.

Good news in that the regions are up: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/121632230/retailers-in-the-regions-benefit-as-more-work-from-home

The front page of the Dom tells a bleaker story of the Wellington CBD unfortunately:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/121624973/wellington-cbd-may-remain-a-ghost-town-for-months-as-civil-servants-stay-home

Never been a better time to

Workers reluctant to return to CBD offices could push up regional spending at the expense of central Wellington.