G'day, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Kingston Lake Camp.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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Kingston Lake Camp

Valid Reviews

46 Valid Reviews

The Kingston Lake Camp experience has a total of 47 reviews. There are 46 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 46 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 22
48%
9/10 10
22%
8/10 8
17%
7/10 4
9%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

89.78% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kingston Lake Camp valid reviews is 89.78% and is based on 46 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

89.28%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Relative Weight
Silja 10/10 101 days 100%
Cammie 8/10 132 days 98%
Westysdownunder 7/10 132 days 92%
Rebecca S 10/10 160 days 99%
Marco 10/10 160 days 99%
Ben 8/10 283 days 94%
Jakub 7/10 283 days 89%
Christina 10/10 405 days 91%
Jacinta 7/10 466 days 81%
Marine 9/10 497 days 85%
Oscar 6/10 556 days 70%
Mladen Savov 10/10 587 days 80%
Gas 10/10 648 days 76%
Stephane 10/10 678 days 73%
tasman travels 10/10 770 days 65%
Holly 7/10 801 days 58%
5 stars! 10/10 862 days 56%
Val 10/10 891 days 53%
Lindsey 9/10 891 days 53%
Ann 9/10 891 days 53%
Linda 8/10 922 days 49%
Oskar Svensson 10/10 953 days 47%
Cholly 9/10 1014 days 40%
Chloe 10/10 1044 days 38%
Giki 8/10 1106 days 32%
HIMANSHU CHAUDHARY 10/10 1106 days 32%
Susan 10/10 1106 days 32%
Basil 8/10 1166 days 27%
Jodie Muller 9/10 1167 days 27%
Lauren 8/10 1228 days 22%
Mwilliams 10/10 1228 days 23%
Niek 10/10 1287 days 19%
Alexandra 9/10 1287 days 19%
Meaghan 9/10 1318 days 17%
Shelly 8/10 1318 days 16%
Mckenzie Galbraith 9/10 1318 days 17%
Mil 9/10 1348 days 15%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1409 days 12%
Melinda Pyke 10/10 1409 days 12%
Jorik 10/10 1409 days 12%
Chantal D 8/10 1440 days 10%
Rochelle 🥰 10/10 1471 days 9%
Maddie 10/10 1471 days 9%
Pierre 9/10 1532 days 7%
Valg 10/10 1986 days 1%
Kathi 5/10 2017 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kingston Lake Camp does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.10% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled folk are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

90%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.