Ranking Score Explained

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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 Whale Watch Kaikoura.

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Whale Watch Kaikoura

Valid Reviews

673 Valid Reviews

The Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has a total of 676 reviews. There are 673 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 invalid reviews 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 673 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 166
25%
9/10 174
26%
8/10 148
22%
7/10 97
14%
6/10 40
6%
5/10 24
4%
4/10 9
1%
3/10 8
1%
2/10 4
1%
1/10 3
0%

82.02% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Whale Watch Kaikoura valid reviews is 82.02% and is based on 673 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

605 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 673 valid reviews, the experience has 605 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 605 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 144
24%
9/10 157
26%
8/10 134
22%
7/10 94
16%
6/10 36
6%
5/10 20
3%
4/10 8
1%
3/10 7
1%
2/10 3
0%
1/10 2
0%

81.98% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Whale Watch Kaikoura face-to-face reviews is 81.98% and is based on 605 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

84.05%

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 Face-to-Face Weight Relative Weight
Penny Mackay 10/10 174 days 95.2 100%
Derek Green 8/10 386 days 76.39 80%
Troels Karlsen 3/10 416 days 66.05 69%
Wilhelm Wiechel 9/10 462 days true 79.41 83%
Richard 10/10 472 days true 77.64 82%
Michael Holm 9/10 473 days true 77.46 81%
Lizzie Edmonds 9/10 474 days true 77.28 81%
Ann Teeters 10/10 722 days 27.05 28%
Tomas Kotul 9/10 744 days true 29.43 31%
Alan Brown 10/10 750 days 23.86 25%
Wendy 10/10 756 days true 27.85 29%
David 10/10 756 days true 27.85 29%
Felicity Hughes 10/10 763 days true 26.96 28%
Jack Halligan 8/10 772 days true 25.84 27%
Sandra Reynders 9/10 810 days true 21.45 22%
John Edwards 9/10 826 days true 19.76 21%
Alice Frater 8/10 826 days true 19.76 21%
Lena 8/10 845 days true 17.88 19%
Laura Leoekloek 10/10 845 days true 17.88 19%
Lucie Colpin 9/10 856 days true 16.86 18%
Niall Regan 9/10 858 days true 16.68 17%
Guilhem 7/10 863 days true 16.23 17%
Olivier Reculeau 8/10 1059 days true 6.25 7%
Michael Miehling 6/10 1061 days true 6.22 6%
Sarah Boettcher 2/10 1062 days 4.55 5%
Lisa Haedrich 9/10 1064 days true 6.18 6%
Alexes D 8/10 1068 days true 6.14 6%
Sophia and Karen 6/10 1070 days true 6.12 6%
Susanna Daaike 10/10 1071 days true 6.11 6%
Benedikt Maus 8/10 1072 days true 6.1 6%
Leonie Kaufmann 9/10 1072 days true 6.1 6%
Sarah Dial 9/10 1073 days true 6.09 6%
Olivier Anciaux 10/10 1081 days true 6.04 6%
Wendy van Boom 9/10 1081 days true 6.04 6%
Leonie 9/10 1081 days true 6.04 6%
Maayke Reidsma 9/10 1081 days true 6.04 6%
Judith 9/10 1089 days true 6.01 6%
Dennis Xuereb 8/10 1091 days true 6.0 6%
Stefan Siegmund 7/10 1100 days true 5.99 6%
Louise Boje 10/10 1104 days true 5.99 6%
Marlene Goecke 7/10 1107 days true 5.98 6%
Lisa 7/10 1111 days true 5.97 6%
Florian Bellark 7/10 1113 days true 5.97 6%
Carl 6/10 1115 days true 5.97 6%
paulmiles 10/10 1116 days 4.97 5%
Tamara 6/10 1120 days true 5.96 6%
Anna Stoehr 9/10 1121 days true 5.96 6%
Michelle Hoffman 9/10 1123 days true 5.95 6%
Herman Lubben 10/10 1128 days true 5.95 6%
Tabea 6/10 1129 days true 5.94 6%
Chloe Guerillot 8/10 1130 days true 5.94 6%
Marcus and Claudia 10/10 1132 days true 5.94 6%
Philip 6/10 1135 days true 5.93 6%
Livia and Dave 7/10 1136 days true 5.93 6%
Madita and Lisann 5/10 1163 days true 5.89 6%
Julie 10/10 1163 days true 5.89 6%
Roman and Liz 8/10 1166 days true 5.88 6%
Georgia Coleman 8/10 1169 days true 5.88 6%
Corrie Medinea 6/10 1172 days true 5.87 6%
Iker Peeters 9/10 1179 days true 5.86 6%
Lenka Korinkova 10/10 1441 days true 5.43 6%
Jiri Benda 10/10 1441 days true 5.43 6%
Fides 10/10 1444 days true 5.43 6%
Christoph 9/10 1444 days true 5.43 6%
Peter Beeloo 8/10 1453 days 4.51 5%
Chris Hindley 9/10 1512 days 4.43 5%
Frank Wijnands 8/10 1525 days true 5.29 6%
Dieter Schmees 8/10 1525 days true 5.29 6%
Sophie James 7/10 1530 days true 5.28 6%
Hubert Schmid 9/10 1598 days true 5.17 5%
Claudia de Winter 9/10 1790 days true 4.86 5%
Lilli Erni 9/10 1797 days true 4.85 5%
Jonas Hessel 8/10 1816 days true 4.81 5%
Bex Hyland 10/10 1828 days true 4.8 5%
Matt Hyland 10/10 1828 days true 4.8 5%
Jennifer Garner 10/10 1832 days true 4.79 5%
Wayne Schist 8/10 1842 days true 4.77 5%
Sarah 10/10 1843 days true 4.77 5%
Mike Majnik 10/10 1843 days true 4.77 5%
James Turnbull 9/10 1843 days true 4.77 5%
Danni Turnbull 9/10 1843 days true 4.77 5%
David Krasner 10/10 1844 days true 4.77 5%
Bill 7/10 1845 days true 4.77 5%
Saskia 5/10 1845 days true 4.77 5%
Becky Davis 10/10 1846 days true 4.77 5%
Yasmin Anweiler 10/10 1847 days 3.97 4%
Sue Eastwood 8/10 1847 days 3.97 4%
Paul Wallace 7/10 1853 days true 4.75 5%
Sanne Sprogoe Borgaa 8/10 1859 days true 4.74 5%
Johanna Bak 7/10 1866 days true 4.73 5%
Evyatar Karni 7/10 1881 days true 4.71 5%
Steve Warren 10/10 1970 days 3.8 4%
Vicki Radford-Bray 10/10 1970 days 3.8 4%
David Restell 10/10 2062 days 3.68 4%
Mark Wiggington 8/10 2147 days true 4.27 4%
Neil Beckett 9/10 2153 days 3.55 4%
Jitka Krejcova 7/10 2170 days true 4.23 4%
Michal Sturma 7/10 2170 days true 4.23 4%
Christofer Tonn 7/10 2170 days true 4.23 4%
Gerard Berote 7/10 2185 days true 4.21 4%
Karine Scheers 8/10 2185 days true 4.21 4%
Michael Walker 9/10 2186 days true 4.21 4%
Lorraine Walker 8/10 2186 days true 4.21 4%
Francois Marchar 5/10 2194 days true 4.19 4%
Lars Schulz 9/10 2199 days true 4.19 4%
Cherlyn Chong 10/10 2212 days 3.47 4%
susan savage 9/10 2212 days 3.47 4%
battum 80 8/10 2212 days 3.47 4%
Jonathan Meun 9/10 2214 days true 4.16 4%
Sandra and Thomas 10/10 2262 days true 4.08 4%
Jan 7/10 2262 days true 4.08 4%
Steve Douthwaite 10/10 2263 days true 4.08 4%
Ramon Keller 9/10 2264 days true 4.08 4%
David and Sally Wallis 6/10 2265 days true 4.08 4%
Urs Kloter 8/10 2265 days true 4.08 4%
Jackie and Brian 8/10 2266 days true 4.08 4%
Brian Howe 10/10 2267 days true 4.07 4%
Sasha and Sandra Bonavia 9/10 2274 days true 4.06 4%
Innes Martin 4/10 2278 days true 3.82 4%
Alexander Klein 9/10 2278 days true 4.06 4%
Reinhard Stahl 10/10 2279 days true 4.05 4%
Reinhard Stahl 10/10 2279 days true 4.05 4%
Reijans 9/10 2280 days true 4.05 4%
Erik Funk 7/10 2281 days true 4.05 4%
roos wubben 9/10 2290 days true 4.04 4%
Ton Franke 7/10 2290 days true 4.04 4%
Jenben 8/10 2304 days 3.34 3%
lavonc 1/10 2304 days 2.84 3%
gareth williams 10/10 2365 days 3.26 3%
Sander Heike 10/10 2521 days true 3.66 4%
Robin Sable 10/10 2530 days true 3.64 4%
Mr and Mrs White 7/10 2531 days true 3.64 4%
Marc Schmiedily 1/10 2535 days true 3.18 3%
James Huntzinger 9/10 2540 days true 3.62 4%
Clausen 2/10 2542 days true 3.26 3%
J Jmal 10/10 2545 days true 3.62 4%
Johannes OBerlin 7/10 2546 days true 3.61 4%
Fritschi 8/10 2551 days true 3.61 4%
Daniel Patricia 4/10 2552 days true 3.39 4%
Denise & Maciej Holzer 9/10 2553 days true 3.6 4%
Wil de Kubber 8/10 2554 days true 3.6 4%
Robert 9/10 2555 days true 3.6 4%
Brasier 9/10 2555 days true 3.6 4%
Martin Beuker 9/10 2555 days true 3.6 4%
Jeltje 8/10 2558 days true 3.6 4%
Rick Moth 10/10 2558 days true 3.6 4%
Barbara 3/10 2559 days true 3.32 3%
Inge & Erik 10/10 2559 days true 3.59 4%
Josef 10/10 2559 days true 3.59 4%
Seiler 10/10 2559 days true 3.59 4%
Lyn Deavin 8/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Johanna & Catrin 10/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Orlando 9/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Sandra Andersen 7/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Sabine 9/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Preben vil Helmsen 10/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Kolen 8/10 2561 days true 3.59 4%
Marie 7/10 2562 days true 3.59 4%
Peter Wall 10/10 2562 days true 3.59 4%
Jim Addicott 10/10 2562 days true 3.59 4%
Dominique 9/10 2562 days true 3.59 4%
Gerrit & Martina 8/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Peter Putz 10/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Rikke & Trine Bundgaard 9/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Gabriele Wendt 7/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Houter 8/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Astrid Boon 8/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Stephanie Kohlmann 9/10 2563 days true 3.59 4%
Peter Aertssen 8/10 2564 days true 3.59 4%
Alan Findlay 9/10 2564 days true 3.59 4%
Schertenleib 8/10 2565 days true 3.58 4%
Siegfried Krueger 10/10 2565 days true 3.58 4%
Janse 9/10 2565 days true 3.58 4%
Christian Apfel 8/10 2566 days true 3.58 4%
Aled 8/10 2567 days true 3.58 4%
Fiona Finke 8/10 2569 days true 3.58 4%
R Seiferling 10/10 2570 days true 3.58 4%
Elizabeth Gardner 9/10 2570 days true 3.58 4%
Filsack 7/10 2570 days true 3.58 4%
Brian Frost 10/10 2572 days true 3.57 4%
Frank Waskikowski 10/10 2572 days true 3.57 4%
Stephanie Wirthlin 8/10 2572 days true 3.57 4%
Andreas Kristiansen 8/10 2572 days true 3.57 4%
Jessica Lane 5/10 2575 days true 3.57 4%
Hugo ten Brink 7/10 2576 days true 3.57 4%
Thomas Behy 8/10 2576 days true 3.57 4%
Frank & Julia 10/10 2577 days true 3.56 4%
Dugald McCallum 9/10 2577 days true 3.56 4%
Cick Pouw 7/10 2577 days true 3.56 4%
Marie Frank 10/10 2578 days true 3.56 4%
Colin Jenkins 7/10 2589 days true 3.54 4%
Monika & Roger 9/10 2591 days true 3.54 4%
littlebear 10/10 2609 days 2.93 3%
FlyKiwiFly 9/10 2609 days 2.93 3%
Barsch, Arwed & Gertrud 10/10 2609 days true 3.51 4%
Dorthe 8/10 2641 days true 3.46 4%
Steve & Maggie 8/10 2641 days true 3.46 4%
Peter, Noelle & Susanne 7/10 2643 days true 3.46 4%
deJong 8/10 2644 days true 3.45 4%
Kai 10/10 2646 days true 3.45 4%
Les and Carole Savins 8/10 2646 days true 3.45 4%
Bernhard & Brigitte Gosch 9/10 2647 days true 3.45 4%
Moniek Roelots 8/10 2647 days true 3.45 4%
Steve Eley 9/10 2649 days true 3.45 4%
Berry 10/10 2651 days true 3.44 4%
Cornelis 9/10 2654 days true 3.44 4%
David & Audrey 9/10 2655 days true 3.44 4%
Jory Singer 4/10 2655 days true 3.24 3%
Rudlinger 5/10 2657 days true 3.43 4%
Eveline Mestrom 7/10 2660 days true 3.43 4%
Tamara 6/10 2670 days true 3.41 4%
elise1987 5/10 2701 days 2.8 3%
MaggieYChaChi 9/10 2731 days 2.76 3%
cruisysue 5/10 2762 days 2.72 3%
dnigolian 9/10 2762 days 2.72 3%
GenH 8/10 2854 days 2.59 3%
Jasmin Loeffler 10/10 2860 days true 3.1 3%
Andreas Heyer 10/10 2866 days true 3.09 3%
Petra 10/10 2878 days true 3.07 3%
Edward Marhi 5/10 2881 days true 3.06 3%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 2884 days 2.55 3%
Jennifer Holloway 7/10 2889 days true 3.05 3%
Jill 9/10 2890 days true 3.05 3%
Ken Jones 9/10 2890 days true 3.05 3%
Sebastian Wiesinger 7/10 2895 days true 3.04 3%
Adi Leheucel 6/10 2896 days true 3.04 3%
Stefanie 1/10 2898 days true 2.66 3%
Julia 8/10 2898 days true 3.04 3%
Marianne Swauger 8/10 2898 days true 3.04 3%
Berger 10/10 2899 days true 3.03 3%
Werner and Rita 6/10 2899 days true 3.03 3%
Judith 8/10 2901 days true 3.03 3%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 2901 days true 3.03 3%
Robin Smith 10/10 2901 days true 3.03 3%
Pfleidere 9/10 2902 days true 3.03 3%
Karin Kueng 9/10 2903 days true 3.03 3%
Beth and Daisy 7/10 2903 days true 3.03 3%
Mark Walker 9/10 2903 days true 3.03 3%
Bette Eh 10/10 2904 days true 3.03 3%
John Cullin 10/10 2905 days true 3.02 3%
Tim 9/10 2905 days true 3.02 3%
Kornelia Kirf 7/10 2905 days true 3.02 3%
Nathalie Verzeletti 3/10 2905 days true 2.8 3%
Leanne Shepherd 9/10 2907 days true 3.02 3%
Zoe Nash 8/10 2907 days true 3.02 3%
Mary Banks 10/10 2908 days true 3.02 3%
Michael Long 9/10 2908 days true 3.02 3%
Schweisshelm 7/10 2909 days true 3.02 3%
Chris & Anne Pearson 8/10 2909 days true 3.02 3%
Aln 9/10 2909 days true 3.02 3%
Katherine Forward 9/10 2909 days true 3.02 3%
Susan Herd 10/10 2910 days true 3.02 3%
Cheryl & Ged Knight 9/10 2911 days true 3.01 3%
Jacob Nube 9/10 2911 days true 3.01 3%
Graham Jones 9/10 2912 days true 3.01 3%
Bartl 10/10 2913 days true 3.01 3%
Simon Vickers 8/10 2914 days true 3.01 3%
Michael Assfalg 10/10 2914 days true 3.01 3%
Pein van Nosrt 9/10 2914 days true 3.01 3%
K Wallis 7/10 2914 days true 3.01 3%
Ebi & Beate 9/10 2915 days true 3.01 3%
Barnhoorh 7/10 2915 days true 3.01 3%
A Dekker 8/10 2915 days true 3.01 3%
Julie Pasquignon 9/10 2916 days true 3.01 3%
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Gerhard 9/10 2916 days true 3.01 3%
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Josef & Christine Evers 9/10 2924 days true 2.99 3%
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Kiefer Osterrieder 8/10 2938 days true 2.97 3%
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OMPA 10/10 3268 days true 2.43 3%
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Karsten 10/10 3302 days true 2.37 2%
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Vincente Garrido 8/10 3303 days true 2.37 2%
Faller 2/10 3303 days true 2.13 2%
Viktor Jeliner 10/10 3304 days true 2.37 2%
Hanz 8/10 3304 days true 2.37 2%
Petra Berrens 9/10 3306 days true 2.37 2%
Marie Jack 9/10 3307 days true 2.36 2%
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Ian Walks 9/10 3314 days true 2.35 2%
Paul Frew 8/10 3317 days true 2.35 2%
Nigel Armstrong 9/10 3319 days true 2.34 2%
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Marian Demients-deJongh 7/10 3321 days true 2.34 2%
Annemiek and Rianne 6/10 3321 days true 2.34 2%
Norbert Hainz 9/10 3321 days true 2.34 2%
Lynette Sal 7/10 3324 days true 2.34 2%
EA Anders 7/10 3325 days true 2.33 2%
Mr & Mrs Sage 10/10 3325 days true 2.33 2%
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Honeymooners 9/10 3339 days 1.93 2%
barts 8/10 3354 days true 2.29 2%
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frederike 8/10 3355 days true 2.28 2%
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Gary Brown 10/10 3372 days true 2.26 2%
Kirsty McGrath 7/10 3374 days true 2.25 2%
Michelle Kraemer 10/10 3377 days true 2.25 2%
Kimberly Skyes 6/10 3377 days true 2.25 2%
Sabrina Bazin 8/10 3378 days true 2.25 2%
Laura McDaniel 9/10 3378 days true 2.25 2%
Philip Ryott 9/10 3380 days true 2.24 2%
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Primavesi 10/10 3382 days true 2.24 2%
Thorben Thede 7/10 3382 days true 2.24 2%
Dermot Bryne 7/10 3393 days true 2.22 2%
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Christian Moll 9/10 3630 days true 1.83 2%
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Ralf 5/10 3666 days true 1.77 2%
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Shin 9/10 4337 days true 0.67 1%
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Hazel 7/10 4338 days true 0.67 1%
Beth 9/10 4341 days true 0.66 1%
Martjn 8/10 4342 days true 0.66 1%
Paul Yacoumis 7/10 4342 days true 0.66 1%
Magnus 7/10 4344 days true 0.66 1%
Fred 8/10 4344 days true 0.66 1%
Kathryn 9/10 4347 days true 0.65 1%
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Janneke 10/10 4351 days true 0.65 1%
Chatin Perrier 6/10 4351 days true 0.65 1%
Sue Robertson 10/10 4353 days true 0.64 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 4353 days true 0.64 1%
Mike 9/10 4356 days true 0.64 1%
Fenke 8/10 4356 days true 0.64 1%
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Hanneke 8/10 4358 days true 0.64 1%
Jutte 6/10 4358 days true 0.64 1%
Elke 6/10 4369 days true 0.62 1%
Delgroot 8/10 4372 days true 0.61 1%
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Danyel 8/10 4374 days true 0.61 1%
Manfred 10/10 4377 days true 0.6 1%
Lucy 7/10 4377 days true 0.6 1%
Helle 7/10 4379 days true 0.6 1%
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Gordon 7/10 4391 days true 0.58 1%
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Deirdre 8/10 4392 days true 0.58 1%
Sue 9/10 4392 days true 0.58 1%
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Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.92% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if an experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 60 days. However the Whale Watch Kaikoura experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 364 days.

The Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has been adjusted for 146 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
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143 -2.86%
144 -2.88%
145 -2.90%
146 -2.92%
147 -2.94%
148 -2.96%
149 -2.98%
……

Final Ranking Score

81%

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