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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 Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis.
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.
Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis
Valid Reviews
238 Valid Reviews
The Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis experience has a total of 240 reviews. There are 238 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 238 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 70 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 61 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 68 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 35 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
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0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
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0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
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0% |
86.09% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis valid reviews is 86.09% and is based on 238 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
229 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 238 valid reviews, the experience has 229 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 229 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 67 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 59 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 67 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 34 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
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0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
86.59% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis face-to-face reviews is 86.59% and is based on 229 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
87.21%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice | 10/10 | 3048 days | 100% |
| Rohzine | 10/10 | 3251 days | 84% |
| Steve Shaw | 10/10 | 3287 days | 82% |
| Frederik Fuchs | 10/10 | 3324 days | 79% |
| Kenlly | 7/10 | 3554 days | 56% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 9/10 | 3587 days | 58% |
| Anna-Lisa Funk | 10/10 | 3623 days | 56% |
| Falko | 9/10 | 3660 days | 52% |
| Inge van Noorf | 7/10 | 4019 days | 23% |
| Julia Schabenberger | 9/10 | 4265 days | 6% |
| Paula Renton | 7/10 | 4273 days | 5% |
| Romina De Hill | 8/10 | 4295 days | 4% |
| Nina Helmling | 8/10 | 4295 days | 4% |
| Max Tetzlaff | 8/10 | 4323 days | 1% |
| Max Grabowski | 7/10 | 4325 days | 1% |
| Julia Kallenbach | 10/10 | 4342 days | 0% |
| Jana Simcikova | 10/10 | 4664 days | 37% |
| David Lee | 8/10 | 4674 days | 36% |
| Kristine and William | 7/10 | 4675 days | 34% |
| Thomas Fischer | 10/10 | 4690 days | 37% |
| Tanja and Pascal | 7/10 | 4692 days | 34% |
| Michal | 9/10 | 4738 days | 36% |
| M Natterser | 9/10 | 4740 days | 36% |
| Fahl | 8/10 | 4751 days | 36% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4752 days | 37% |
| Knorr Bracher | 10/10 | 4756 days | 37% |
| Lutz Huuemorder | 8/10 | 4758 days | 36% |
| Dijkshourn | 7/10 | 4758 days | 34% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 4759 days | 37% |
| C Schaap | 7/10 | 4763 days | 34% |
| gareth williams | 7/10 | 4843 days | 34% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 5002 days | 37% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5002 days | 37% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5012 days | 36% |
| Jen Sweeting | 10/10 | 5014 days | 37% |
| Carole Carter | 9/10 | 5019 days | 36% |
| J Jmal | 10/10 | 5023 days | 37% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5023 days | 37% |
| Bernie Rihari | 8/10 | 5027 days | 36% |
| Wil de Kubber | 7/10 | 5032 days | 34% |
| Camp | 10/10 | 5034 days | 37% |
| Webb & Muckelt | 7/10 | 5036 days | 34% |
| Dirk & Marlene | 9/10 | 5039 days | 36% |
| Gerhard Schoenmeubeck | 9/10 | 5039 days | 36% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 5040 days | 34% |
| Markus | 8/10 | 5042 days | 36% |
| C Wardlaw | 8/10 | 5044 days | 36% |
| Re Wardlaw | 9/10 | 5044 days | 36% |
| Rainer Schnell | 8/10 | 5048 days | 36% |
| Domroes | 9/10 | 5048 days | 36% |
| Louis Smit | 7/10 | 5051 days | 34% |
| Sebastian | 9/10 | 5054 days | 36% |
| Mesa Anderson | 10/10 | 5056 days | 37% |
| Fritsche | 10/10 | 5117 days | 37% |
| Sebastian | 7/10 | 5127 days | 34% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5129 days | 37% |
| Wolter Zigterman | 9/10 | 5134 days | 36% |
| Albert Marshall | 9/10 | 5334 days | 36% |
| Sallie Calvert | 9/10 | 5338 days | 36% |
| Nicky Bell | 10/10 | 5338 days | 37% |
| Ute Janich | 9/10 | 5345 days | 36% |
| Schury | 10/10 | 5364 days | 37% |
| Gerryq Winters | 9/10 | 5364 days | 36% |
| Walker | 8/10 | 5365 days | 36% |
| AJ van Pelt | 10/10 | 5370 days | 37% |
| Nick van de Belt | 8/10 | 5370 days | 36% |
| Prideaux | 7/10 | 5372 days | 34% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 7/10 | 5372 days | 34% |
| Chris Forrest | 8/10 | 5372 days | 36% |
| Jaime Ress | 8/10 | 5373 days | 36% |
| Claudia Jackson and Geoffroy van Roelenbosch | 9/10 | 5376 days | 36% |
| Marianne Swauger | 8/10 | 5376 days | 36% |
| Sophia Kelly | 10/10 | 5377 days | 37% |
| Rens Hemselmans | 8/10 | 5379 days | 36% |
| Mikel Bruijnaers | 8/10 | 5381 days | 36% |
| Maike | 10/10 | 5381 days | 37% |
| Kauzta | 10/10 | 5381 days | 37% |
| Matt Haneline | 10/10 | 5381 days | 37% |
| Maxine Lees | 10/10 | 5383 days | 37% |
| Jim & Suzy Ducker | 10/10 | 5386 days | 37% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5393 days | 36% |
| Heini Sutter | 10/10 | 5395 days | 37% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5395 days | 36% |
| M Theuws | 10/10 | 5395 days | 37% |
| Jeroen | 9/10 | 5396 days | 36% |
| Eva Bock | 10/10 | 5396 days | 37% |
| Hartheib Schmid | 10/10 | 5396 days | 37% |
| Steve Pearce | 9/10 | 5397 days | 36% |
| C P Lawrence | 9/10 | 5397 days | 36% |
| Bucher Weruer | 10/10 | 5397 days | 37% |
| Mark Leeuwenburgh | 8/10 | 5398 days | 36% |
| J Holden | 9/10 | 5399 days | 36% |
| Kuno Eugster | 10/10 | 5401 days | 37% |
| Roger Carpenter | 8/10 | 5405 days | 36% |
| Kimberly St Louis | 10/10 | 5407 days | 37% |
| Laura Hayes | 8/10 | 5408 days | 36% |
| Liz Foxwell-Canning | 10/10 | 5408 days | 37% |
| Faucon | 8/10 | 5408 days | 36% |
| Steve and Kay Unguran | 10/10 | 5409 days | 37% |
| Alexandra | 10/10 | 5410 days | 37% |
| Joanne Byrne | 8/10 | 5410 days | 36% |
| Andy Martin | 9/10 | 5410 days | 36% |
| Daniel Bogdanowitsch | 10/10 | 5412 days | 37% |
| Bettina Mikschi | 9/10 | 5412 days | 36% |
| Derek Dean | 8/10 | 5413 days | 36% |
| Daniel Fischer | 9/10 | 5419 days | 36% |
| Bekema | 8/10 | 5419 days | 36% |
| Andreas | 9/10 | 5420 days | 36% |
| Anne | 8/10 | 5421 days | 36% |
| Sarah Wild | 10/10 | 5421 days | 37% |
| Katny | 8/10 | 5421 days | 36% |
| Beate Godsk | 9/10 | 5421 days | 36% |
| theblack | 10/10 | 5544 days | 37% |
| klokolosh | 1/10 | 5666 days | 13% |
| fetidlobster | 2/10 | 5666 days | 15% |
| Behrenot | 8/10 | 5675 days | 36% |
| edwardasmith | 8/10 | 5697 days | 36% |
| Bjorn Sall | 9/10 | 5739 days | 36% |
| Polil | 10/10 | 5744 days | 37% |
| Jan Lynch | 10/10 | 5745 days | 37% |
| Ina | 7/10 | 5745 days | 34% |
| Mette | 9/10 | 5753 days | 36% |
| Colin Daniels | 8/10 | 5760 days | 36% |
| Doris Resch | 8/10 | 5764 days | 36% |
| Chris & Dawn Humphries | 9/10 | 5765 days | 36% |
| Elisabeth Egerup | 10/10 | 5765 days | 37% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 5/10 | 5765 days | 27% |
| Jim & Ros Stewart | 9/10 | 5765 days | 36% |
| Faurack | 8/10 | 5765 days | 36% |
| Pete H | 8/10 | 5767 days | 36% |
| Harm Kraai | 10/10 | 5767 days | 37% |
| Wanda Lawson | 8/10 | 5767 days | 36% |
| Joseph Borking | 9/10 | 5770 days | 36% |
| Rien Tichelaar | 8/10 | 5771 days | 36% |
| Cheryl Gorman | 10/10 | 5771 days | 37% |
| Wilbert Germ | 10/10 | 5771 days | 37% |
| Christian | 8/10 | 5778 days | 36% |
| Peter Riches | 8/10 | 5778 days | 36% |
| Tanja Titze | 10/10 | 5779 days | 37% |
| JeanOddy | 9/10 | 5780 days | 36% |
| Michael McGuinness | 8/10 | 5780 days | 36% |
| Huber | 10/10 | 5780 days | 37% |
| Robb Howland | 9/10 | 5782 days | 36% |
| emily walters | 9/10 | 5786 days | 36% |
| Paul Frew | 8/10 | 5795 days | 36% |
| Jakob Jurgen | 9/10 | 5800 days | 36% |
| Holliger | 8/10 | 5803 days | 36% |
| Torsten Gehrke | 7/10 | 5803 days | 34% |
| Thomas Signes | 7/10 | 5813 days | 34% |
| marcusba | 9/10 | 5829 days | 36% |
| martinab | 9/10 | 5832 days | 36% |
| pedawrds | 10/10 | 5837 days | 37% |
| Bue Verrept | 7/10 | 5855 days | 34% |
| Thomas | 7/10 | 5855 days | 34% |
| Ines O'Sullivan | 9/10 | 5856 days | 36% |
| Louis Duhaime | 7/10 | 5859 days | 34% |
| Julia May | 9/10 | 5859 days | 36% |
| Katrin Wennin | 8/10 | 5859 days | 36% |
| Roma | 9/10 | 5871 days | 36% |
| Gensen | 8/10 | 5874 days | 36% |
| TillE412 | 10/10 | 6077 days | 37% |
| SSheil | 10/10 | 6080 days | 37% |
| HerbertH | 8/10 | 6084 days | 36% |
| RubyJ | 3/10 | 6084 days | 19% |
| Tim_P | 8/10 | 6089 days | 36% |
| LizG | 9/10 | 6090 days | 36% |
| HermannR | 10/10 | 6090 days | 37% |
| Wight | 10/10 | 6090 days | 37% |
| KuzakUSA | 9/10 | 6098 days | 36% |
| LucieG | 7/10 | 6104 days | 34% |
| CharlesG | 7/10 | 6104 days | 34% |
| WinstonH | 8/10 | 6111 days | 36% |
| FiensG | 7/10 | 6111 days | 34% |
| Joel | 9/10 | 6112 days | 36% |
| MauzcoV | 7/10 | 6112 days | 34% |
| Lynn White | 9/10 | 6119 days | 36% |
| Robert | 10/10 | 6123 days | 37% |
| Anneleen | 8/10 | 6123 days | 36% |
| PeterG | 7/10 | 6125 days | 34% |
| NicoleG | 7/10 | 6125 days | 34% |
| Byleveld | 8/10 | 6125 days | 36% |
| ErikaNZ | 9/10 | 6125 days | 36% |
| JoseB | 7/10 | 6126 days | 34% |
| AndrewF78 | 9/10 | 6128 days | 36% |
| Sabine | 9/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Paul | 8/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Boris | 10/10 | 6129 days | 37% |
| S | 8/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Frances | 8/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Katrina | 8/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Jan | 9/10 | 6129 days | 36% |
| Chris | 8/10 | 6132 days | 36% |
| EelcoK | 9/10 | 6134 days | 36% |
| Kristin | 9/10 | 6140 days | 36% |
| Ian | 10/10 | 6140 days | 37% |
| Annemarie | 9/10 | 6143 days | 36% |
| WendyS | 10/10 | 6145 days | 37% |
| SiegfriedL | 10/10 | 6147 days | 37% |
| Ludolph | 10/10 | 6149 days | 37% |
| Camilia | 9/10 | 6154 days | 36% |
| Carla | 8/10 | 6156 days | 36% |
| groenewold | 8/10 | 6157 days | 36% |
| Steven | 7/10 | 6157 days | 34% |
| Gunhild | 9/10 | 6157 days | 36% |
| Danielle | 7/10 | 6157 days | 34% |
| Paul | 10/10 | 6169 days | 37% |
| JulianeH | 9/10 | 6195 days | 36% |
| Loren | 8/10 | 6196 days | 36% |
| Kirsten | 10/10 | 6205 days | 37% |
| David | 8/10 | 6205 days | 36% |
| Jos | 7/10 | 6206 days | 34% |
| Maggie | 10/10 | 6211 days | 37% |
| Anette | 9/10 | 6212 days | 36% |
| Jordi | 8/10 | 6213 days | 36% |
| John B | 10/10 | 6220 days | 37% |
| Lucy | 9/10 | 6223 days | 36% |
| Susan | 10/10 | 6270 days | 37% |
| CollyBob | 9/10 | 6365 days | 36% |
| Ted Sebastian | 8/10 | 6476 days | 36% |
| Wulms | 8/10 | 6476 days | 36% |
| Ben Ackland | 8/10 | 6479 days | 36% |
| Ernie | 7/10 | 6483 days | 34% |
| Guillaume | 9/10 | 6489 days | 36% |
| Hannah Holmes | 8/10 | 6492 days | 36% |
| Gustavo | 10/10 | 6493 days | 37% |
| Sophia | 8/10 | 6505 days | 36% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 6506 days | 36% |
| Roger & Margaret | 10/10 | 6506 days | 37% |
| Christian Schutte | 8/10 | 6538 days | 36% |
| Meiki | 8/10 | 6539 days | 36% |
| Samantha | 10/10 | 6561 days | 37% |
| Fred and Tim | 9/10 | 6573 days | 36% |
| Abbey | 8/10 | 6576 days | 36% |
| Andreas | 7/10 | 6818 days | 34% |
| John | 9/10 | 6822 days | 36% |
| Chatin Perrier | 10/10 | 6829 days | 37% |
| Reggie | 7/10 | 6858 days | 34% |
| Gabriele Achilles | 8/10 | 7209 days | 36% |
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 Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-4.07% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis 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 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.
The Abel Tasman Marahau Water Taxis experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 197 | -4.01% |
| 198 | -4.03% |
| 199 | -4.05% |
| 200 | -4.07% |
| 201 | -4.09% |
| 202 | -4.11% |
| 203 | -4.13% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
2.22% 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 customers 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
85%
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.