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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 The Sea Kayak Company.
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The Sea Kayak Company
Valid Reviews
109 Valid Reviews
The The Sea Kayak Company experience has a total of 114 reviews. There are 109 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 109 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 49 |
|
45% |
| 9/10 | 21 |
|
19% |
| 8/10 | 26 |
|
24% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.26% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the The Sea Kayak Company valid reviews is 88.26% and is based on 109 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
66 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 109 valid reviews, the experience has 66 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 66 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 16 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 20 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
32% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
85.30% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the The Sea Kayak Company face-to-face reviews is 85.30% and is based on 66 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
89.17%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardo Galeazzo | 10/10 | 3810 days | 100% |
| Sara Berton | 5/10 | 4544 days | 38% |
| Lorraine Doyle | 9/10 | 4886 days | 78% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 9/10 | 4900 days | 78% |
| Hanneke P | 6/10 | 4959 days | 55% |
| Hanle | 7/10 | 4975 days | 68% |
| Mark and Eefie | 9/10 | 4975 days | 78% |
| Ramon Keller | 9/10 | 4980 days | 78% |
| Stephan Olivier | 6/10 | 4994 days | 55% |
| Stephan Olivier | 6/10 | 4994 days | 55% |
| Owen Chesbrough | 10/10 | 5276 days | 80% |
| Peter Field | 9/10 | 5276 days | 78% |
| Patricia Fearon | 9/10 | 5277 days | 78% |
| Fiona Finke | 9/10 | 5285 days | 78% |
| Alison Rosser | 8/10 | 5288 days | 76% |
| Kurt & Noemi Buhler | 8/10 | 5289 days | 76% |
| Urban Reifler | 9/10 | 5305 days | 78% |
| Sallypea | 4/10 | 5325 days | 19% |
| LPeters | 10/10 | 5386 days | 80% |
| visser01 | 8/10 | 5386 days | 76% |
| bladdor | 10/10 | 5570 days | 80% |
| kiwimatt | 10/10 | 5570 days | 80% |
| Emma13 | 10/10 | 5600 days | 80% |
| cgeog | 10/10 | 5600 days | 80% |
| GenH | 8/10 | 5600 days | 76% |
| Jorge Martinez Gacio | 8/10 | 5611 days | 76% |
| Jo Meekley | 10/10 | 5615 days | 80% |
| Henrick Lund | 8/10 | 5618 days | 76% |
| Vanessa Vogel | 9/10 | 5621 days | 78% |
| Roman & Esther | 4/10 | 5628 days | 19% |
| Courtney Wood | 8/10 | 5629 days | 76% |
| Melanie Gruber | 10/10 | 5632 days | 80% |
| Pam & Rob Tellwright | 8/10 | 5635 days | 76% |
| Matthias | 9/10 | 5648 days | 78% |
| Dr Dorthe Bossow | 9/10 | 5655 days | 78% |
| Jim Thomsen | 10/10 | 5656 days | 80% |
| Kate Thomsen | 10/10 | 5656 days | 80% |
| Matt_Brook | 10/10 | 5659 days | 80% |
| Matt | 10/10 | 5744 days | 80% |
| Gail King | 10/10 | 5965 days | 80% |
| Marie | 8/10 | 5965 days | 76% |
| Lukas Blaauw | 7/10 | 5983 days | 68% |
| Gerhard Kronen | 8/10 | 5993 days | 76% |
| LucyBrown | 10/10 | 5996 days | 80% |
| Caitriona Doyle | 8/10 | 6018 days | 76% |
| David Hallwood | 7/10 | 6024 days | 68% |
| TimW | 10/10 | 6024 days | 80% |
| Steve Platt | 10/10 | 6055 days | 80% |
| ffowler | 10/10 | 6055 days | 80% |
| John Fowler | 10/10 | 6055 days | 80% |
| Jim23 | 10/10 | 6086 days | 80% |
| Stefanie E | 8/10 | 6093 days | 76% |
| Vicki Cashmore | 9/10 | 6098 days | 78% |
| BrandonD | 10/10 | 6116 days | 80% |
| johannac | 10/10 | 6205 days | 80% |
| Greg18 | 8/10 | 6330 days | 76% |
| Heide | 8/10 | 6333 days | 76% |
| MarielR | 8/10 | 6348 days | 76% |
| AlanB | 10/10 | 6349 days | 80% |
| Larissa Storm | 10/10 | 6359 days | 80% |
| Matthew Hemmer | 10/10 | 6361 days | 80% |
| RuddM | 8/10 | 6364 days | 76% |
| Chris | 10/10 | 6364 days | 80% |
| ElizabethF | 9/10 | 6365 days | 78% |
| Hanna | 10/10 | 6366 days | 80% |
| crazyklaus | 8/10 | 6368 days | 76% |
| LaurenS | 8/10 | 6375 days | 76% |
| SophieW1 | 8/10 | 6375 days | 76% |
| BethanD | 10/10 | 6377 days | 80% |
| MattEngland | 10/10 | 6380 days | 80% |
| the_hayz | 10/10 | 6382 days | 80% |
| crmcdowell | 10/10 | 6383 days | 80% |
| tessacb | 10/10 | 6383 days | 80% |
| kimbo | 10/10 | 6384 days | 80% |
| sarahvg | 10/10 | 6384 days | 80% |
| CharlotteC | 10/10 | 6385 days | 80% |
| Camilla E | 8/10 | 6385 days | 76% |
| DavidMace | 6/10 | 6386 days | 55% |
| Angela Meachen | 10/10 | 6386 days | 80% |
| Andrea F | 10/10 | 6389 days | 80% |
| Sarah | 9/10 | 6402 days | 78% |
| Antonia | 10/10 | 6403 days | 80% |
| otilia neves | 10/10 | 6404 days | 80% |
| Oban | 3/10 | 6408 days | 0% |
| Joe | 10/10 | 6420 days | 80% |
| Maud | 9/10 | 6434 days | 78% |
| Sofie | 8/10 | 6447 days | 76% |
| Anne Baker | 10/10 | 6702 days | 80% |
| Biergibt | 10/10 | 6710 days | 80% |
| cjbaker | 10/10 | 6710 days | 80% |
| liam kelly | 10/10 | 6711 days | 80% |
| Denise | 10/10 | 6713 days | 80% |
| Sharon | 10/10 | 6714 days | 80% |
| Corinne | 8/10 | 6714 days | 76% |
| Demo | 8/10 | 6714 days | 76% |
| Thorsten Kabelitz | 8/10 | 6720 days | 76% |
| Corina | 9/10 | 6721 days | 78% |
| Holly | 8/10 | 6742 days | 76% |
| Marc Hertogs | 9/10 | 6746 days | 78% |
| Meaghan | 10/10 | 6770 days | 80% |
| Antone Enright | 9/10 | 6770 days | 78% |
| Amy | 9/10 | 6770 days | 78% |
| Julia | 7/10 | 6770 days | 68% |
| Karin Hell | 9/10 | 6771 days | 78% |
| Rico | 7/10 | 6777 days | 68% |
| nilelundgren | 10/10 | 6786 days | 80% |
| Travis Brennan | 9/10 | 6789 days | 78% |
| JanKovar | 8/10 | 7048 days | 76% |
| sven | 10/10 | 7055 days | 80% |
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 The Sea Kayak Company experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-2.09% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 123 days. However the The Sea Kayak Company 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 The Sea Kayak Company experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 197 | -2.06% |
| 198 | -2.07% |
| 199 | -2.08% |
| 200 | -2.09% |
| 201 | -2.10% |
| 202 | -2.12% |
| 203 | -2.13% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
1.44% 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
89%
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.