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Ranking Score Explained

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 Kaikoura Kayaks.

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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Kaikoura Kayaks

Valid Reviews

328 Valid Reviews

The Kaikoura Kayaks experience has a total of 341 reviews. There are 328 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 13 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 328 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 251
77%
9/10 56
17%
8/10 12
4%
7/10 5
2%
6/10 2
1%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

96.49% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Kayaks valid reviews is 96.49% and is based on 328 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

18 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 328 valid reviews, the experience has 18 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 18 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
11%
9/10 7
39%
8/10 4
22%
7/10 4
22%
6/10 1
6%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

82.78% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Kayaks face-to-face reviews is 82.78% and is based on 18 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

98.16%

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
Ben 10/10 307 days 100%
Rod and Suzanne. Perth Australia 10/10 644 days 81%
Kate 10/10 1983 days 5%
Janet wheeler 10/10 2013 days 5%
Karen Howie 10/10 2044 days 5%
Fred 10/10 2134 days 5%
Abbey 10/10 2165 days 5%
Els Vloedbeld 10/10 2196 days 4%
Warren Taylor 9/10 2226 days 4%
JB 10/10 2226 days 4%
Dee 10/10 2257 days 4%
Johanna Weidenbruch 10/10 2440 days 4%
Martin Bolech 9/10 2499 days 4%
Dr. Bill 10/10 2499 days 4%
Fee08 10/10 2499 days 4%
LYDIA ADAMS 10/10 2499 days 4%
Dickinson Ann 10/10 2499 days 4%
Tim 10/10 2530 days 4%
Sue, UK 10/10 2591 days 4%
thomas 10/10 2591 days 4%
Andrew Barclift 10/10 2591 days 4%
Marjan D 10/10 2591 days 4%
Nathan 10/10 2622 days 4%
Kathy Lee 10/10 2622 days 4%
Glenys 10/10 2652 days 4%
Mary S. 10/10 2714 days 3%
Caitlin 10/10 2744 days 3%
Grant 10/10 2775 days 3%
Friederike 10/10 2805 days 3%
SHELLEY E BLYTHE 10/10 2836 days 3%
Georgia Phelps 10/10 2836 days 3%
Roger G 10/10 2836 days 3%
Colin 10/10 2836 days 3%
Julie 10/10 2836 days 3%
Ruud en Wilma 10/10 2836 days 3%
Robert 9/10 2836 days 3%
ianbeaumont235@gmail.com 10/10 2836 days 3%
Sam Cherry 10/10 2836 days 3%
Steve O'Brien 10/10 2846 days 3%
Dave Haughan 10/10 2847 days 3%
Kristen Barrett 10/10 2864 days 3%
MJ Macdonald 9/10 2864 days 3%
Patrick Mclaughlin 10/10 2864 days 3%
Miquela Mcguiness 10/10 2864 days 3%
Michael Gooch 10/10 2864 days 3%
Rebecca 10/10 2864 days 3%
zer mo 10/10 2895 days 3%
Petra Klerken 10/10 2895 days 3%
Lisa Hurry 10/10 2895 days 3%
Daniel Sullivan 10/10 2926 days 3%
Lolliedives 10/10 2956 days 3%
Susan Davey 10/10 2987 days 3%
Joanne Sams 10/10 2987 days 3%
Benjamin Yang 10/10 2987 days 3%
Phil Baaten 10/10 2987 days 3%
Heleen Middel 10/10 3017 days 3%
Erika Browne 10/10 3017 days 3%
Richard Hewitt 10/10 3017 days 3%
Michelle Fox 10/10 3017 days 3%
Saskia Frank 9/10 3048 days 3%
Rhumm89 10/10 3048 days 3%
Bj Thomas 10/10 3048 days 3%
Jordi Carrasco 10/10 3048 days 3%
Rick Goldsbrough 10/10 3048 days 3%
Alice 10/10 3048 days 3%
Kylie Cloke 10/10 3048 days 3%
Karl O'Reilly 10/10 3048 days 3%
Lee Fritz 10/10 3048 days 3%
Jani Roberts 10/10 3048 days 3%
Laura Gnesko 10/10 3079 days 3%
charliecharls 10/10 3079 days 3%
anna852 9/10 3079 days 3%
Sam Sareen 10/10 3079 days 3%
Breanna Barker 10/10 3109 days 3%
Maureen Yeo 10/10 3109 days 3%
Laura Anderson 8/10 3109 days 3%
Glenys Barr 10/10 3114 days 3%
Vivian Jeenel 9/10 3140 days 2%
Michael Eugster 10/10 3201 days 2%
Scott Mallyon 9/10 3249 days 2%
Noreen Crombie 10/10 3260 days 2%
Sandra Egli 10/10 3260 days 2%
Pete Park 9/10 3260 days 2%
Slippy Theslip 10/10 3260 days 2%
Ian Davison 10/10 3260 days 2%
Pam Bowen 8/10 3260 days 2%
Daniel Ryan 10/10 3260 days 2%
Iners 10/10 3291 days 2%
Aimee Theobald 10/10 3291 days 2%
Helen Tea 10/10 3291 days 2%
Jia Xin Fang 9/10 3291 days 2%
John Robinson 9/10 3291 days 2%
Teresa Baxter 10/10 3291 days 2%
Lisa Scott 10/10 3340 days 2%
Hugh South 10/10 3352 days 2%
Pip Bowhay 10/10 3352 days 2%
Barbara Unknown 9/10 3352 days 2%
Chris 8/10 3352 days 2%
Scott Tibbitts 9/10 3352 days 2%
Catherine Skow 10/10 3382 days 2%
Yun-Ting Chiang 10/10 3382 days 2%
Ethan Ruhland 10/10 3382 days 2%
clare Dubina 10/10 3382 days 2%
ahyong Ling 10/10 3382 days 2%
LAR 10/10 3382 days 2%
Steve Krygger 10/10 3382 days 2%
Lisa Evans 10/10 3413 days 2%
Derek Derek 10/10 3474 days 2%
Jessics Hagan 10/10 3474 days 2%
Amanda Shackleton 10/10 3474 days 2%
Silvie S 10/10 3474 days 2%
K L 10/10 3505 days 2%
Yoon Kwon 5/10 3505 days 1%
Amber Deed 10/10 3505 days 2%
Amber Jordan 9/10 3515 days 2%
Meagan Leicht 9/10 3535 days 2%
Anna 10/10 3535 days 2%
Kim W 10/10 3535 days 2%
Thomas N 10/10 3535 days 2%
Geoff Burke 10/10 3535 days 2%
Lynne Evans 10/10 3535 days 2%
Cori Schultz 9/10 3556 days 1%
cynthia.david@hotmail.de Cynthia 10/10 3566 days 2%
kurt asplin 10/10 3566 days 2%
Volker Stroenisch 10/10 3580 days 2%
Braden Chick 10/10 3595 days 2%
Marka Okrutny 9/10 3626 days 1%
Kent Hartstang 10/10 3626 days 1%
Carl Gerrard 10/10 3626 days 1%
Riley Chick 10/10 3626 days 1%
veremalua vugakoto 10/10 3626 days 1%
Mustrum Ridcully 10/10 3626 days 1%
Nayra M 10/10 3626 days 1%
john mason 10/10 3626 days 1%
Sebastian Hutchings 10/10 3626 days 1%
Dwayne Fussell 9/10 3626 days 1%
Stu Norman 10/10 3626 days 1%
Joshua Sauder 10/10 3626 days 1%
Billy Nowell 10/10 3626 days 1%
fionna fraser 10/10 3657 days 1%
Alan Grove 9/10 3657 days 1%
Harvey Bentham 10/10 3657 days 1%
Stacey Kerin 10/10 3657 days 1%
Nicki Tulloch 8/10 3657 days 1%
johansan99 8/10 3657 days 1%
Chloe Harvey 6/10 3662 days 1%
K Proffitt 10/10 3718 days 1%
Anthony Jacobs 10/10 3779 days 1%
Anna Hunt 10/10 3810 days 1%
Wes Watchorn 10/10 3840 days 1%
Kaylen Echols 9/10 3840 days 1%
Charles Chan 10/10 3840 days 1%
Vicki Moffat 10/10 3901 days 1%
Katie 9/10 3901 days 1%
Keith Paris 9/10 3932 days 1%
Chris Harvey 10/10 3932 days 1%
Ian Knight 10/10 3932 days 1%
sydneyaharris 7/10 3932 days 1%
Jess Richardson 9/10 3932 days 1%
K F 10/10 3932 days 1%
Raima Svoboda 10/10 3932 days 1%
Mike Laanen 10/10 3932 days 1%
Sally Orr 10/10 3960 days 1%
Sabine Janzen 10/10 3991 days 1%
suze 10/10 3991 days 1%
Inge van Noorf 7/10 4019 days 0%
Anja R 10/10 4083 days 1%
Hugh Pittty 10/10 4083 days 1%
scott bickley 10/10 4083 days 1%
Ruairi Mc 10/10 4113 days 0%
ellie bert 10/10 4175 days 0%
Gary 9/10 4274 days 0%
Marilyn Mulkey 10/10 4297 days 0%
Louison Laissus 8/10 4306 days 0%
Alex Sheldon 9/10 4322 days 0%
Stefan Reutler 8/10 4322 days 0%
Anthony Brown 10/10 4349 days 0%
fifilabumblebee 10/10 4478 days 1%
KoKi 10/10 4478 days 1%
Bertiethebus 10/10 4631 days 1%
Katya Verikaitis 7/10 4655 days 1%
Raelene Vine 9/10 4662 days 1%
Lars Schulz 8/10 4677 days 1%
Innes Martin 9/10 4756 days 1%
Eric and Jen Popma 9/10 4762 days 1%
Megan_8023 10/10 4843 days 1%
merryunbirthday 10/10 4843 days 1%
Ronald 10/10 4843 days 1%
gareth williams 10/10 4843 days 1%
Hillsons 10/10 4966 days 1%
yuzu 10/10 4996 days 1%
randlmiller 10/10 5056 days 1%
JEB 10/10 5087 days 1%
Dottiedolittle 9/10 5118 days 1%
DEEPDIVERJM 10/10 5118 days 1%
LindseyH 10/10 5148 days 1%
daverr900 10/10 5179 days 1%
JAD 10/10 5179 days 1%
elise1987 10/10 5179 days 1%
nathan_carr 10/10 5209 days 1%
Oliver 10/10 5240 days 1%
catimai 10/10 5271 days 1%
Keiron 10/10 5271 days 1%
juliem 10/10 5271 days 1%
maxi14 10/10 5271 days 1%
thostheboss 10/10 5301 days 1%
kristy_nichol 10/10 5301 days 1%
lenaajdacic 9/10 5301 days 1%
nickyoung 9/10 5301 days 1%
El_mago_toman 10/10 5301 days 1%
filmgeekgirl 10/10 5301 days 1%
rooboo26 9/10 5301 days 1%
grizzlybear 10/10 5301 days 1%
Stephanie_M_ 10/10 5301 days 1%
pingralph2011 10/10 5332 days 1%
lulufrance 9/10 5332 days 1%
pascarni 9/10 5332 days 1%
Manda 9/10 5332 days 1%
liznkev 10/10 5332 days 1%
Marie_Lulu 8/10 5332 days 1%
raytaylr 10/10 5332 days 1%
Dexter 10/10 5332 days 1%
L3160 9/10 5362 days 1%
Olivia 9/10 5362 days 1%
EMMAPOLLARD 10/10 5362 days 1%
Chris_Atkinson 9/10 5362 days 1%
mesa28 9/10 5362 days 1%
CHARLOTTEGRUNBAUM 9/10 5362 days 1%
Braijay 10/10 5362 days 1%
Georgy 10/10 5362 days 1%
baloo 10/10 5362 days 1%
kafff17 10/10 5393 days 1%
Schnaegg 10/10 5393 days 1%
Id107 10/10 5393 days 1%
bjocar 8/10 5393 days 1%
joannem81 9/10 5393 days 1%
leighhk 10/10 5393 days 1%
michael9876 10/10 5393 days 1%
yamael66 9/10 5393 days 1%
Lema 9/10 5393 days 1%
kispista 10/10 5393 days 1%
uli 10/10 5393 days 1%
Emma Ducat 10/10 5393 days 1%
Naomi Kosteaman 7/10 5397 days 1%
margreet boersma 10/10 5421 days 1%
Halebopp 10/10 5421 days 1%
thunderbird 10/10 5421 days 1%
inabambina 10/10 5421 days 1%
Teammuppet 9/10 5421 days 1%
nick777 8/10 5421 days 1%
barbarahonig 10/10 5421 days 1%
Pants1 10/10 5421 days 1%
ryleynewman 10/10 5421 days 1%
knix 10/10 5421 days 1%
slucht 10/10 5421 days 1%
kmorris 10/10 5421 days 1%
Lauhe 10/10 5421 days 1%
bmeyers 10/10 5421 days 1%
kellysa 9/10 5421 days 1%
GypsyJill 9/10 5421 days 1%
Ginette 10/10 5421 days 1%
Lifeasyouseeit 10/10 5421 days 1%
mpatel 10/10 5452 days 1%
laurieuj 10/10 5452 days 1%
mrkstwrt 10/10 5452 days 1%
ssoohoo11 10/10 5452 days 1%
iain 10/10 5452 days 1%
antuori 9/10 5452 days 1%
pogui 9/10 5452 days 1%
Ines_Victor 10/10 5452 days 1%
Rc22 10/10 5483 days 1%
gianzav 10/10 5483 days 1%
jillxjlei 10/10 5483 days 1%
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ctkwok 10/10 5483 days 1%
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cstanley 10/10 5513 days 1%
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westwoodcrew 10/10 5513 days 1%
breconbird 10/10 5513 days 1%
darcym 10/10 5513 days 1%
jilliang104 10/10 5513 days 1%
lucy55 9/10 5513 days 1%
cheye17 10/10 5513 days 1%
Dai 10/10 5513 days 1%
chris_doidge 10/10 5513 days 1%
katharina 9/10 5513 days 1%
ingrid484 10/10 5544 days 1%
cjimenez 10/10 5544 days 1%
Yasuyuki 10/10 5544 days 1%
pjterrett 10/10 5544 days 1%
rachelcare 10/10 5544 days 1%
sinbad343 10/10 5544 days 1%
tamsing 10/10 5544 days 1%
marktwigg 10/10 5544 days 1%
judy56 10/10 5544 days 1%
joeann 10/10 5544 days 1%
Barron 10/10 5544 days 1%
jaxon 10/10 5574 days 1%
stevod59 10/10 5574 days 1%
audrey 10/10 5574 days 1%
madevlin 10/10 5574 days 1%
spacer6789 10/10 5574 days 1%
annhodder 9/10 5574 days 1%
bluegirl 10/10 5574 days 1%
coolbron 10/10 5574 days 1%
Macca 10/10 5574 days 1%
annapopanna 10/10 5605 days 1%
hollyks 10/10 5758 days 1%
kurt asplin 10/10 5758 days 1%
ben21 10/10 5786 days 1%
Leoniewoolf 10/10 5817 days 1%
Emily Brand 9/10 5909 days 1%
durk94 9/10 5909 days 1%
vinny walia 10/10 5909 days 1%
Diana Spaulding 9/10 5909 days 1%
Cam Short 10/10 5909 days 1%
Jeremy 3/10 5939 days 1%
johanw 6/10 5964 days 0%
GingerPrince 9/10 6126 days 1%
jahirst 10/10 6474 days 1%
Denise 8/10 6475 days 1%
Hall 10/10 6520 days 1%
Eleanor Adams 7/10 6584 days 1%
Sue 9/10 6870 days 1%

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 Kaikoura Kayaks 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 Kaikoura Kayaks 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 Kaikoura Kayaks 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

0.52% 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

95%

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.