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 Taumarunui Canoe Hire.

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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Taumarunui Canoe Hire

Valid Reviews

31 Valid Reviews

The Taumarunui Canoe Hire experience has a total of 33 reviews. There are 31 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 31 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 21
68%
9/10 5
16%
8/10 2
6%
7/10 2
6%
6/10 1
3%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.87% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Canoe Hire valid reviews is 93.87% and is based on 31 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

10 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 31 valid reviews, the experience has 10 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 10 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 3
30%
9/10 2
20%
8/10 2
20%
7/10 2
20%
6/10 1
10%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

84.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Canoe Hire face-to-face reviews is 84.00% and is based on 10 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.99%

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
Tobi 9/10 3110 days 88%
Anna 10/10 3110 days 89%
Francois Pierre 8/10 3271 days 75%
Pierre Planchez 9/10 3539 days 55%
Celia Nowak 10/10 3540 days 56%
grudels 10/10 3931 days 29%
Thomas 10/10 4235 days 1%
Christine Towgood 10/10 4237 days 2%
Rouquette 8/10 4247 days 0%
Loesje 10/10 4265 days 0%
Alex 7/10 4955 days 27%
Connie 10/10 4968 days 34%
James Jackson 7/10 4986 days 27%
rearly 10/10 4996 days 34%
nickygibson 10/10 5027 days 34%
Premier 10/10 5027 days 34%
Catherine 9/10 5027 days 34%
Lou 10/10 5027 days 34%
carmelkaze 10/10 5088 days 34%
wilmshurst33 10/10 5088 days 34%
mrossn 10/10 5119 days 34%
IngeandFamily 9/10 5302 days 34%
williewontienz 10/10 5333 days 34%
nikitak 10/10 5333 days 34%
dave cooper 10/10 5361 days 34%
Sanne & Senne 6/10 5361 days 24%
bearbunny 10/10 5392 days 34%
muffmaaoo 10/10 5423 days 34%
Alan Morrison 10/10 5453 days 34%
sstimson 10/10 5698 days 34%
Dennis Grefkens 9/10 5746 days 34%

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 Taumarunui Canoe Hire experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.40% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 64 days. However the Taumarunui Canoe Hire 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 Taumarunui Canoe Hire experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.35%
198 -3.37%
199 -3.38%
200 -3.40%
201 -3.42%
202 -3.44%
203 -3.45%

Balancing Adjustment

0.92% 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

92%

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.