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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 Hooker Valley Track.

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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Hooker Valley Track

Valid Reviews

314 Valid Reviews

The Hooker Valley Track experience has a total of 314 valid reviews. There are no 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 314 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 127
40%
9/10 104
33%
8/10 61
19%
7/10 18
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track valid reviews is 90.57% and is based on 314 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

289 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 314 valid reviews, the experience has 289 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 289 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 112
39%
9/10 98
34%
8/10 59
20%
7/10 16
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.31% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track face-to-face reviews is 90.31% and is based on 289 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.87%

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
Mike Fricker 10/10 394 days 100%
Terrence 10/10 1307 days 22%
Guru 8/10 1793 days 5%
Melanie Bunch 10/10 2007 days 5%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 2067 days 5%
Davina 7/10 2280 days 4%
Cynthia Liew 10/10 2372 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2617 days 3%
Hannibal Winther 9/10 2742 days 3%
Jayni L'Azou 9/10 2751 days 3%
Roland Eggli 10/10 2959 days 3%
Moe Bouchard 10/10 2974 days 3%
Lois and Gary Hampton 10/10 2985 days 3%
Sevi 8/10 2986 days 2%
Gilbert Keiser 10/10 2987 days 3%
Fritsi and Flo 10/10 2996 days 3%
Katie and Rob 10/10 2997 days 3%
Patrick and Valerie 8/10 2999 days 2%
Car R 9/10 3009 days 2%
Taylor Doolittle 10/10 3018 days 2%
Bruce Steadman 10/10 3018 days 2%
Sarah Doolittle 10/10 3018 days 2%
Barb Steadman 10/10 3018 days 2%
Jasmin Thuess 8/10 3019 days 2%
James Macguire 9/10 3023 days 2%
Orane Lefebuee 10/10 3023 days 2%
Ingrid Maple 8/10 3024 days 2%
Daniel Nanjh 10/10 3028 days 2%
Breanna Alexander 10/10 3030 days 2%
Emma Millett 8/10 3032 days 2%
Ilona Roeters 9/10 3053 days 2%
Loic Besson 10/10 3054 days 2%
Jerome Cluzel 10/10 3054 days 2%
Natasha 8/10 3055 days 2%
Oliver Francis 8/10 3055 days 2%
Adam Pullinger 7/10 3058 days 2%
Vallee Manon 10/10 3060 days 2%
Rebecca Holmes 9/10 3062 days 2%
Ruden Perez 10/10 3063 days 2%
Manu Liberta 10/10 3070 days 2%
Carole Schwab 10/10 3070 days 2%
Moreno 8/10 3071 days 2%
Sigrid Duus 10/10 3072 days 2%
Mads Nielsen 10/10 3072 days 2%
Olde Vogel 8/10 3074 days 2%
Lieke vol Velde 8/10 3074 days 2%
Bob 10/10 3076 days 2%
Yee How 7/10 3078 days 2%
Marc Perales 8/10 3079 days 2%
Mikkel Thomassen 9/10 3083 days 2%
Jannika Cao 9/10 3083 days 2%
Maarten 6/10 3083 days 2%
Jakob Lovdahl 8/10 3087 days 2%
Lina Kiellamn 10/10 3087 days 2%
Sarah 10/10 3097 days 2%
Simon Mueller 10/10 3097 days 2%
Karine Dransart 8/10 3106 days 2%
Thomas Nolwenn 10/10 3107 days 2%
Cat Johnston 10/10 3112 days 2%
James Jackson 10/10 3113 days 2%
Meghan Maloney 9/10 3132 days 2%
Moni Basuki 10/10 3162 days 2%
Matilda 8/10 3314 days 2%
Katharina Schick 8/10 3316 days 2%
Cecile 10/10 3320 days 2%
Patricia 9/10 3323 days 2%
Sam Creecy 9/10 3326 days 2%
Mathilde 10/10 3328 days 2%
Phlippe 9/10 3328 days 2%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3329 days 2%
Arthur Tymins 9/10 3329 days 2%
Sophia and Karen 10/10 3329 days 2%
Helene Christensen 9/10 3330 days 2%
Sofie Madson 9/10 3330 days 2%
Laurine 9/10 3331 days 2%
Sonya Grimm 10/10 3332 days 2%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 3333 days 2%
Jeeyoung Kim 7/10 3333 days 2%
Kim Rasun 9/10 3333 days 2%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3333 days 2%
Alvaro Rodriguez 9/10 3333 days 2%
Lisa Fenzl 9/10 3335 days 2%
Cori Schultz 8/10 3337 days 2%
Jill Stebbing 10/10 3337 days 2%
Nico Neubauer 10/10 3337 days 2%
Michael L 10/10 3339 days 2%
Celine 10/10 3339 days 2%
Kathryn Nolan 7/10 3340 days 2%
Jeroen 8/10 3341 days 2%
Lucy Mulvin 10/10 3342 days 2%
Michael Menrath 10/10 3344 days 2%
Alexandre Roche 8/10 3344 days 2%
Diane Toupaine 9/10 3344 days 2%
Anouk Jongsma 9/10 3345 days 2%
Lucy Murray 9/10 3346 days 2%
Elisabet 10/10 3349 days 2%
Lisa 10/10 3349 days 2%
Cecile Seramis 10/10 3353 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3355 days 2%
Kathi 10/10 3355 days 2%
Jacob Winchester 10/10 3355 days 2%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3355 days 2%
Sandra 9/10 3357 days 2%
Kim 8/10 3357 days 2%
Selina Frankenberger 10/10 3357 days 2%
Isaliner and Mathieu 6/10 3358 days 1%
Riviere 8/10 3358 days 2%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3359 days 2%
Paul and Astrid 10/10 3359 days 2%
Nadav Knoll 8/10 3368 days 2%
Rachel Aspinall 10/10 3369 days 2%
Levin Stuers 9/10 3370 days 2%
Laurent Petit 7/10 3371 days 2%
Cindy Rizzo 10/10 3378 days 2%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3380 days 2%
Peter Hodgson 10/10 3381 days 2%
Leanna Wyer 10/10 3383 days 2%
Eric Hertort 8/10 3384 days 2%
Brendon Rudland 9/10 3386 days 2%
Sven and Annie 10/10 3389 days 2%
Fiona and Matthew 9/10 3394 days 2%
Philip 10/10 3394 days 2%
Hannes Puediger 9/10 3395 days 2%
Bonnie Krautz 10/10 3396 days 2%
Veronika and Radovan 10/10 3397 days 2%
Sabina Carney 10/10 3398 days 2%
Chloe 9/10 3404 days 2%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3424 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3467 days 2%
Suzanne Vermeulen 10/10 3468 days 2%
Rachel S 10/10 3681 days 1%
Nurlaily Abu Bakar 10/10 3712 days 1%
Maria Schober 10/10 3729 days 1%
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer 9/10 3734 days 1%
Annika Funk 9/10 3738 days 1%
Thomas Blom 10/10 3740 days 1%
Tobias Becker 8/10 3755 days 1%
Laura and Marie 9/10 3764 days 1%
Corinna Fallenbuchel 10/10 3788 days 1%
Logan Leduc 9/10 3809 days 1%
Caroline Hennache 9/10 4046 days 0%
Calvin Becker 7/10 4046 days 0%
Jacques Revel 10/10 4048 days 0%
Karen Garvin 10/10 4048 days 0%
Claudia Hillebrand 8/10 4051 days 0%
Marek Heiurich 10/10 4056 days 0%
Te-Ana and Mark 10/10 4057 days 0%
Mark 7/10 4060 days 0%
Wouter Vanmoz 8/10 4062 days 0%
Laure Cops 8/10 4062 days 0%
Agathe Dupuis 8/10 4075 days 0%
Linda Wainman 10/10 4075 days 0%
Chris Wainman 10/10 4075 days 0%
jefft 8/10 4078 days 0%
Mara 9/10 4080 days 0%
Andrea Morello 8/10 4080 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 9/10 4093 days 0%
Antton Vappula 7/10 4096 days 0%
Xavier 10/10 4099 days 0%
Bjoern 7/10 4105 days 0%
Lena Jensen 9/10 4113 days 0%
Jesper Andersen 9/10 4113 days 0%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4119 days 0%
Julien de la lande 7/10 4119 days 0%
Wouter Bosch 8/10 4119 days 0%
Aude Moulin 8/10 4119 days 0%
Claire Lieval 10/10 4125 days 0%
Andrea Beck 6/10 4137 days 0%
Marc Greeve 10/10 4145 days 0%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 9/10 4145 days 0%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4147 days 0%
Kim Maertens 9/10 4147 days 0%
Clarissa Hanck 10/10 4418 days 1%
Marco Schmidt 8/10 4422 days 1%
Patrick 9/10 4427 days 1%
Lisa 10/10 4427 days 1%
Brandon Wells 8/10 4430 days 1%
Marcel 7/10 4436 days 1%
Maria 8/10 4436 days 1%
Billy Koichopolos 10/10 4436 days 1%
James Young 10/10 4445 days 1%
Eric 7/10 4448 days 1%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4448 days 1%
Kathryn Pisco 8/10 4449 days 1%
Raquel 9/10 4450 days 1%
Fernando Martin 7/10 4450 days 1%
Kristin Denny 9/10 4453 days 1%
Enna Keet 9/10 4455 days 1%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4484 days 1%
Mathieu Brias 9/10 4489 days 1%
Loesje 8/10 4502 days 1%
Mark and Eefie 9/10 4518 days 1%
Karin Genyn 10/10 4519 days 1%
Steven Switsers 9/10 4523 days 1%
Natalie Nubler 10/10 4525 days 1%
Annie 8/10 4526 days 1%
Jacquemard 9/10 4538 days 1%
Barbara Berkhout 9/10 4793 days 1%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 8/10 4794 days 1%
Sally Gordie 10/10 4795 days 1%
Def Fem 9/10 4803 days 1%
Alex Ross 10/10 4804 days 1%
M Robinson 10/10 4804 days 1%
Alan Brady 10/10 4805 days 1%
Richard and Janet 9/10 4811 days 1%
Laura Diepeveen 8/10 4813 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 8/10 4815 days 1%
Siegfried Richter 9/10 4818 days 1%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 9/10 4819 days 1%
Ed & Katie Riches 9/10 4820 days 1%
Tom Pratt 7/10 4820 days 1%
Beat Kindler 8/10 4820 days 1%
Seth & Carla 9/10 4822 days 1%
Houter 9/10 4822 days 1%
Butz 10/10 4823 days 1%
Marilyn Mobley 10/10 4823 days 1%
David & Sue Lokkerbol 9/10 4823 days 1%
Helen Chilton 9/10 4825 days 1%
Domroes 9/10 4829 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 4831 days 1%
Chris Marsh 10/10 4834 days 1%
Jessica Lane 10/10 4834 days 1%
Dave McLeish 8/10 4835 days 1%
Thyg Lingdal 10/10 4836 days 1%
Nicole van Bergen 8/10 4836 days 1%
Mike1952 9/10 4837 days 1%
Allison Meyoz 9/10 5118 days 1%
Fontvieille 10/10 5125 days 1%
Stephane Lebel 10/10 5147 days 1%
Gertz 10/10 5147 days 1%
Faith Whitcraft 10/10 5151 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 5156 days 1%
Sophia Kelly 9/10 5158 days 1%
Judith 9/10 5160 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 5160 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5161 days 1%
Kauzta 9/10 5162 days 1%
Tricia Goggin 8/10 5166 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5167 days 1%
Michael Long 9/10 5167 days 1%
Harry Hammond 10/10 5167 days 1%
Gerstmann 6/10 5168 days 0%
E C Frans 9/10 5172 days 1%
Martin 10/10 5172 days 1%
Jessica Vogels 9/10 5172 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5173 days 1%
Gert Vogelaers 9/10 5177 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 9/10 5178 days 1%
Jesper Hassel 9/10 5179 days 1%
Rian Bach 9/10 5180 days 1%
Dieter Uhlmann 8/10 5185 days 1%
Laura Hayes 8/10 5189 days 1%
Teum and Orselien 8/10 5190 days 1%
Cheryl 8/10 5192 days 1%
Ruben and Jetske 9/10 5192 days 1%
Dave and Lin Mungham 9/10 5195 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 5197 days 1%
Sue Haward 10/10 5197 days 1%
Rissa W 9/10 5202 days 1%
dollimyxture 10/10 5233 days 1%
Mikeminch 9/10 5294 days 1%
Pete & Judy McChesney 10/10 5470 days 1%
BelindaT 10/10 5485 days 1%
Martina Pankova 10/10 5514 days 1%
Agnes 9/10 5518 days 1%
Russ Turner 9/10 5525 days 1%
Ingrid Zell 10/10 5530 days 1%
Jana Steve 10/10 5533 days 1%
Bert Meuleuorijks 9/10 5535 days 1%
johnandgin 8/10 5539 days 1%
Schlaepfer 10/10 5541 days 1%
Horst 9/10 5542 days 1%
Don & Alice 7/10 5543 days 1%
Hans Suess 9/10 5545 days 1%
Yssel de Schepper 8/10 5545 days 1%
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow 7/10 5545 days 1%
Chris Glasg 8/10 5547 days 1%
Nicola 9/10 5548 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 9/10 5548 days 1%
Max Mareen 10/10 5548 days 1%
Dieter Groscurth 9/10 5549 days 1%
Ronny 9/10 5553 days 1%
Jamie 10/10 5559 days 1%
Christian 7/10 5559 days 1%
Schygulla 9/10 5559 days 1%
Loleit 10/10 5560 days 1%
Harmann Volker 9/10 5561 days 1%
Susan Hitchins 9/10 5563 days 1%
Dick Rosman 9/10 5563 days 1%
Sinjc Grude 10/10 5564 days 1%
Carl Diehl 9/10 5565 days 1%
Kevin and Teresa 8/10 5567 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5576 days 1%
mariak 9/10 5615 days 1%
Marons 9/10 5618 days 1%
koellner 8/10 5627 days 1%
Melanie Bielefeld 10/10 5631 days 1%
Louis Duhaime 9/10 5640 days 1%
Chris Bulman 10/10 5640 days 1%
Katrin Wennin 10/10 5640 days 1%
Sara Reekmans 10/10 5652 days 1%
harryb 10/10 5737 days 1%
brianp 10/10 5744 days 1%
simonsandra 9/10 5745 days 1%
andriesk 8/10 5754 days 1%
jessica 9/10 5793 days 1%
DustyLaptop 10/10 5811 days 1%
HermannR 10/10 5860 days 1%
DanielGermany 10/10 5864 days 1%
Nathalie 8/10 5870 days 1%
annysp 8/10 5873 days 1%
johnst 9/10 5873 days 1%
Barry Smith 9/10 5893 days 1%
Robert 9/10 5917 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Hooker Valley Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.65% 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 folk 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

94%

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.