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Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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

92.67%

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 10/10 656 days 100%
Terrence 10/10 1569 days 12%
Guru 8/10 2056 days 6%
Melanie Bunch 10/10 2269 days 5%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 2330 days 5%
Davina 7/10 2542 days 4%
Cynthia Liew 10/10 2634 days 5%
Ben H 9/10 2879 days 4%
Hannibal Winther 9/10 3004 days 4%
Jayni L'Azou 9/10 3013 days 3%
Roland Eggli 10/10 3221 days 3%
Moe Bouchard 10/10 3236 days 3%
Lois and Gary Hampton 10/10 3247 days 3%
Sevi 8/10 3248 days 3%
Gilbert Keiser 10/10 3249 days 3%
Fritsi and Flo 10/10 3258 days 3%
Katie and Rob 10/10 3259 days 3%
Patrick and Valerie 8/10 3261 days 3%
Car R 9/10 3271 days 3%
Taylor Doolittle 10/10 3280 days 3%
Bruce Steadman 10/10 3280 days 3%
Sarah Doolittle 10/10 3280 days 3%
Barb Steadman 10/10 3280 days 3%
Jasmin Thuess 8/10 3281 days 3%
James Macguire 9/10 3285 days 3%
Orane Lefebuee 10/10 3285 days 3%
Ingrid Maple 8/10 3286 days 3%
Daniel Nanjh 10/10 3290 days 3%
Breanna Alexander 10/10 3292 days 3%
Emma Millett 8/10 3294 days 3%
Ilona Roeters 9/10 3315 days 3%
Loic Besson 10/10 3316 days 3%
Jerome Cluzel 10/10 3316 days 3%
Natasha 8/10 3317 days 3%
Oliver Francis 8/10 3317 days 3%
Adam Pullinger 7/10 3320 days 3%
Vallee Manon 10/10 3322 days 3%
Rebecca Holmes 9/10 3324 days 3%
Ruden Perez 10/10 3325 days 3%
Manu Liberta 10/10 3332 days 3%
Carole Schwab 10/10 3332 days 3%
Moreno 8/10 3333 days 3%
Sigrid Duus 10/10 3334 days 3%
Mads Nielsen 10/10 3334 days 3%
Olde Vogel 8/10 3336 days 3%
Lieke vol Velde 8/10 3336 days 3%
Bob 10/10 3338 days 3%
Yee How 7/10 3340 days 2%
Marc Perales 8/10 3341 days 3%
Mikkel Thomassen 9/10 3345 days 3%
Jannika Cao 9/10 3345 days 3%
Maarten 6/10 3345 days 2%
Jakob Lovdahl 8/10 3349 days 3%
Lina Kiellamn 10/10 3349 days 3%
Sarah 10/10 3359 days 3%
Simon Mueller 10/10 3359 days 3%
Karine Dransart 8/10 3368 days 3%
Thomas Nolwenn 10/10 3369 days 3%
Cat Johnston 10/10 3374 days 3%
James Jackson 10/10 3375 days 3%
Meghan Maloney 9/10 3394 days 3%
Moni Basuki 10/10 3424 days 2%
Matilda 8/10 3576 days 2%
Katharina Schick 8/10 3578 days 2%
Cecile 10/10 3582 days 2%
Patricia 9/10 3585 days 2%
Sam Creecy 9/10 3588 days 2%
Mathilde 10/10 3590 days 2%
Phlippe 9/10 3590 days 2%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3591 days 2%
Arthur Tymins 9/10 3591 days 2%
Sophia and Karen 10/10 3591 days 2%
Helene Christensen 9/10 3592 days 2%
Sofie Madson 9/10 3592 days 2%
Laurine 9/10 3593 days 2%
Sonya Grimm 10/10 3594 days 2%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 3595 days 2%
Jeeyoung Kim 7/10 3595 days 2%
Kim Rasun 9/10 3595 days 2%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3595 days 2%
Alvaro Rodriguez 9/10 3595 days 2%
Lisa Fenzl 9/10 3597 days 2%
Cori Schultz 8/10 3599 days 2%
Jill Stebbing 10/10 3599 days 2%
Nico Neubauer 10/10 3599 days 2%
Michael L 10/10 3601 days 2%
Celine 10/10 3601 days 2%
Kathryn Nolan 7/10 3602 days 2%
Jeroen 8/10 3603 days 2%
Lucy Mulvin 10/10 3604 days 2%
Michael Menrath 10/10 3606 days 2%
Alexandre Roche 8/10 3606 days 2%
Diane Toupaine 9/10 3606 days 2%
Anouk Jongsma 9/10 3607 days 2%
Lucy Murray 9/10 3608 days 2%
Elisabet 10/10 3611 days 2%
Lisa 10/10 3611 days 2%
Cecile Seramis 10/10 3615 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3617 days 2%
Kathi 10/10 3617 days 2%
Jacob Winchester 10/10 3617 days 2%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3617 days 2%
Sandra 9/10 3619 days 2%
Kim 8/10 3619 days 2%
Selina Frankenberger 10/10 3619 days 2%
Isaliner and Mathieu 6/10 3620 days 2%
Riviere 8/10 3620 days 2%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3621 days 2%
Paul and Astrid 10/10 3621 days 2%
Nadav Knoll 8/10 3630 days 2%
Rachel Aspinall 10/10 3631 days 2%
Levin Stuers 9/10 3632 days 2%
Laurent Petit 7/10 3633 days 2%
Cindy Rizzo 10/10 3640 days 2%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3642 days 2%
Peter Hodgson 10/10 3643 days 2%
Leanna Wyer 10/10 3645 days 2%
Eric Hertort 8/10 3646 days 2%
Brendon Rudland 9/10 3648 days 2%
Sven and Annie 10/10 3651 days 2%
Fiona and Matthew 9/10 3656 days 2%
Philip 10/10 3656 days 2%
Hannes Puediger 9/10 3657 days 2%
Bonnie Krautz 10/10 3658 days 2%
Veronika and Radovan 10/10 3659 days 2%
Sabina Carney 10/10 3660 days 2%
Chloe 9/10 3666 days 2%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3686 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3729 days 2%
Suzanne Vermeulen 10/10 3730 days 2%
Rachel S 10/10 3943 days 1%
Nurlaily Abu Bakar 10/10 3974 days 1%
Maria Schober 10/10 3991 days 1%
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer 9/10 3996 days 1%
Annika Funk 9/10 4000 days 1%
Thomas Blom 10/10 4002 days 1%
Tobias Becker 8/10 4017 days 1%
Laura and Marie 9/10 4026 days 1%
Corinna Fallenbuchel 10/10 4050 days 1%
Logan Leduc 9/10 4071 days 1%
Caroline Hennache 9/10 4308 days 0%
Calvin Becker 7/10 4308 days 0%
Jacques Revel 10/10 4310 days 0%
Karen Garvin 10/10 4310 days 0%
Claudia Hillebrand 8/10 4313 days 0%
Marek Heiurich 10/10 4318 days 0%
Te-Ana and Mark 10/10 4319 days 0%
Mark 7/10 4322 days 0%
Wouter Vanmoz 8/10 4324 days 0%
Laure Cops 8/10 4324 days 0%
Agathe Dupuis 8/10 4337 days 0%
Linda Wainman 10/10 4337 days 0%
Chris Wainman 10/10 4337 days 0%
jefft 8/10 4340 days 0%
Mara 9/10 4342 days 0%
Andrea Morello 8/10 4342 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 9/10 4355 days 0%
Antton Vappula 7/10 4358 days 0%
Xavier 10/10 4361 days 0%
Bjoern 7/10 4367 days 0%
Lena Jensen 9/10 4375 days 0%
Jesper Andersen 9/10 4375 days 0%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4381 days 1%
Julien de la lande 7/10 4381 days 1%
Wouter Bosch 8/10 4381 days 1%
Aude Moulin 8/10 4381 days 1%
Claire Lieval 10/10 4387 days 1%
Andrea Beck 6/10 4399 days 1%
Marc Greeve 10/10 4407 days 1%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 9/10 4407 days 1%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4409 days 1%
Kim Maertens 9/10 4409 days 1%
Clarissa Hanck 10/10 4680 days 1%
Marco Schmidt 8/10 4684 days 1%
Patrick 9/10 4689 days 1%
Lisa 10/10 4689 days 1%
Brandon Wells 8/10 4692 days 1%
Marcel 7/10 4698 days 1%
Maria 8/10 4698 days 1%
Billy Koichopolos 10/10 4698 days 1%
James Young 10/10 4707 days 1%
Eric 7/10 4710 days 1%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4710 days 1%
Kathryn Pisco 8/10 4711 days 1%
Raquel 9/10 4712 days 1%
Fernando Martin 7/10 4712 days 1%
Kristin Denny 9/10 4715 days 1%
Enna Keet 9/10 4717 days 1%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4746 days 1%
Mathieu Brias 9/10 4751 days 1%
Loesje 8/10 4764 days 1%
Mark and Eefie 9/10 4780 days 1%
Karin Genyn 10/10 4781 days 1%
Steven Switsers 9/10 4785 days 1%
Natalie Nubler 10/10 4787 days 1%
Annie 8/10 4788 days 1%
Jacquemard 9/10 4800 days 1%
Barbara Berkhout 9/10 5055 days 1%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 8/10 5056 days 1%
Sally Gordie 10/10 5057 days 1%
Def Fem 9/10 5065 days 1%
Alex Ross 10/10 5066 days 1%
M Robinson 10/10 5066 days 1%
Alan Brady 10/10 5067 days 1%
Richard and Janet 9/10 5073 days 1%
Laura Diepeveen 8/10 5075 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 8/10 5077 days 1%
Siegfried Richter 9/10 5080 days 1%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 9/10 5081 days 1%
Ed & Katie Riches 9/10 5082 days 1%
Tom Pratt 7/10 5082 days 1%
Beat Kindler 8/10 5082 days 1%
Seth & Carla 9/10 5084 days 1%
Houter 9/10 5084 days 1%
Butz 10/10 5085 days 1%
Marilyn Mobley 10/10 5085 days 1%
David & Sue Lokkerbol 9/10 5085 days 1%
Helen Chilton 9/10 5087 days 1%
Domroes 9/10 5091 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 5093 days 1%
Chris Marsh 10/10 5096 days 1%
Jessica Lane 10/10 5096 days 1%
Dave McLeish 8/10 5097 days 1%
Thyg Lingdal 10/10 5098 days 1%
Nicole van Bergen 8/10 5098 days 1%
Mike1952 9/10 5099 days 1%
Allison Meyoz 9/10 5381 days 1%
Fontvieille 10/10 5388 days 1%
Stephane Lebel 10/10 5409 days 1%
Gertz 10/10 5409 days 1%
Faith Whitcraft 10/10 5413 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 5418 days 1%
Sophia Kelly 9/10 5420 days 1%
Judith 9/10 5422 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 5422 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5423 days 1%
Kauzta 9/10 5424 days 1%
Tricia Goggin 8/10 5428 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5429 days 1%
Michael Long 9/10 5429 days 1%
Harry Hammond 10/10 5429 days 1%
Gerstmann 6/10 5430 days 1%
E C Frans 9/10 5434 days 1%
Martin 10/10 5434 days 1%
Jessica Vogels 9/10 5434 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5435 days 1%
Gert Vogelaers 9/10 5439 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 9/10 5440 days 1%
Jesper Hassel 9/10 5441 days 1%
Rian Bach 9/10 5442 days 1%
Dieter Uhlmann 8/10 5447 days 1%
Laura Hayes 8/10 5451 days 1%
Teum and Orselien 8/10 5452 days 1%
Cheryl 8/10 5454 days 1%
Ruben and Jetske 9/10 5454 days 1%
Dave and Lin Mungham 9/10 5457 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 5459 days 1%
Sue Haward 10/10 5459 days 1%
Rissa W 9/10 5464 days 1%
dollimyxture 10/10 5495 days 1%
Mikeminch 9/10 5556 days 1%
Pete & Judy McChesney 10/10 5733 days 1%
BelindaT 10/10 5748 days 1%
Martina Pankova 10/10 5776 days 1%
Agnes 9/10 5780 days 1%
Russ Turner 9/10 5787 days 1%
Ingrid Zell 10/10 5792 days 1%
Jana Steve 10/10 5795 days 1%
Bert Meuleuorijks 9/10 5797 days 1%
johnandgin 8/10 5801 days 1%
Schlaepfer 10/10 5803 days 1%
Horst 9/10 5804 days 1%
Don & Alice 7/10 5805 days 1%
Hans Suess 9/10 5807 days 1%
Yssel de Schepper 8/10 5807 days 1%
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow 7/10 5807 days 1%
Chris Glasg 8/10 5809 days 1%
Nicola 9/10 5810 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 9/10 5810 days 1%
Max Mareen 10/10 5810 days 1%
Dieter Groscurth 9/10 5811 days 1%
Ronny 9/10 5815 days 1%
Jamie 10/10 5821 days 1%
Christian 7/10 5821 days 1%
Schygulla 9/10 5821 days 1%
Loleit 10/10 5822 days 1%
Harmann Volker 9/10 5823 days 1%
Susan Hitchins 9/10 5825 days 1%
Dick Rosman 9/10 5825 days 1%
Sinjc Grude 10/10 5826 days 1%
Carl Diehl 9/10 5827 days 1%
Kevin and Teresa 8/10 5829 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5838 days 1%
mariak 9/10 5877 days 1%
Marons 9/10 5880 days 1%
koellner 8/10 5889 days 1%
Melanie Bielefeld 10/10 5893 days 1%
Louis Duhaime 9/10 5902 days 1%
Chris Bulman 10/10 5902 days 1%
Katrin Wennin 10/10 5902 days 1%
Sara Reekmans 10/10 5914 days 1%
harryb 10/10 6000 days 1%
brianp 10/10 6007 days 1%
simonsandra 9/10 6008 days 1%
andriesk 8/10 6017 days 1%
jessica 9/10 6056 days 1%
DustyLaptop 10/10 6074 days 1%
HermannR 10/10 6123 days 1%
DanielGermany 10/10 6127 days 1%
Nathalie 8/10 6132 days 1%
annysp 8/10 6135 days 1%
johnst 9/10 6135 days 1%
Barry Smith 9/10 6155 days 1%
Robert 9/10 6179 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

0.67% 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

93%

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.