Ranking Score Explained
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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 Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park.
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.
Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
139 Valid Reviews
The Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 141 reviews. There are 139 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 139 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 57 |
|
41% |
| 9/10 | 42 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
88.35% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 88.35% and is based on 139 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
93 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 139 valid reviews, the experience has 93 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 93 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 30 |
|
32% |
| 9/10 | 32 |
|
34% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
87.42% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 87.42% and is based on 93 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
95.36%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Swain | 10/10 | 171 days | 100% |
| Dan | 10/10 | 232 days | 96% |
| Belinda & Jean-Michel | 10/10 | 628 days | 41% |
| Gary Major | 10/10 | 718 days | 29% |
| Mike Smith | 10/10 | 749 days | 25% |
| Bert | 7/10 | 780 days | 20% |
| Su | 10/10 | 780 days | 22% |
| Suzanne J | 10/10 | 871 days | 14% |
| Scooper | 8/10 | 994 days | 7% |
| Sheryl Mackintosh | 10/10 | 1024 days | 6% |
| Peggy Tamati | 10/10 | 1055 days | 5% |
| Amber Lilac | 10/10 | 1083 days | 5% |
| Sabine | 9/10 | 1114 days | 5% |
| Deb S | 9/10 | 1206 days | 5% |
| Sue, UK | 10/10 | 1206 days | 5% |
| Natalie Tomlinson-Kurz | 10/10 | 1570 days | 4% |
| Marwin Jurjus | 10/10 | 1572 days | 4% |
| Grainne Phelan | 9/10 | 1765 days | 4% |
| Laurie Meston | 9/10 | 1772 days | 4% |
| Siobhan Ryan | 10/10 | 1779 days | 4% |
| clive ilich | 10/10 | 1784 days | 4% |
| Dave Rollison | 8/10 | 1784 days | 4% |
| Herman Visser | 10/10 | 1837 days | 4% |
| Julia Lloyd | 10/10 | 1843 days | 4% |
| Hazel North | 10/10 | 1874 days | 4% |
| Tim Burnett | 9/10 | 1967 days | 3% |
| Dennis Page | 10/10 | 2118 days | 3% |
| Staffan Johansson | 10/10 | 2161 days | 3% |
| Aaron Morrow | 9/10 | 2168 days | 3% |
| Urs Baumgartner | 9/10 | 2199 days | 3% |
| Suzanne Vermeulen | 3/10 | 2302 days | 2% |
| Family Trip | 7/10 | 2881 days | 1% |
| Sara Clausen | 6/10 | 2887 days | 1% |
| Leon Courtney | 7/10 | 2888 days | 1% |
| Laurene | 1/10 | 2901 days | 1% |
| Guillaume | 2/10 | 2905 days | 1% |
| catherine welsh | 8/10 | 2940 days | 1% |
| Ut & Sacha | 10/10 | 3032 days | 1% |
| Dick Kooij | 9/10 | 3318 days | 1% |
| Alastair MacDonald | 9/10 | 3323 days | 1% |
| Reijenga | 9/10 | 3327 days | 1% |
| Peter | 10/10 | 3329 days | 1% |
| Judy | 10/10 | 3345 days | 1% |
| kayburns | 2/10 | 3427 days | 0% |
| Peter Kent | 10/10 | 3598 days | 0% |
| Christop Isabella | 10/10 | 3599 days | 0% |
| Tuedi Muggli | 10/10 | 3608 days | 0% |
| Peter Hart | 10/10 | 3608 days | 0% |
| Michael Jefferies | 10/10 | 3614 days | 0% |
| Trevor & Sheila Redman | 10/10 | 3616 days | 0% |
| Schneider | 10/10 | 3624 days | 0% |
| Gillian MacLaren | 10/10 | 3625 days | 0% |
| Walter & Heidi Baumann | 8/10 | 3625 days | 0% |
| Hans Oudenbroek | 8/10 | 3625 days | 0% |
| Charlotte | 8/10 | 3626 days | 0% |
| Ralf Glaser | 9/10 | 3628 days | 0% |
| Slangen | 8/10 | 3633 days | 0% |
| Fleur & Nils | 8/10 | 3633 days | 0% |
| Frank Waskikowski | 10/10 | 3634 days | 0% |
| Maria Dietrich | 8/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| Samplonius | 9/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| Schweiger | 10/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| John Reynolds | 10/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| David Blundell | 10/10 | 3635 days | 0% |
| Lilja Bjork Hermannsdottir | 9/10 | 3639 days | 0% |
| Remy van Heugten | 8/10 | 3639 days | 0% |
| Kurt Furuskar | 9/10 | 3651 days | 1% |
| bosha22 | 10/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
| Pietsch | 9/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Robert Carswell | 8/10 | 3708 days | 1% |
| Jungo | 9/10 | 3714 days | 1% |
| Bart Goovaerts | 9/10 | 3718 days | 1% |
| damaca | 9/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
| lyndavid | 8/10 | 3946 days | 1% |
| Derek | 9/10 | 3957 days | 1% |
| John Duffy | 10/10 | 3963 days | 1% |
| Barry Digby | 9/10 | 3964 days | 1% |
| Michael Simmang | 10/10 | 3965 days | 1% |
| Birgette Lindved | 10/10 | 3966 days | 1% |
| Peter & Angela Brown | 10/10 | 3967 days | 1% |
| Krabbe | 8/10 | 3968 days | 1% |
| Julia Hofstetter | 9/10 | 3970 days | 1% |
| Lynda Hutchins | 10/10 | 3971 days | 1% |
| Scheauwen | 10/10 | 3975 days | 1% |
| Haan Begerian | 8/10 | 3991 days | 1% |
| Tobias Torax | 10/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
| Jonathon Heaney | 9/10 | 3998 days | 1% |
| Michael Duckert | 8/10 | 3999 days | 1% |
| Loren van Oordt | 10/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
| Igor Filart | 7/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
| T Chapman | 8/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
| Fred West | 9/10 | 4004 days | 1% |
| sarahwarhurst | 10/10 | 4067 days | 1% |
| David | 10/10 | 4275 days | 1% |
| macmaster | 9/10 | 4281 days | 1% |
| shoretie | 10/10 | 4311 days | 1% |
| Jake Webster | 9/10 | 4328 days | 1% |
| Michael Egli | 9/10 | 4333 days | 1% |
| Mette | 10/10 | 4337 days | 1% |
| Gerhard Kronen | 8/10 | 4339 days | 1% |
| Richie_L | 10/10 | 4342 days | 1% |
| Daniel Goldsbrough | 8/10 | 4343 days | 1% |
| Haitsma | 8/10 | 4350 days | 1% |
| Willi Heinen | 9/10 | 4350 days | 1% |
| Heike Pless | 9/10 | 4351 days | 1% |
| Walter | 7/10 | 4356 days | 1% |
| Hannah Clark | 7/10 | 4363 days | 1% |
| Valerie Van Hemelrijck | 7/10 | 4365 days | 1% |
| Robin Sykes | 10/10 | 4366 days | 1% |
| Stephen | 9/10 | 4366 days | 1% |
| Bram-Jan M | 6/10 | 4369 days | 1% |
| Laura Walters | 8/10 | 4369 days | 1% |
| Jens Bo Rykor | 9/10 | 4383 days | 1% |
| jan and john | 9/10 | 4386 days | 1% |
| Torsten Gehrke | 8/10 | 4387 days | 1% |
| Brian Boyle | 9/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| aussiesi | 4/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| kevinp | 9/10 | 4413 days | 1% |
| barts | 9/10 | 4416 days | 1% |
| joannaw | 8/10 | 4417 days | 1% |
| nadinef | 9/10 | 4424 days | 1% |
| Anne Ford | 9/10 | 4434 days | 1% |
| Robert Hausser | 9/10 | 4436 days | 1% |
| Jansen | 7/10 | 4436 days | 1% |
| Sibylle Locher | 9/10 | 4440 days | 1% |
| Jean Paul Mesnage | 10/10 | 4442 days | 1% |
| rogerandchristine | 10/10 | 4561 days | 1% |
| joyceb | 9/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Chris Barker | 8/10 | 4670 days | 1% |
| MorganK | 9/10 | 4673 days | 1% |
| wanganuilover | 10/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| arthurwa | 10/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Katy1 | 9/10 | 4678 days | 1% |
| BrendaM | 10/10 | 4693 days | 1% |
| MargaretH | 10/10 | 4719 days | 1% |
| Anneleen | 8/10 | 4723 days | 1% |
| Lucy | 9/10 | 4725 days | 1% |
| TobiL | 8/10 | 4746 days | 1% |
| Tamara | 10/10 | 5132 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 Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-3.16% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 46 days. However the Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park 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 Russell TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 154 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 151 | -3.09% |
| 152 | -3.11% |
| 153 | -3.13% |
| 154 | -3.16% |
| 155 | -3.18% |
| 156 | -3.20% |
| 157 | -3.22% |
| … | … |
Final Ranking Score
92%
The final ranking score once adjustments and rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.
If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.