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 Wagener 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.

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Wagener Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

88 Valid Reviews

The Wagener Holiday Park experience has a total of 92 reviews. There are 88 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 88 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 36
41%
9/10 22
25%
8/10 7
8%
7/10 3
3%
6/10 5
6%
5/10 4
5%
4/10 3
3%
3/10 4
5%
2/10 3
3%
1/10 1
1%

81.36% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wagener Holiday Park valid reviews is 81.36% and is based on 88 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

5 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 88 valid reviews, the experience has 5 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 5 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 0
0%
9/10 3
60%
8/10 0
0%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 1
20%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
20%
1/10 0
0%

70.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wagener Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 70.00% and is based on 5 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

83.09%

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
HANSRUEDI BOETSCHI 2/10 222 days 47%
Tori DelliCarpini 10/10 343 days 100%
Felicia 9/10 587 days 85%
Shaun 7/10 983 days 45%
Jackson 10/10 1012 days 46%
Larayne 10/10 1165 days 32%
Dan 6/10 1622 days 7%
Rens 4/10 1865 days 3%
Harriet 10/10 1987 days 5%
NelsonBZ 10/10 2079 days 5%
Alydia 9/10 2138 days 4%
Josh 8/10 2138 days 4%
Linda 8/10 2291 days 4%
Rachel 8/10 2322 days 4%
Paul Smith 3/10 2869 days 2%
Ricardo Teeuwen 6/10 2930 days 2%
Fabian 9/10 2930 days 3%
The Flip Flop Family 10/10 2991 days 3%
Linda mclean 8/10 3083 days 2%
Fifi and Jay 3/10 3453 days 1%
Geoffrey McCall 4/10 3631 days 1%
Tim Holmes 7/10 3762 days 1%
Ann-Catherine Deblon 5/10 3901 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 9/10 3983 days 1%
Jule & Thomas aus Hamburg Elternzeit 2015 4/10 4087 days 0%
David Oster 8/10 4284 days 0%
Gianpiero Rodari 10/10 4391 days 1%
coralie gordon 10/10 4483 days 1%
chris young 10/10 4544 days 1%
Family Trip 6/10 4636 days 1%
Mel 5/10 4695 days 1%
happycamper13 2/10 4695 days 0%
karuhi 3/10 4695 days 0%
Tanya 1/10 4695 days 0%
Claire Blankenbyl 9/10 4726 days 1%
dorothy holder 10/10 4726 days 1%
Sabine 9/10 4756 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 5/10 4940 days 1%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4999 days 0%
K & F 6/10 5001 days 1%
Mark Hailwood 10/10 5001 days 1%
Regan Fairley 7/10 5029 days 1%
wenz40 9/10 5060 days 1%
Penny Gooch 8/10 5060 days 1%
Mike Hutcheson 9/10 5060 days 1%
TonyRel 9/10 5121 days 1%
Jenben 5/10 5121 days 1%
travelling_irwins 10/10 5152 days 1%
juliejonesgreen 9/10 5182 days 1%
lalaishu 10/10 5305 days 1%
Mike Breele 9/10 5366 days 0%
screrar 10/10 5426 days 1%
kelvinize 9/10 5426 days 1%
stevemurray 8/10 5426 days 1%
flyingfifteen 10/10 5426 days 1%
happycamper1 10/10 5426 days 1%
stephen 10/10 5457 days 1%
Budgiebar 10/10 5457 days 1%
love_travelling 10/10 5487 days 1%
roli214 10/10 5487 days 1%
P Stanton 2/10 5674 days 0%
Marlene Schieder 9/10 5703 days 0%
kiwianna 9/10 5791 days 1%
GrahamS 9/10 5791 days 1%
JanineNZ 9/10 5791 days 1%
haze 9/10 5791 days 1%
luisperez 10/10 5791 days 1%
Belsie 10/10 5791 days 1%
GrantW 3/10 5822 days 0%
JulieLW 10/10 5822 days 1%
Lissa13 9/10 6066 days 1%
Alain Deslandres 6/10 6138 days 0%
wintersb 9/10 6150 days 1%
Georgina Covich 9/10 6156 days 1%
Jeremy Hope 10/10 6156 days 1%
BrittanyCozens 10/10 6156 days 1%
amynightingale 10/10 6156 days 1%
jenna 10/10 6156 days 1%
alyssak 10/10 6156 days 1%
Emma Farmer 10/10 6156 days 1%
Tuatua 2IC 10/10 6156 days 1%
bill 9/10 6156 days 1%
JillK 10/10 6156 days 1%
rose howcroft 10/10 6156 days 1%
aoteaviking 10/10 6156 days 1%
Dawn Campbell 10/10 6156 days 1%
cjhardy 10/10 6156 days 1%
Angela Taylor 10/10 7617 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 Wagener Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.95% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 47 days. However the Wagener 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 Wagener Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
197 -3.89%
198 -3.91%
199 -3.93%
200 -3.95%
201 -3.97%
202 -3.99%
203 -4.01%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

3.25% 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

82%

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.