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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 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.
Wagener Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
86 Valid Reviews
The Wagener Holiday Park experience has a total of 90 reviews. There are 86 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 86 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 35 |
|
41% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
26% |
| 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 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
81.86% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wagener Holiday Park valid reviews is 81.86% and is based on 86 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 86 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
86.67%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicia | 9/10 | 285 days | 100% |
| Shaun | 7/10 | 681 days | 72% |
| Jackson | 10/10 | 710 days | 75% |
| Larayne | 10/10 | 863 days | 61% |
| Dan | 6/10 | 1320 days | 18% |
| Rens | 4/10 | 1563 days | 6% |
| Harriet | 10/10 | 1685 days | 6% |
| NelsonBZ | 10/10 | 1777 days | 5% |
| Alydia | 9/10 | 1836 days | 5% |
| Josh | 8/10 | 1836 days | 5% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 1989 days | 5% |
| Rachel | 8/10 | 2020 days | 5% |
| Paul Smith | 3/10 | 2567 days | 2% |
| Ricardo Teeuwen | 6/10 | 2628 days | 3% |
| Fabian | 9/10 | 2628 days | 4% |
| The Flip Flop Family | 10/10 | 2689 days | 3% |
| Linda mclean | 8/10 | 2781 days | 3% |
| Fifi and Jay | 3/10 | 3151 days | 1% |
| Geoffrey McCall | 4/10 | 3329 days | 1% |
| Tim Holmes | 7/10 | 3460 days | 2% |
| Ann-Catherine Deblon | 5/10 | 3599 days | 1% |
| Hana Rachfalik | 9/10 | 3681 days | 1% |
| Jule & Thomas aus Hamburg Elternzeit 2015 | 4/10 | 3784 days | 1% |
| David Oster | 8/10 | 3982 days | 1% |
| Gianpiero Rodari | 10/10 | 4088 days | 1% |
| coralie gordon | 10/10 | 4180 days | 0% |
| chris young | 10/10 | 4242 days | 0% |
| Family Trip | 6/10 | 4334 days | 0% |
| Mel | 5/10 | 4393 days | 1% |
| happycamper13 | 2/10 | 4393 days | 0% |
| karuhi | 3/10 | 4393 days | 0% |
| Tanya | 1/10 | 4393 days | 0% |
| Claire Blankenbyl | 9/10 | 4424 days | 1% |
| dorothy holder | 10/10 | 4424 days | 1% |
| Sabine | 9/10 | 4454 days | 1% |
| Lindsay Berquist | 5/10 | 4638 days | 1% |
| Steen Rausmussen | 9/10 | 4697 days | 1% |
| K & F | 6/10 | 4699 days | 1% |
| Mark Hailwood | 10/10 | 4699 days | 1% |
| Regan Fairley | 7/10 | 4727 days | 1% |
| wenz40 | 9/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Penny Gooch | 8/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Mike Hutcheson | 9/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| TonyRel | 9/10 | 4819 days | 1% |
| Jenben | 5/10 | 4819 days | 1% |
| travelling_irwins | 10/10 | 4850 days | 1% |
| juliejonesgreen | 9/10 | 4880 days | 1% |
| lalaishu | 10/10 | 5003 days | 1% |
| Mike Breele | 9/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| screrar | 10/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| kelvinize | 9/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| stevemurray | 8/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| flyingfifteen | 10/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| happycamper1 | 10/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| stephen | 10/10 | 5155 days | 1% |
| Budgiebar | 10/10 | 5155 days | 1% |
| love_travelling | 10/10 | 5185 days | 1% |
| roli214 | 10/10 | 5185 days | 1% |
| P Stanton | 2/10 | 5372 days | 0% |
| Marlene Schieder | 9/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| kiwianna | 9/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| GrahamS | 9/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| JanineNZ | 9/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| haze | 9/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| luisperez | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Belsie | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| GrantW | 3/10 | 5520 days | 0% |
| JulieLW | 10/10 | 5520 days | 1% |
| Lissa13 | 9/10 | 5764 days | 1% |
| Alain Deslandres | 6/10 | 5836 days | 0% |
| wintersb | 9/10 | 5848 days | 1% |
| Georgina Covich | 9/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Jeremy Hope | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| BrittanyCozens | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| amynightingale | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| jenna | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| alyssak | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Emma Farmer | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Tuatua 2IC | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| bill | 9/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| JillK | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| rose howcroft | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| aoteaviking | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Dawn Campbell | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| cjhardy | 10/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Angela Taylor | 10/10 | 7315 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
-4.06% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 44 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 | -4.00% |
| 198 | -4.02% |
| 199 | -4.04% |
| 200 | -4.06% |
| 201 | -4.08% |
| 202 | -4.10% |
| 203 | -4.12% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
2.34% 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
85%
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.