Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks.

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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Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks

Valid Reviews

63 Valid Reviews

The Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 64 reviews. There are 63 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 63 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 26
41%
9/10 16
25%
8/10 17
27%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 1
2%

87.46% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 87.46% and is based on 63 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

38 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 63 valid reviews, the experience has 38 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 38 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
34%
9/10 11
29%
8/10 13
34%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.42% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks face-to-face reviews is 88.42% and is based on 38 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

83.94%

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
Andy Mcmeeking 10/10 53 days 100%
Rebekah Scarlett 2/10 81 days 45%
Quetzacol 10/10 204 days 98%
Paul T Beisser III 9/10 204 days 97%
Samuel Dällenbach 5/10 783 days 49%
Elizabeth Keller 8/10 1118 days 33%
Silke 10/10 1118 days 33%
Suzz 8/10 1392 days 15%
Anna 10/10 1938 days 4%
Fer&And 10/10 2822 days 3%
Ryan 10/10 2853 days 3%
Kristina Russo 9/10 3316 days 2%
Jonzie NZ 8/10 3490 days 1%
Elaine Carter 10/10 3680 days 1%
Ann-Catherine Deblon 8/10 3701 days 1%
Brandy Brooks 10/10 3769 days 1%
Louise Tulp 10/10 3835 days 1%
Andrew Cruickshank 9/10 4039 days 0%
Oliver Powles 8/10 4169 days 0%
Ted Cole 9/10 4436 days 1%
Neil & Christine 10/10 4829 days 1%
Andrew Wemmer 8/10 4889 days 1%
Joan and Colin Price 9/10 4892 days 1%
Brigitte van Leeuwen-ud Meys 8/10 4907 days 1%
wfouracre 10/10 4952 days 1%
Goran Backlund 10/10 5151 days 1%
Helmut Schmid 10/10 5160 days 1%
D van Dongen 9/10 5170 days 1%
Richard Harvey 9/10 5175 days 1%
Lotte Zwail 8/10 5175 days 1%
R E Webb 9/10 5178 days 1%
Walter & Heidi Baumann 8/10 5180 days 1%
Petra 10/10 5190 days 1%
J Knol 8/10 5221 days 1%
Tuibaby22 1/10 5226 days 0%
Bernhard & Brigitte Gosch 8/10 5264 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 9/10 5512 days 1%
Margaret Lally 8/10 5514 days 1%
Michael Orme 9/10 5522 days 1%
Kees Stigter 9/10 5528 days 1%
TraceyE 10/10 5532 days 1%
Annie Pennington 10/10 5547 days 1%
Sarah Ewing 10/10 5557 days 1%
De Blaeij 8/10 5558 days 1%
Grant 10/10 5818 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 5824 days 1%
Michele Prevost 8/10 5892 days 1%
Rik 9/10 5898 days 1%
Mark and Natasha UK 9/10 5899 days 1%
Faller 10/10 5920 days 1%
barts 8/10 5971 days 1%
stephenst 9/10 5971 days 1%
mvano 8/10 5981 days 1%
Hans Barth 9/10 6007 days 1%
marleen451 9/10 6017 days 1%
Tracy & Peter Cassidy 8/10 6026 days 1%
Evan 10/10 6048 days 1%
wanganuilover 10/10 6231 days 1%
rosil 10/10 6231 days 1%
Martina Bumiller 10/10 6236 days 1%
Brigette Guikens 10/10 6252 days 1%
ZimmermannA 10/10 6272 days 1%
Mike 3/10 6276 days 0%

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 Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.72% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 71 days. However the Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks 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 Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks experience has been adjusted for 44 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
41 -0.67%
42 -0.69%
43 -0.71%
44 -0.72%
45 -0.74%
46 -0.76%
47 -0.77%

Balancing Adjustment

2.20% 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.