Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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

59 Valid Reviews

The Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 60 reviews. There are 59 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 59 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 24
41%
9/10 15
25%
8/10 17
29%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
2%

88.14% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Papamoa Beach Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 88.14% and is based on 59 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 59 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

85.55%

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
Quetzacol 10/10 80 days 100%
Samuel Dällenbach 5/10 659 days 58%
Elizabeth Keller 8/10 994 days 44%
Silke 10/10 994 days 44%
Suzz 8/10 1268 days 22%
Fer&And 10/10 2698 days 3%
Ryan 10/10 2729 days 3%
Kristina Russo 9/10 3192 days 2%
Jonzie NZ 8/10 3367 days 2%
Elaine Carter 10/10 3556 days 1%
Ann-Catherine Deblon 8/10 3577 days 1%
Brandy Brooks 10/10 3645 days 1%
Louise Tulp 10/10 3711 days 1%
Andrew Cruickshank 9/10 3916 days 1%
Oliver Powles 8/10 4045 days 1%
Ted Cole 9/10 4312 days 0%
Neil & Christine 10/10 4705 days 1%
Andrew Wemmer 8/10 4765 days 1%
Joan and Colin Price 9/10 4768 days 1%
Brigitte van Leeuwen-ud Meys 8/10 4783 days 1%
wfouracre 10/10 4828 days 1%
Goran Backlund 10/10 5027 days 1%
Helmut Schmid 10/10 5036 days 1%
D van Dongen 9/10 5046 days 1%
Richard Harvey 9/10 5051 days 1%
Lotte Zwail 8/10 5051 days 1%
R E Webb 9/10 5054 days 1%
Walter & Heidi Baumann 8/10 5056 days 1%
Petra 10/10 5066 days 1%
J Knol 8/10 5097 days 1%
Tuibaby22 1/10 5102 days 0%
Bernhard & Brigitte Gosch 8/10 5140 days 1%
Chantal Wendel 9/10 5388 days 1%
Margaret Lally 8/10 5390 days 1%
Michael Orme 9/10 5398 days 1%
Kees Stigter 9/10 5404 days 1%
TraceyE 10/10 5408 days 1%
Annie Pennington 10/10 5423 days 1%
Sarah Ewing 10/10 5433 days 1%
De Blaeij 8/10 5434 days 1%
Grant 10/10 5694 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 5700 days 1%
Michele Prevost 8/10 5768 days 1%
Rik 9/10 5774 days 1%
Mark and Natasha UK 9/10 5775 days 1%
Faller 10/10 5796 days 1%
barts 8/10 5847 days 1%
stephenst 9/10 5847 days 1%
mvano 8/10 5857 days 1%
Hans Barth 9/10 5883 days 1%
marleen451 9/10 5893 days 1%
Tracy & Peter Cassidy 8/10 5902 days 1%
Evan 10/10 5924 days 1%
wanganuilover 10/10 6107 days 1%
rosil 10/10 6107 days 1%
Martina Bumiller 10/10 6112 days 1%
Brigette Guikens 10/10 6128 days 1%
ZimmermannA 10/10 6148 days 1%
Mike 3/10 6152 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

-1.41% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 41 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 70 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
67 -1.35%
68 -1.37%
69 -1.39%
70 -1.41%
71 -1.44%
72 -1.46%
73 -1.48%

Balancing Adjustment

2.00% 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

86%

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.