Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Ohiwa 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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Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks

Valid Reviews

119 Valid Reviews

The Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 122 reviews. There are 119 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 119 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 88
74%
9/10 18
15%
8/10 7
6%
7/10 4
3%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

95.21% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 95.21% and is based on 119 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

6 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 119 valid reviews, the experience has 6 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 6 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 3
50%
9/10 1
17%
8/10 2
33%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks face-to-face reviews is 91.67% and is based on 6 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.95%

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
Caroline Elliot 5/10 63 days 76%
Ulrike Mira 10/10 63 days 100%
Nick 9/10 551 days 82%
DJ 10/10 947 days 49%
Silke 10/10 1100 days 35%
Elizabeth Keller 10/10 1100 days 35%
Jan and Ian 9/10 1159 days 30%
Stuart Edwards - Green Jersey Explorer Tours 10/10 1282 days 22%
MIke 10/10 1312 days 20%
NR 10/10 1343 days 18%
Reece and Sonja Allan 10/10 1404 days 15%
christine borst 10/10 1435 days 14%
Rachel 10/10 1435 days 14%
Jane 10/10 1435 days 14%
Fids 9/10 1435 days 13%
Jane Sutton 10/10 1465 days 12%
Dianne Mankelow 8/10 1465 days 12%
Heidi 10/10 1465 days 12%
Simone 10/10 1465 days 12%
Cherie 10/10 1496 days 11%
Maureen 8/10 1496 days 11%
Reash 8/10 1496 days 11%
Colin and Heather Lewis 10/10 1496 days 11%
Tim & Jan 10/10 1524 days 10%
Heather 10/10 1555 days 9%
Sharon 10/10 1555 days 9%
MK 10/10 1555 days 9%
David 10/10 1586 days 8%
Sandra Davies 10/10 1586 days 8%
Faisal malik 10/10 1586 days 8%
David 7/10 1586 days 8%
Judith & John Bishop 9/10 1647 days 7%
ML 10/10 1677 days 6%
Stu 10/10 1830 days 5%
Christine Martin 10/10 1830 days 5%
T McLeod 10/10 1830 days 5%
Tracey Kereopa 10/10 1830 days 5%
Jan Mclaren 10/10 1830 days 5%
Desa 10/10 1861 days 5%
Dons 10/10 1861 days 5%
Evelyn Pine 10/10 1861 days 5%
Joan Pritchard 9/10 1861 days 5%
Otilia and Johan 9/10 1889 days 5%
blair stephens 10/10 1889 days 5%
kay henderson 10/10 1889 days 5%
Pete Harrison 10/10 1889 days 5%
Kathleen Chan 9/10 1889 days 5%
Allen 10/10 1889 days 5%
Bethan 7/10 1920 days 4%
MK 10/10 1920 days 5%
Sharon 10/10 1920 days 5%
Sue Shoemack 10/10 1920 days 5%
Elrika Keyser 10/10 1920 days 5%
Aaron Menzies 10/10 1951 days 5%
Ian Buck 10/10 1951 days 5%
Sarah Jane Ramaker 10/10 1981 days 5%
Tess Nesdale 10/10 2012 days 5%
Janet Henderson 10/10 2012 days 5%
Sue 10/10 2012 days 5%
NATALIE ERASMUS 9/10 2104 days 4%
John Jury 10/10 2104 days 4%
Brian Derbyshire 10/10 2134 days 4%
James & Derryn 10/10 2165 days 4%
Karen and Eric 10/10 2226 days 4%
Meryl D 8/10 2226 days 4%
Merle Bray, Elizabeth Watson & Bella 9/10 2255 days 4%
Ian Campbell 10/10 2286 days 4%
Jabba 9/10 2286 days 4%
Johannes 10/10 2317 days 4%
Dieter Giesen 10/10 2317 days 4%
Neal Rastrick 10/10 2347 days 4%
Mike Taylor 10/10 2347 days 4%
Truds/ Shaun McGregor 10/10 2439 days 4%
Rachael 10/10 2470 days 4%
Tarina McKenzie 10/10 2470 days 4%
Dianne Wade 10/10 2500 days 4%
Cliff & Tracey 10/10 2500 days 4%
Beth 10/10 2561 days 3%
Liz 10/10 2561 days 3%
Paul Smith 8/10 2620 days 3%
Alan & Lesley Ball 9/10 2620 days 3%
John Zoetebier 2/10 2651 days 1%
phil smith 9/10 2651 days 3%
Anne & John 10/10 2804 days 3%
Chris&Kevin Rush 10/10 2896 days 3%
Paul and Nat Wright 10/10 2926 days 3%
Dan Kilkelly 10/10 2926 days 3%
John Curries 10/10 2957 days 3%
Trish & Ian 10/10 2957 days 3%
Jenny Sullivan 10/10 2957 days 3%
Tina and Terry 9/10 2985 days 3%
Katie Wiffin 10/10 3016 days 3%
kay henderson 10/10 3016 days 3%
Phil and Dianne Neal 9/10 3017 days 3%
Leith Milson 10/10 3077 days 2%
John Peddie 10/10 3656 days 1%
York Tüchelmann 10/10 3681 days 1%
Liz Peters 10/10 3687 days 1%
Shelley Martin 10/10 3716 days 1%
Debbie Thomas 10/10 3747 days 1%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3766 days 1%
Sheriden Derby 10/10 4022 days 1%
Trevor Brown 9/10 4104 days 0%
BernardB 10/10 4112 days 0%
Jason 9/10 4112 days 0%
Ray 10/10 4310 days 0%
C&P Macwhippy 9/10 4387 days 1%
Daisy Shasta 10/10 4425 days 0%
Rita Hochstiasser 9/10 4443 days 0%
Jacqui V 7/10 4446 days 1%
Brendan K 10/10 4446 days 1%
E and C Tipuna 10/10 4477 days 1%
Jenny Hall 7/10 4508 days 1%
Tracie Thornborough 10/10 4508 days 1%
justin butler 10/10 4508 days 1%
Mick McIvor 10/10 4599 days 1%
E Smudde 8/10 5161 days 0%
Eric & Liz McKean 10/10 5496 days 0%
Pieter Middeldorp 8/10 5875 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 Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.86% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 61 days. However the Ohiwa 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 Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has been adjusted for 47 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
44 -0.81%
45 -0.82%
46 -0.84%
47 -0.86%
48 -0.88%
49 -0.90%
50 -0.92%

Balancing Adjustment

0.74% 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

93%

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.