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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 Blue Lake TOP 10 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.
Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
111 Valid Reviews
The Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 114 reviews. There are 111 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 111 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 26 |
|
23% |
| 9/10 | 36 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
82.34% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 82.34% and is based on 111 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
73 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 111 valid reviews, the experience has 73 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 73 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 17 |
|
23% |
| 9/10 | 23 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 23 |
|
32% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
85.34% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 85.34% and is based on 73 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
80.55%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole | 8/10 | 291 days | 100% |
| Lini | 10/10 | 808 days | 67% |
| Milly | 1/10 | 1050 days | 17% |
| James Houston | 6/10 | 1050 days | 36% |
| Mitch | 10/10 | 1265 days | 25% |
| Jim Peterson | 1/10 | 1415 days | 6% |
| Kellie | 9/10 | 1538 days | 10% |
| Mike | 9/10 | 1752 days | 6% |
| Mrs Lounis | 10/10 | 2208 days | 5% |
| Timo | 10/10 | 2269 days | 4% |
| David Wilson | 9/10 | 2422 days | 4% |
| TP&MM | 7/10 | 2511 days | 4% |
| Flatlanders | 8/10 | 2542 days | 4% |
| Kenza | 7/10 | 2634 days | 3% |
| Jessica Belanger | 1/10 | 2875 days | 1% |
| Tina and Terry | 8/10 | 2876 days | 3% |
| Leanne Taylor-Smith | 5/10 | 2926 days | 2% |
| Al Black | 9/10 | 3125 days | 3% |
| Donna Maclay | 1/10 | 3240 days | 1% |
| estelle D | 10/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
| Desmond | 10/10 | 3363 days | 2% |
| Jule & Thomas aus Hamburg Elternzeit 2015 | 6/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 6/10 | 3928 days | 1% |
| Jacques Dumas | 9/10 | 3943 days | 1% |
| Sue Hempstead | 8/10 | 3979 days | 1% |
| Sarah Munnings | 10/10 | 4063 days | 1% |
| Chris Mitchell | 9/10 | 4337 days | 0% |
| Jake Bell | 3/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| Humphrey | 9/10 | 4429 days | 1% |
| Helene & Peter | 8/10 | 4429 days | 1% |
| Brian | 9/10 | 4429 days | 1% |
| Hanneke P | 8/10 | 4733 days | 1% |
| Michelle Chambers | 9/10 | 4733 days | 1% |
| Pamela Moresby | 10/10 | 4733 days | 1% |
| Andreas Garbin | 10/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
| Lauret Stulemeyer | 8/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
| Steve Douthwaite | 10/10 | 4753 days | 1% |
| Hans | 8/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| Peter | 10/10 | 4757 days | 1% |
| Milena Heinrich | 10/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Stevie | 9/10 | 4776 days | 1% |
| Tuedi Muggli | 10/10 | 5036 days | 1% |
| Michael Jefferies | 9/10 | 5042 days | 1% |
| Paul & Jayne Smith | 8/10 | 5049 days | 1% |
| Nigel Horrocks | 9/10 | 5049 days | 1% |
| Frans Roebroek | 9/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| R E Webb | 9/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Ozgla | 9/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| Jacques Duyvestijn | 9/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| Farid Juillot | 8/10 | 5053 days | 1% |
| Kim Thorsted | 7/10 | 5062 days | 1% |
| Ole Klothrop | 9/10 | 5062 days | 1% |
| Dick van Doorn | 8/10 | 5067 days | 1% |
| Lilja Bjork Hermannsdottir | 6/10 | 5067 days | 1% |
| cindyd | 9/10 | 5130 days | 1% |
| Manuela Zimmerti | 5/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Bernhard & Brigitte Gosch | 8/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Ross Cooke | 10/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Caroline | 7/10 | 5144 days | 1% |
| Konny | 10/10 | 5146 days | 1% |
| B_and_F_MN | 9/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| Philip Gierke | 8/10 | 5379 days | 1% |
| Florian Miller | 10/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Ven | 6/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Nicola Thackray | 10/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Barry Digby | 10/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Juergen Ruppen | 10/10 | 5399 days | 1% |
| Edgar & Marilyn Berry | 9/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| Fam de Kruyf | 7/10 | 5402 days | 1% |
| Pat MacDonald | 10/10 | 5420 days | 1% |
| Alexandra | 8/10 | 5422 days | 1% |
| David | 9/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Roel Wesstra | 9/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Patrick Decoster | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Dan Aldridge | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Jarob Brezigar | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Barry | 9/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Andreas | 8/10 | 5432 days | 1% |
| BigSis | 9/10 | 5617 days | 1% |
| David | 10/10 | 5703 days | 1% |
| ersinger | 8/10 | 5739 days | 1% |
| Andy & Louise Dutton | 10/10 | 5757 days | 1% |
| Tony Masters | 8/10 | 5758 days | 1% |
| Alan & Lorna | 8/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Mark and Natasha UK | 9/10 | 5772 days | 1% |
| John Harrison | 8/10 | 5777 days | 1% |
| Roos | 9/10 | 5784 days | 1% |
| Klass | 10/10 | 5784 days | 1% |
| Alan Howe | 9/10 | 5790 days | 1% |
| Bryan Keddie | 9/10 | 5794 days | 1% |
| Stephen | 9/10 | 5794 days | 1% |
| Greg Gerritz | 7/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Mervyn Simmonds | 9/10 | 5798 days | 1% |
| Bo Moenstead | 9/10 | 5807 days | 1% |
| Douglas Kirby | 8/10 | 5811 days | 1% |
| elskeb | 8/10 | 5848 days | 1% |
| H Simpson | 9/10 | 5864 days | 1% |
| Antje & Sascha Häusler | 9/10 | 5864 days | 1% |
| Aart Van Nooy | 7/10 | 5867 days | 1% |
| Helen Pet | 9/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Richard Kesteleyn | 4/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Jeanette Larsen | 9/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| Ietje van Beers | 10/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| caroldarren | 10/10 | 6104 days | 1% |
| BernardK | 9/10 | 6121 days | 1% |
| JuergenW | 8/10 | 6121 days | 1% |
| Yvanna | 8/10 | 6147 days | 1% |
| Zeeman | 8/10 | 6147 days | 1% |
| Stefau | 6/10 | 6148 days | 1% |
| Fam | 8/10 | 6212 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 Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-4.05% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Blue Lake TOP 10 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 Blue Lake TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 197 | -3.99% |
| 198 | -4.01% |
| 199 | -4.03% |
| 200 | -4.05% |
| 201 | -4.07% |
| 202 | -4.09% |
| 203 | -4.11% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
4.09% 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
81%
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.