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 Rotorua 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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Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks

Valid Reviews

102 Valid Reviews

The Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 105 reviews. There are 102 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 102 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 25
25%
9/10 30
29%
8/10 33
32%
7/10 6
6%
6/10 6
6%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
1%

85.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 85.00% and is based on 102 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

54 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 102 valid reviews, the experience has 54 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 54 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 15
28%
9/10 15
28%
8/10 18
33%
7/10 2
4%
6/10 2
4%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
2%

85.19% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks face-to-face reviews is 85.19% and is based on 54 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

89.67%

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
Heiko Millhahn 10/10 44 days 100%
Emily 9/10 106 days 98%
René Burkhard 9/10 136 days 98%
Laura (UK) 10/10 289 days 95%
McLean 9/10 381 days 91%
Sof 8/10 409 days 89%
Nadia 8/10 532 days 82%
Maud Jabouley 10/10 685 days 73%
AR 7/10 715 days 66%
Ben 10/10 806 days 63%
Kate 9/10 2085 days 4%
COUSTEIX Guy 9/10 2085 days 4%
California caravan first time 8/10 2236 days 4%
Su 9/10 2298 days 4%
Brian Palmer 8/10 2632 days 3%
helen reeve 8/10 2724 days 3%
Ingrid Peters 8/10 2724 days 3%
Eversons 8/10 2966 days 2%
Lene Hendel 8/10 2983 days 2%
Shira LA 9/10 2997 days 2%
sarah garlough 6/10 3035 days 2%
Anna Holloway 9/10 3101 days 2%
CARMERS 10/10 3119 days 2%
Jon Veitch 9/10 3272 days 2%
Joan Robinson 8/10 3290 days 2%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3351 days 1%
Rebecca Lindsey 6/10 3362 days 1%
Stuart Morgan 8/10 3458 days 1%
Shane Mun 10/10 3510 days 1%
Catherine Davison 9/10 3632 days 1%
Elaine Carter 10/10 3643 days 1%
Phillippa McLernon 8/10 3679 days 1%
Alan Field 8/10 3789 days 1%
Chester Martin 10/10 3865 days 1%
John Chilcote 9/10 3961 days 0%
Stephanie 9/10 3978 days 0%
Christian Jenny 10/10 3981 days 0%
Melvin Spear 9/10 4035 days 0%
Philippe Lopez 8/10 4067 days 0%
holidaymad from Solihull 7/10 4093 days 0%
Lea Karl 10/10 4111 days 0%
Jurgen Moors 6/10 4128 days 0%
David Krasner 10/10 4424 days 1%
John Treasure 6/10 4427 days 0%
1246km 7/10 4823 days 1%
Craig Jones 9/10 4823 days 1%
Reinier Timmer 8/10 4836 days 1%
Michal 8/10 4840 days 1%
Julien Bocherens 10/10 4840 days 1%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4843 days 1%
Marian 6/10 4856 days 0%
Adam Hassan 8/10 4859 days 1%
Laurits and Bettina 8/10 4861 days 1%
Liz Marquart Scholtz 8/10 4865 days 1%
Julia Ramseier 10/10 4866 days 1%
Christian 10/10 4866 days 1%
Megan Child 9/10 4871 days 1%
Ruben Kunze 1/10 5119 days 0%
Be Groen 8/10 5121 days 1%
Patricia Fearon 10/10 5141 days 1%
Hans Erik Munch 8/10 5156 days 1%
Sarah and Soren 9/10 5226 days 1%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5226 days 1%
Alice Bastiman 9/10 5472 days 1%
Schroeder 8/10 5483 days 1%
Leanne Shepherd 8/10 5487 days 1%
lyndavid 9/10 5495 days 1%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5499 days 1%
Peter & Margo Boullin 10/10 5503 days 1%
Walter Peters 10/10 5507 days 1%
Annie Pennington 10/10 5510 days 1%
Phillips 8/10 5510 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5510 days 1%
Angela 10/10 5511 days 1%
Philipp Rau 9/10 5514 days 1%
Eva Stauderova 10/10 5514 days 1%
G R Vangerven 9/10 5516 days 1%
Igor Filart 9/10 5518 days 1%
D Oostrum 9/10 5518 days 1%
T Chapman 7/10 5518 days 1%
De Blaeij 8/10 5521 days 1%
Michelle Booty 8/10 5522 days 1%
Mikeminch 8/10 5615 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 5646 days 1%
bqueen_111 10/10 5646 days 1%
BigSis 8/10 5707 days 1%
Silke Seemann 10/10 5851 days 1%
Lamb 9/10 5887 days 1%
mariekef 7/10 5934 days 1%
hofstetterf 9/10 5948 days 1%
Anayara Diaz Torres 6/10 5961 days 0%
Geoff Renshaw 4/10 5961 days 0%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5973 days 1%
ulrichk 10/10 6067 days 1%
michellew 9/10 6142 days 1%
GemmaC 8/10 6183 days 1%
neeltjec 9/10 6194 days 1%
desl 9/10 6194 days 1%
Martien van Brakel 9/10 6194 days 1%
Viktoria Stoffel 10/10 6201 days 1%
DavidMurray 10/10 6228 days 1%
RichardE 8/10 6229 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 Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.52% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 days. However the Rotorua 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 Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has been adjusted for 26 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
23 -0.46%
24 -0.48%
25 -0.50%
26 -0.52%
27 -0.54%
28 -0.56%
29 -0.57%

Balancing Adjustment

1.12% 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

90%

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.