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 Rotorua Family 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.

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Rotorua Family Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

33 Valid Reviews

The Rotorua Family Holiday Park experience has a total of 34 reviews. There are 33 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 33 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 11
33%
9/10 10
30%
8/10 6
18%
7/10 3
9%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 2
6%

83.03% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Family Holiday Park valid reviews is 83.03% and is based on 33 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

5 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 33 valid reviews, the experience has 5 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 5 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
20%
9/10 3
60%
8/10 1
20%
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%

90.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Family Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 90.00% and is based on 5 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.92%

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
Keith Fitzgerald 10/10 34 days 100%
Aaron 9/10 64 days 99%
Henry 10/10 64 days 100%
Kii 10/10 187 days 98%
Fabienne 9/10 248 days 96%
Christine 9/10 248 days 96%
Kelly 10/10 308 days 95%
Romy 9/10 369 days 91%
Cassandra 9/10 492 days 85%
Paige Hayward 8/10 704 days 70%
Jacob Carrapetta 10/10 795 days 64%
Linda Brooking 8/10 1007 days 42%
Soujanya 10/10 1403 days 15%
Carolina 8/10 1709 days 5%
Moritz 10/10 1769 days 5%
Devin 10/10 1830 days 5%
Sandra 10/10 1830 days 5%
Felix 9/10 2044 days 4%
Strubel 1/10 2075 days 2%
Marion & Leonie 10/10 2103 days 4%
Nyssa 1/10 2287 days 1%
Juliane 7/10 2379 days 3%
Robin Heels 8/10 2461 days 2%
Luke Young 9/10 2994 days 2%
Volker Stroenisch 7/10 3156 days 2%
Dominik Stenzel 8/10 3367 days 2%
Robert Muller 3/10 3547 days 1%
Bert Snel 8/10 3655 days 1%
Mette, Bo, Viktor & Olivia Seligmann 7/10 4266 days 0%
Cynthia 9/10 4643 days 0%
Mike 9/10 5013 days 0%
Clamdine 10/10 5020 days 0%
Iain Sutherland 9/10 5020 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 Rotorua Family Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.45% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 48 days. However the Rotorua Family 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 Rotorua Family Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 23 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
20 -0.39%
21 -0.41%
22 -0.43%
23 -0.45%
24 -0.47%
25 -0.49%
26 -0.51%

Balancing Adjustment

0.69% 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.