G'day, 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 Cable Bay 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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Cable Bay Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

80 Valid Reviews

The Cable Bay Holiday Park experience has a total of 82 reviews. There are 80 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 80 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 45
56%
9/10 24
30%
8/10 8
10%
7/10 1
1%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
1%

92.88% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cable Bay Holiday Park valid reviews is 92.88% and is based on 80 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

22 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 80 valid reviews, the experience has 22 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 22 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 8
36%
9/10 9
41%
8/10 4
18%
7/10 1
5%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.91% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cable Bay Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 90.91% and is based on 22 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

96.38%

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
Jen R 10/10 201 days 100%
Louis G 10/10 536 days 86%
Emily 10/10 566 days 84%
Duncan Mitchell 10/10 597 days 82%
Pensioners on tour 10/10 625 days 80%
Silvia 10/10 625 days 80%
C H 9/10 717 days 72%
Pauline 1/10 962 days 20%
Sue 10/10 1022 days 43%
Ernest 10/10 1114 days 35%
Kelsie 10/10 1175 days 30%
Carolin 10/10 1206 days 27%
Steffen 10/10 2423 days 4%
Lauren 10/10 2452 days 4%
Ju 9/10 2452 days 4%
Michael 10/10 2452 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 10/10 2483 days 4%
Erica 9/10 2483 days 4%
Lukas 10/10 2514 days 4%
Henry Waters 10/10 2514 days 4%
Kiwiman 10/10 2544 days 4%
Eugene Tan 9/10 2728 days 3%
Paul Smith 9/10 2817 days 3%
Malcolm Garth 9/10 2848 days 3%
Rod Diehl 9/10 2848 days 3%
Roland Hänni 10/10 2848 days 3%
Ray 10/10 2909 days 3%
CJC 10/10 2909 days 3%
Andre de Jong 10/10 3163 days 2%
Robin Heels 10/10 3175 days 2%
Joe Trigg 10/10 3276 days 2%
Gary Prescot 10/10 3307 days 2%
Anja Röhrich 10/10 3477 days 2%
Janet Pentelow 9/10 3480 days 2%
Ebba Lindqvist 8/10 3527 days 2%
Dale Mutu 9/10 3577 days 1%
Ursula Schoenenberger 10/10 3596 days 1%
Robert Hunt 8/10 3619 days 1%
Guenter 9/10 3638 days 1%
Greg Thompson 10/10 3639 days 1%
Will McConnell 10/10 3666 days 1%
Gavin Cameron 10/10 3857 days 1%
Jan Becker 10/10 3859 days 1%
Sven Hasselberger 10/10 3925 days 1%
Jean marc Daubenfeld 10/10 3938 days 1%
Henrike 5/10 3973 days 0%
Hya@nztrip 9/10 4004 days 1%
Nell Hearle 10/10 4261 days 0%
Melvin Spear 8/10 4269 days 0%
Robert Warner 10/10 4308 days 0%
Jan-Peter Stripp 7/10 4583 days 1%
Brita Topp 8/10 4584 days 1%
Romina De Hill 8/10 4613 days 1%
GN100 9/10 4643 days 1%
Sanne Sprogoe Borgaa 9/10 4655 days 1%
Lars Borgaa 8/10 4655 days 1%
Brian 10/10 4735 days 1%
Nicholas Ng 9/10 4735 days 1%
Helen King 9/10 4796 days 1%
Jay Sorrell 10/10 4796 days 1%
Jayne UK 10/10 5008 days 1%
Nadine 10/10 5052 days 1%
Martyn Kool 9/10 5056 days 1%
Marieke 9/10 5056 days 1%
Stephanie Levepue 9/10 5074 days 1%
Behrens 10/10 5079 days 1%
Roger ter Horst 8/10 5369 days 1%
HamishK 9/10 5374 days 1%
Daniel Kriecht 9/10 5694 days 1%
chrissie2011 10/10 5770 days 1%
Jesper Sch 9/10 6058 days 1%
Michael 8/10 6086 days 1%
Monica and Danie. 9/10 6098 days 1%
Charlie Jewell 9/10 6100 days 1%
Mary Selfa 10/10 6100 days 1%
Martin 9/10 6102 days 1%
weidep 10/10 6150 days 1%
ilkal 10/10 6152 days 1%
Marianne Klotterich 10/10 6428 days 1%
Edcan 10/10 6428 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 Cable Bay Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.02% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 days. However the Cable Bay 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 Cable Bay Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 166 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
163 -2.97%
164 -2.99%
165 -3.00%
166 -3.02%
167 -3.04%
168 -3.06%
169 -3.08%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

0.60% 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

94%

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.