Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Collingwood 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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Collingwood Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

61 Valid Reviews

The Collingwood Holiday Park experience has a total of 63 reviews. There are 61 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 61 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 25
41%
9/10 16
26%
8/10 11
18%
7/10 3
5%
6/10 3
5%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 1
2%

86.56% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Collingwood Holiday Park valid reviews is 86.56% and is based on 61 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

17 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 61 valid reviews, the experience has 17 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 17 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 3
18%
9/10 3
18%
8/10 5
29%
7/10 2
12%
6/10 3
18%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
6%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

78.24% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Collingwood Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 78.24% and is based on 17 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.81%

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
Philine Töpper 10/10 59 days 100%
Andrea 2/10 59 days 46%
John Crancer 10/10 87 days 100%
Peter Mooij 10/10 87 days 100%
Magali 10/10 179 days 98%
EI 10/10 544 days 83%
Kingyclan 9/10 849 days 58%
Jane 9/10 910 days 52%
Chloe 10/10 941 days 50%
Vanda 10/10 1155 days 31%
Christian Wood 10/10 1214 days 26%
CB 7/10 1214 days 24%
Bayart 9/10 1214 days 26%
RR 10/10 1245 days 24%
Florian 10/10 1275 days 22%
M&G Papamoa 10/10 1548 days 9%
Scott Lindique 10/10 1579 days 8%
Carlos. Christchurch 10/10 1610 days 8%
Graeme 8/10 1885 days 5%
Laz. 8/10 1885 days 5%
Kumar 1/10 1913 days 2%
Clive 9/10 1944 days 5%
Paul Smith 9/10 2644 days 3%
Stephen Lindsay 9/10 2920 days 3%
Colin Petherbridge 9/10 3021 days 3%
Geart-Jan Benedictus 8/10 3044 days 3%
Blu Ice 10/10 3089 days 2%
Matt 10/10 3285 days 2%
Freddy Gates 8/10 3322 days 2%
Dave Kitson 10/10 3340 days 2%
Francis Williams 10/10 3403 days 2%
Paul Miller 9/10 3720 days 1%
Ives van Neck 10/10 3726 days 1%
Jean marc Daubenfeld 10/10 3765 days 1%
Steffen and Johannes 8/10 3790 days 1%
Scott Brooks 10/10 4024 days 1%
Sarrob Sarrob 9/10 4077 days 1%
Martin Bakker 9/10 4136 days 0%
Mark Angell 9/10 4145 days 0%
Chrissy Clements 9/10 4197 days 0%
Sunny Sailing 9/10 4350 days 0%
Brita Topp 8/10 4411 days 1%
Sarah 7/10 4450 days 1%
Sanne Sprogoe Borgaa 10/10 4482 days 1%
Lars Borgaa 8/10 4482 days 1%
Huang Wai 9/10 4489 days 1%
Elin Andersson 8/10 4501 days 1%
Elin Paulssen 9/10 4501 days 1%
GARRYBLOWER 10/10 4532 days 1%
Collacott 9/10 4821 days 1%
Owen Dunning 6/10 5176 days 1%
Katrin 10/10 5194 days 1%
aardvark 8/10 5446 days 1%
Marjan Van Den Braak 7/10 5539 days 1%
Waitson 8/10 5539 days 1%
inda Hall 8/10 5563 days 1%
Lorena 10/10 5931 days 1%
Norbert Hainz 4/10 5944 days 0%
helennz 6/10 5947 days 1%
Mr & Mrs Sage 10/10 5948 days 1%
Barry Treve 6/10 6244 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 Collingwood Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.43% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 76 days. However the Collingwood 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 Collingwood Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 27 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
24 -0.38%
25 -0.39%
26 -0.41%
27 -0.43%
28 -0.44%
29 -0.46%
30 -0.47%

Balancing Adjustment

0.70% 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.