Ranking Score Explained

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 Lakes Edge 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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Lakes Edge Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

339 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 344 reviews. There are 339 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 339 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 55
16%
8/10 84
25%
7/10 63
19%
6/10 34
10%
5/10 20
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 12
4%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.33% and is based on 339 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

94 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 339 valid reviews, the experience has 94 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 94 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 14
15%
9/10 15
16%
8/10 29
31%
7/10 15
16%
6/10 7
7%
5/10 5
5%
4/10 4
4%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 1
1%

75.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.11% and is based on 94 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

76.56%

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
Hannah 5/10 46 days 77%
Jen 8/10 76 days 99%
Sue Peggs 3/10 76 days 55%
Stu 6/10 107 days 87%
Laura 7/10 137 days 94%
Dean 9/10 168 days 99%
Charlee d 10/10 168 days 100%
JD 7/10 229 days 92%
Becky RYG 1/10 290 days 39%
Jane 10/10 321 days 96%
Symen 9/10 321 days 95%
Vantrolls 7/10 321 days 89%
Loam 6/10 381 days 80%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 442 days 89%
Nicky 5/10 473 days 68%
Marie Perret 9/10 473 days 88%
June Cormack 8/10 473 days 87%
Sandy 8/10 534 days 83%
Kelsie 9/10 534 days 84%
Bao 9/10 595 days 80%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 626 days 77%
Taylor Russell 7/10 626 days 73%
Christy 7/10 626 days 73%
Amy Catley 9/10 626 days 78%
Ryli West 9/10 656 days 76%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 656 days 71%
Anne 8/10 656 days 75%
Gee 7/10 656 days 71%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 687 days 74%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 687 days 69%
Laura 10/10 687 days 74%
Esther 6/10 715 days 62%
Kim 5/10 715 days 55%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 746 days 65%
Arie 6/10 746 days 60%
Jonny 6/10 746 days 60%
RR 7/10 777 days 62%
Amel 9/10 777 days 66%
Rob J 8/10 777 days 65%
Jouke 6/10 807 days 55%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 868 days 58%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 868 days 57%
Kate Harroer 8/10 899 days 54%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 899 days 55%
Joon 7/10 930 days 48%
Karenw 10/10 1052 days 40%
Bill 1/10 1052 days 16%
Oonagh 8/10 1111 days 34%
Lisa 10/10 1111 days 35%
Rosie 9/10 1203 days 27%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1295 days 21%
Kirsti 10/10 1386 days 16%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1417 days 15%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1417 days 15%
Emma 9/10 1445 days 13%
Will 9/10 1507 days 11%
Matt 2/10 1507 days 5%
Dan 9/10 1507 days 11%
Graham 10/10 1507 days 11%
Rach 6/10 1537 days 8%
Hamish 10/10 1568 days 9%
Chi Niu 2/10 1568 days 4%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1568 days 9%
Morgan 9/10 1568 days 9%
Christopher 1/10 1598 days 3%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1598 days 8%
Edward 5/10 1598 days 6%
Chris 6/10 1629 days 6%
David 8/10 1690 days 6%
Justine 9/10 1690 days 6%
Robert Adler 9/10 1782 days 5%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 1782 days 5%
sandrine sainson 3/10 1811 days 3%
Miles 9/10 1811 days 5%
Clauds 9/10 1811 days 5%
Liz Wade 6/10 1841 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 1842 days 5%
Adam 9/10 1873 days 5%
Robert Killey 6/10 1873 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 1873 days 5%
David 7/10 1873 days 5%
Kellen Richter 7/10 1903 days 5%
Carey Johnston 2/10 1903 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 1903 days 5%
Sue W 8/10 1903 days 5%
K&KRahimi 4/10 1903 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 1934 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 1934 days 5%
Phil 5/10 1964 days 4%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 1964 days 5%
Ben and Liv 8/10 1995 days 5%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2026 days 5%
Josie 1/10 2056 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2056 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2117 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2148 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2176 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2176 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2176 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2207 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2207 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2207 days 4%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2207 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2238 days 4%
Marieke 8/10 2268 days 4%
Nifty 4/10 2268 days 3%
James & Kerry 7/10 2268 days 4%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2299 days 4%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2299 days 4%
Claudia 8/10 2329 days 4%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2329 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2329 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2391 days 4%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2421 days 4%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2452 days 4%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2452 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2482 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2482 days 4%
Mike78 7/10 2482 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2482 days 4%
Tati Moron 7/10 2486 days 3%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2496 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2501 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2511 days 3%
Qi Moss 9/10 2513 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2513 days 4%
Nat 8/10 2513 days 4%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2516 days 3%
Clobby 5/10 2541 days 3%
Eversons 8/10 2541 days 4%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2545 days 3%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2549 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2551 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2553 days 4%
Helen Bond 9/10 2572 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2601 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2629 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2632 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2649 days 3%
M Karutz 6/10 2657 days 3%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2661 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2666 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 2693 days 3%
Andy Dearman 5/10 2715 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 2720 days 2%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 2724 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 2755 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 2778 days 3%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 2797 days 3%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 2813 days 3%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 2847 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 2852 days 3%
Peter Schurke 3/10 2871 days 2%
Kerry Lee 10/10 2877 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 2884 days 3%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 2913 days 2%
Lee Burdett 6/10 2922 days 2%
Erika 2/10 2930 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 2936 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 2936 days 3%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 2965 days 3%
S Webb 5/10 2970 days 2%
Rima 7/10 2976 days 3%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3021 days 3%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3045 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3045 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3049 days 3%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3058 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3069 days 3%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3070 days 2%
Kim Donze 8/10 3071 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3087 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3089 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3091 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3099 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3156 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3175 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3188 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3206 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3219 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3221 days 2%
Peter Barker 8/10 3223 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3241 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3246 days 2%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3249 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3256 days 2%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3261 days 2%
Udo Morello 9/10 3265 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3275 days 2%
R Werder 7/10 3287 days 2%
Lucia 8/10 3302 days 2%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3314 days 2%
Paul Frost 7/10 3377 days 2%
Lesa Price 4/10 3393 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3396 days 2%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3398 days 2%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3449 days 2%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3454 days 2%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3455 days 2%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3460 days 2%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3524 days 2%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3547 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3547 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3577 days 2%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3608 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3616 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3630 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3634 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 3667 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 3667 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 3667 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 3679 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 3686 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 3690 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 3698 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 3821 days 1%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 3882 days 1%
Richard 8/10 3882 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 3913 days 1%
Linda Morey 2/10 3913 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 3949 days 1%
Mandy Reich 8/10 3950 days 1%
Gillian Scott 9/10 3972 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 3974 days 1%
Mike Fricker 8/10 3974 days 1%
tracey aylmer 3/10 3974 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 3989 days 1%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 3991 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 3991 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4002 days 1%
Monique Monique 7/10 4002 days 1%
S B 10/10 4015 days 1%
M K 10/10 4015 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4023 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4025 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4033 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4033 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4039 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4042 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4064 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4125 days 0%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4125 days 0%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4186 days 0%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4217 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4308 days 0%
samuel maull 3/10 4308 days 0%
Friederike 9/10 4323 days 0%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4326 days 0%
Cmi 5/10 4398 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4398 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4398 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4398 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4398 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4415 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4416 days 0%
Craig Jones 7/10 4429 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4612 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4643 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 4673 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 4686 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 4690 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 4700 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 4710 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 4716 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 4718 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 4719 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 4721 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 4726 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 4726 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 4732 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 4733 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 4807 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 4811 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 4886 days 0%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5032 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5043 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5054 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5057 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5059 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5060 days 0%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5062 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5062 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5063 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5064 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5066 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5069 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5070 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5072 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5081 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5084 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5085 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5086 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5089 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5090 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5093 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5095 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5176 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5221 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5313 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5410 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5421 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5425 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5429 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5429 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5436 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5441 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5441 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5444 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5445 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5445 days 0%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5457 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5459 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5463 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5472 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5479 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5509 days 0%
carsteng 7/10 5519 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5535 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5536 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5551 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5555 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5634 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5650 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 5769 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 5769 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 5772 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 5776 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 5781 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 5786 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 5787 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 5789 days 1%
Joel 10/10 5789 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 5804 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 5804 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 5804 days 1%
JoT 10/10 5804 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 5810 days 1%
Terry 8/10 5816 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 5818 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.76% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 46 days. However the Lakes Edge 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 37 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
34 -0.69%
35 -0.71%
36 -0.74%
37 -0.76%
38 -0.78%
39 -0.80%
40 -0.82%

Balancing Adjustment

4.34% 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

80%

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.