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 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

342 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 347 reviews. There are 342 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 342 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 57
17%
8/10 84
25%
7/10 63
18%
6/10 34
10%
5/10 21
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 12
4%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.37% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.37% and is based on 342 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 342 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

76.07%

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
Rich 9/10 95 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 248 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 307 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 369 days 71%
Jen 8/10 399 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 399 days 50%
Stu 6/10 430 days 78%
Laura 7/10 460 days 83%
Dean 9/10 491 days 87%
Charlee d 10/10 491 days 88%
JD 7/10 552 days 78%
Becky RYG 1/10 613 days 32%
Jane 10/10 644 days 77%
Symen 9/10 644 days 77%
Vantrolls 7/10 644 days 72%
Loam 6/10 704 days 63%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 765 days 66%
Nicky 5/10 796 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 796 days 64%
June Cormack 8/10 796 days 64%
Sandy 8/10 857 days 58%
Kelsie 9/10 857 days 58%
Bao 9/10 918 days 52%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 949 days 49%
Taylor Russell 7/10 949 days 46%
Christy 7/10 949 days 46%
Amy Catley 9/10 949 days 49%
Ryli West 9/10 979 days 46%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 979 days 43%
Anne 8/10 979 days 46%
Gee 7/10 979 days 43%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1010 days 43%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1010 days 41%
Laura 10/10 1010 days 44%
Esther 6/10 1038 days 35%
Kim 5/10 1038 days 31%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1069 days 36%
Arie 6/10 1069 days 33%
Jonny 6/10 1069 days 33%
RR 7/10 1100 days 33%
Amel 9/10 1100 days 35%
Rob J 8/10 1100 days 35%
Jouke 6/10 1130 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1191 days 28%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1191 days 28%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1222 days 26%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1222 days 26%
Joon 7/10 1253 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1375 days 17%
Bill 1/10 1375 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1434 days 14%
Lisa 10/10 1434 days 14%
Rosie 9/10 1526 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1618 days 8%
Kirsti 10/10 1709 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1740 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1740 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1768 days 5%
Will 9/10 1830 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1830 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1830 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1830 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1860 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1891 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1891 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1891 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1891 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1921 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1921 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1921 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1952 days 4%
David 8/10 2013 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2013 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2105 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2105 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2134 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2134 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2134 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2165 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2165 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2196 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2196 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2196 days 4%
David 7/10 2196 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2226 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2226 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2226 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2226 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2226 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2257 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2257 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2287 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2287 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2318 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2349 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2379 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2379 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2440 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2471 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2499 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2499 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2499 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2530 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2530 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2530 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2530 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2561 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2591 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2591 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2591 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2622 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2622 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2652 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2652 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2652 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2714 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2744 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2775 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2775 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2805 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2805 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2805 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2805 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2809 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2819 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2824 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2834 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2836 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2836 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2836 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2839 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2864 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2864 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2868 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2872 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2874 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2876 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2895 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2924 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2952 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2956 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2972 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2980 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2984 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2989 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3017 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3038 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3043 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3047 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3078 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3101 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3120 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3136 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3170 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3175 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3194 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3200 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3207 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3236 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3245 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3253 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3260 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3260 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3288 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3293 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3299 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3344 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3368 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3368 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3372 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3382 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3392 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3393 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3394 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3410 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3412 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3414 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3422 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3479 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3498 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3511 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3529 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3542 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3544 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3546 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3564 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3569 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3572 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3579 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3584 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3588 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3598 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3610 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3626 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3637 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3700 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3716 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3719 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3721 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3772 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3777 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3779 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3783 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3847 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3871 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3871 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3900 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3932 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3939 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3953 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3957 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 3991 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 3991 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 3991 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4002 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4009 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4013 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4022 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4144 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4205 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4205 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4236 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4236 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4272 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4273 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4295 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4297 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4297 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4297 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4312 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4314 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4314 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4325 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4325 days 0%
S B 10/10 4338 days 0%
M K 10/10 4338 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4346 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4348 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4356 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4356 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4362 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4365 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4387 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4448 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4448 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4509 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4540 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4631 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4631 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4646 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4649 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4721 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4721 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4721 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4721 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4721 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4738 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4739 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4752 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4935 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4966 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 4996 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5009 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5013 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5023 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5033 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5039 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5041 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5042 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5044 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5049 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5049 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5055 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5056 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5130 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5134 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5209 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5355 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5366 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5377 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5380 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5382 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5383 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5385 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5385 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5386 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5387 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5389 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5392 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5393 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5395 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5404 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5407 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5408 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5409 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5412 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5413 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5416 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5418 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5499 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5544 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5636 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5733 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5744 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5748 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5752 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5752 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5759 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5764 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5764 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5767 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5768 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5768 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5780 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5782 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5786 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5795 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5802 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5832 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5842 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5858 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5859 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5874 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5878 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5957 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5973 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6092 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6092 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6095 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6099 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6104 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6109 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6110 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6112 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6112 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6127 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6127 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6127 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6127 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6133 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6139 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6141 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-1.79% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 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 88 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
85 -1.73%
86 -1.75%
87 -1.77%
88 -1.79%
89 -1.81%
90 -1.83%
91 -1.85%

Balancing Adjustment

4.94% 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

79%

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.