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

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

76.01%

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 9/10 131 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 284 days 96%
Pedro 5/10 343 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 405 days 70%
Jen 8/10 435 days 89%
Sue Peggs 3/10 435 days 50%
Stu 6/10 466 days 77%
Laura 7/10 496 days 82%
Dean 9/10 527 days 85%
Charlee d 10/10 527 days 86%
JD 7/10 588 days 76%
Becky RYG 1/10 649 days 31%
Jane 10/10 680 days 75%
Symen 9/10 680 days 74%
Vantrolls 7/10 680 days 70%
Loam 6/10 740 days 60%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 801 days 63%
Nicky 5/10 832 days 47%
Marie Perret 9/10 832 days 61%
June Cormack 8/10 832 days 60%
Sandy 8/10 893 days 54%
Kelsie 9/10 893 days 55%
Bao 9/10 954 days 49%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 985 days 45%
Taylor Russell 7/10 985 days 43%
Christy 7/10 985 days 43%
Amy Catley 9/10 985 days 46%
Ryli West 9/10 1015 days 43%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 1015 days 40%
Anne 8/10 1015 days 42%
Gee 7/10 1015 days 40%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1046 days 40%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1046 days 38%
Laura 10/10 1046 days 40%
Esther 6/10 1074 days 33%
Kim 5/10 1074 days 29%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1105 days 33%
Arie 6/10 1105 days 30%
Jonny 6/10 1105 days 30%
RR 7/10 1136 days 30%
Amel 9/10 1136 days 32%
Rob J 8/10 1136 days 32%
Jouke 6/10 1166 days 26%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1227 days 26%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1227 days 25%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1258 days 23%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1258 days 24%
Joon 7/10 1289 days 20%
Karenw 10/10 1411 days 15%
Bill 1/10 1411 days 6%
Oonagh 8/10 1470 days 12%
Lisa 10/10 1470 days 12%
Rosie 9/10 1562 days 9%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1654 days 7%
Kirsti 10/10 1745 days 5%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1776 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1776 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1804 days 5%
Will 9/10 1866 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1866 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1866 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1866 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1896 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1927 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1927 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1927 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1927 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1957 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1957 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1957 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1988 days 4%
David 8/10 2049 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2049 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2141 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2141 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2170 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2170 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2170 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2201 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2201 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2232 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2232 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2232 days 4%
David 7/10 2232 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2262 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2262 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2262 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2262 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2262 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2293 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2293 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2323 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2323 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2354 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2385 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2415 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2415 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2476 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2507 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2535 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2535 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2535 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2566 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2566 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2566 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2566 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2597 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2627 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2627 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2627 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2658 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2658 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2688 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2688 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2688 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2750 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2780 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2811 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2811 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2841 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2841 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2841 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2841 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2845 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2855 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2860 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2870 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2872 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2872 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2872 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2875 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2900 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2900 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2904 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2908 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2910 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2912 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2931 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2960 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2988 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2992 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 3008 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 3016 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 3020 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 3025 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3053 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3074 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3079 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3083 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3114 days 2%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3137 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3156 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3172 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3206 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3211 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3230 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3236 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3243 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3272 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3281 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3289 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3296 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3296 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3324 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3329 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3335 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3380 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3404 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3404 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3408 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3418 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3428 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3429 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3430 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3446 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3448 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3450 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3458 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3515 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3534 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3547 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3565 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3578 days 1%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3580 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3582 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3600 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3605 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3608 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3615 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3620 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3624 days 1%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3634 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3646 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3662 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3673 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3736 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3752 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3755 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3757 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3808 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3813 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3815 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3819 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3883 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3907 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3907 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3936 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3968 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3975 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3989 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3993 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4027 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4027 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4027 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4038 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4045 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4049 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4058 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4180 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4241 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4241 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4272 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4272 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4308 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4309 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4331 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4333 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4333 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4333 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4348 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4350 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4350 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4361 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4361 days 0%
S B 10/10 4374 days 0%
M K 10/10 4374 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4382 days 1%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4384 days 1%
Gill Odell 8/10 4392 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4392 days 1%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4398 days 1%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4401 days 1%
andrewmh 9/10 4423 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4484 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4484 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4545 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4576 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4667 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4667 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4682 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4685 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4757 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4757 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4757 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4757 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4757 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4774 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4775 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4788 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4971 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 5002 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5032 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5045 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5049 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5059 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5069 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5075 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5077 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5078 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5080 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5085 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5085 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5091 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5092 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5166 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5170 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5245 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5391 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5402 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5413 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5416 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5418 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5419 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5421 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5421 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5422 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5423 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5425 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5428 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5429 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5431 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5440 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5443 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5444 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5445 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5448 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5449 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5452 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5454 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5535 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5580 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5672 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5769 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5780 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5784 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5788 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5788 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5795 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5800 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5800 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5803 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5804 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5804 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5816 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5818 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5822 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5831 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5838 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5868 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5878 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5894 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5895 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5910 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5914 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5993 days 1%
richards1 9/10 6009 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6128 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6128 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6131 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6135 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6140 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6145 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6146 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6148 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6148 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6163 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6163 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6163 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6163 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6169 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6175 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6177 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

-2.51% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 44 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 124 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
121 -2.45%
122 -2.47%
123 -2.49%
124 -2.51%
125 -2.53%
126 -2.55%
127 -2.57%

Balancing Adjustment

5.27% 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.