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

76.06%

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 9/10 104 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 257 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 316 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 378 days 71%
Jen 8/10 408 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 408 days 50%
Stu 6/10 439 days 78%
Laura 7/10 469 days 83%
Dean 9/10 500 days 86%
Charlee d 10/10 500 days 87%
JD 7/10 561 days 78%
Becky RYG 1/10 622 days 32%
Jane 10/10 653 days 77%
Symen 9/10 653 days 76%
Vantrolls 7/10 653 days 72%
Loam 6/10 713 days 62%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 774 days 66%
Nicky 5/10 805 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 805 days 63%
June Cormack 8/10 805 days 63%
Sandy 8/10 866 days 57%
Kelsie 9/10 866 days 58%
Bao 9/10 927 days 51%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 958 days 48%
Taylor Russell 7/10 958 days 45%
Christy 7/10 958 days 45%
Amy Catley 9/10 958 days 48%
Ryli West 9/10 988 days 45%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 988 days 43%
Anne 8/10 988 days 45%
Gee 7/10 988 days 43%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1019 days 42%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1019 days 40%
Laura 10/10 1019 days 43%
Esther 6/10 1047 days 35%
Kim 5/10 1047 days 31%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1078 days 35%
Arie 6/10 1078 days 32%
Jonny 6/10 1078 days 32%
RR 7/10 1109 days 32%
Amel 9/10 1109 days 34%
Rob J 8/10 1109 days 34%
Jouke 6/10 1139 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1200 days 28%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1200 days 27%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1231 days 25%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1231 days 26%
Joon 7/10 1262 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1384 days 16%
Bill 1/10 1384 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1443 days 13%
Lisa 10/10 1443 days 14%
Rosie 9/10 1535 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1627 days 7%
Kirsti 10/10 1718 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1749 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1749 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1777 days 5%
Will 9/10 1839 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1839 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1839 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1839 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1869 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1900 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1900 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1900 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1900 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1930 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1930 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1930 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1961 days 4%
David 8/10 2022 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2022 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2114 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2114 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2143 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2143 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2143 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2174 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2174 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2205 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2205 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2205 days 4%
David 7/10 2205 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2235 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2235 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2235 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2235 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2235 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2266 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2266 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2296 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2296 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2327 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2358 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2388 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2388 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2449 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2480 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2508 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2508 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2508 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2539 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2539 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2539 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2539 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2570 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2600 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2600 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2600 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2631 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2631 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2661 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2661 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2661 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2723 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2753 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2784 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2784 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2814 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2814 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2814 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2814 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2818 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2828 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2833 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2843 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2845 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2845 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2845 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2848 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2873 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2873 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2877 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2881 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2883 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2885 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2904 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2933 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2961 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2965 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2981 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2989 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2993 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2998 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3026 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3047 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3052 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3056 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3087 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3110 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3129 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3145 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3179 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3184 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3203 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3209 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3216 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3245 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3254 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3262 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3269 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3269 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3297 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3302 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3308 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3353 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3377 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3377 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3381 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3391 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3401 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3402 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3403 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3419 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3421 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3423 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3431 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3488 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3507 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3520 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3538 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3551 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3553 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3555 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3573 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3578 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3581 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3588 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3593 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3597 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3607 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3619 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3635 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3646 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3709 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3725 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3728 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3730 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3781 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3786 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3788 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3792 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3856 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3880 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3880 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3909 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3941 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3948 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3962 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3966 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4000 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4000 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4000 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4011 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4018 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4022 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4031 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4153 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4214 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4214 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4245 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4245 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4281 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4282 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4304 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4306 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4306 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4306 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4321 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4323 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4323 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4334 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4334 days 0%
S B 10/10 4347 days 0%
M K 10/10 4347 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4355 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4357 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4365 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4365 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4371 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4374 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4396 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4457 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4457 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4518 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4549 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4640 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4640 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4655 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4658 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4730 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4730 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4730 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4730 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4730 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4747 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4748 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4761 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4944 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4975 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5005 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5018 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5022 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5032 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5042 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5048 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5050 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5051 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5053 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5058 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5058 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5064 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5065 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5139 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5143 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5218 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5364 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5375 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5386 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5389 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5391 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5392 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5394 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5394 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5395 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5396 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5398 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5401 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5402 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5404 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5413 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5416 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5417 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5418 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5421 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5422 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5425 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5427 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5508 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5553 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5645 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5742 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5753 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5757 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5761 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5761 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5768 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5773 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5773 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5776 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5777 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5777 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5789 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5791 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5795 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5804 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5811 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5841 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5851 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5867 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5868 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5883 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5887 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5966 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5982 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6101 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6101 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6104 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6108 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6113 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6118 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6119 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6121 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6121 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6136 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6136 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6136 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6136 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6142 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6148 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6150 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

-1.97% 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 97 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
94 -1.91%
95 -1.93%
96 -1.95%
97 -1.97%
98 -1.99%
99 -2.01%
100 -2.03%

Balancing Adjustment

5.02% 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.