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

349 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 357 reviews. There are 349 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 8 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 349 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 43
12%
9/10 58
17%
8/10 86
25%
7/10 63
18%
6/10 35
10%
5/10 21
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 12
3%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
3%

71.69% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.69% and is based on 349 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 349 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

78.26%

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
Donna Kucera 10/10 18 days 100%
Poul Erik Rasmussen 8/10 18 days 98%
Bonnie Creek 8/10 49 days 98%
Martin and Marie Scholing 10/10 49 days 100%
Jojo&Skoko 6/10 80 days 86%
David Rydevik 9/10 110 days 98%
Paul T Beisser III 10/10 110 days 99%
Rich 9/10 171 days 97%
Debra Smith 9/10 324 days 93%
Pedro 5/10 383 days 70%
Hannah 5/10 445 days 68%
Jen 8/10 475 days 85%
Sue Peggs 3/10 475 days 47%
Stu 6/10 506 days 74%
Laura 7/10 536 days 78%
Dean 9/10 567 days 81%
Charlee d 10/10 567 days 82%
JD 7/10 628 days 72%
Becky RYG 1/10 689 days 30%
Jane 10/10 720 days 70%
Symen 9/10 720 days 70%
Vantrolls 7/10 720 days 66%
Loam 6/10 780 days 56%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 841 days 58%
Nicky 5/10 872 days 43%
Marie Perret 9/10 872 days 56%
June Cormack 8/10 872 days 56%
Sandy 8/10 933 days 49%
Kelsie 9/10 933 days 50%
Bao 9/10 994 days 44%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 1025 days 41%
Taylor Russell 7/10 1025 days 39%
Christy 7/10 1025 days 39%
Amy Catley 9/10 1025 days 41%
Ryli West 9/10 1055 days 38%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 1055 days 36%
Anne 8/10 1055 days 38%
Gee 7/10 1055 days 36%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1086 days 36%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1086 days 34%
Laura 10/10 1086 days 36%
Esther 6/10 1114 days 29%
Kim 5/10 1114 days 26%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1145 days 29%
Arie 6/10 1145 days 27%
Jonny 6/10 1145 days 27%
RR 7/10 1176 days 27%
Amel 9/10 1176 days 29%
Rob J 8/10 1176 days 28%
Jouke 6/10 1206 days 23%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1267 days 23%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1267 days 22%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1298 days 20%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1298 days 21%
Joon 7/10 1329 days 18%
Karenw 10/10 1451 days 13%
Bill 1/10 1451 days 5%
Oonagh 8/10 1510 days 10%
Lisa 10/10 1510 days 11%
Rosie 9/10 1602 days 8%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1694 days 6%
Kirsti 10/10 1785 days 5%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1816 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1816 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1844 days 5%
Will 9/10 1906 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1906 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1906 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1906 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1936 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1967 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1967 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1967 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1967 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1997 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1997 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1997 days 4%
Chris 6/10 2028 days 4%
David 8/10 2089 days 4%
Justine 9/10 2089 days 4%
Robert Adler 9/10 2181 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2181 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2210 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2210 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2210 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2241 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2241 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2272 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2272 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2272 days 4%
David 7/10 2272 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2302 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2302 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2302 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2302 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2302 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2333 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2333 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2363 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2363 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2394 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2425 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2455 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2455 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2516 days 3%
Aisling 8/10 2547 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2575 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2575 days 3%
Blazey’s 9/10 2575 days 3%
Jacqui 5/10 2606 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2606 days 3%
Zoe 7/10 2606 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2606 days 3%
Samantha H. 6/10 2637 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2667 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2667 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2667 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2698 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2698 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2728 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2728 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2728 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2790 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2820 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2851 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2851 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2881 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2881 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2881 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2881 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2885 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2895 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2900 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2910 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2912 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2912 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2912 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2915 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2940 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2940 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2944 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2948 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2950 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2952 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2971 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 3000 days 1%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 3028 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 3032 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 3048 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 3056 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 3060 days 2%
Gary Prescot 7/10 3065 days 2%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3093 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3114 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3119 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3123 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3154 days 2%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3177 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3196 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3212 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3246 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3251 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3270 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3276 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3283 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3312 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3321 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3329 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3336 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3336 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3364 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3369 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3375 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3420 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3444 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3444 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3448 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3458 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3468 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3469 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3470 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3486 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3488 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3490 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3498 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3555 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3574 days 1%
W Donovan 8/10 3587 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3605 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3618 days 1%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3620 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3622 days 1%
Al Hindley 9/10 3640 days 1%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3645 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3648 days 1%
Esther M 6/10 3655 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3660 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3664 days 1%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3674 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3686 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3702 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3713 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3776 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3792 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3795 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3797 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3848 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3853 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3855 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3859 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3923 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3947 days 0%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3947 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3976 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 4008 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 4015 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 4029 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 4033 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4067 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4067 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4067 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4078 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4085 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4089 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4098 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4220 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4281 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4281 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4312 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4312 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4348 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4349 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4371 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4373 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4373 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4373 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4388 days 1%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4390 days 1%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4390 days 1%
Sue L 7/10 4401 days 1%
Monique Monique 7/10 4401 days 1%
S B 10/10 4414 days 1%
M K 10/10 4414 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4422 days 1%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4424 days 1%
Gill Odell 8/10 4432 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4432 days 1%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4438 days 1%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4441 days 1%
andrewmh 9/10 4463 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4524 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4524 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4585 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4616 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4707 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4707 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4722 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4725 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4797 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4797 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4797 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4797 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4797 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4814 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4815 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4828 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 5011 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 5042 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5072 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5085 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5089 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5099 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5109 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5115 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5117 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5118 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5120 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5125 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5125 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5131 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5132 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5206 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5210 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5285 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5431 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5442 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5453 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5456 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5458 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5459 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5461 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5461 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5462 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5463 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5465 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5468 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5469 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5471 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5480 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5483 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5484 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5485 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5488 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5489 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5492 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5494 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5575 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5620 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5712 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5809 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5820 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5824 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5828 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5828 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5835 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5840 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5840 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5843 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5844 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5844 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5856 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5858 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5862 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5871 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5878 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5908 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5918 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5934 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5935 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5950 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5954 days 1%
bondd 7/10 6033 days 1%
richards1 9/10 6049 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6168 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6168 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6171 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6175 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6180 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6185 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6186 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6188 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6188 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6203 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6203 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6203 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6203 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6209 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6215 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6217 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

-0.02% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 53 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 1 day. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
0 -0.00%
1 -0.02%
2 -0.04%
3 -0.06%
4 -0.08%

Balancing Adjustment

3.51% 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.