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 Moeraki Village 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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Moeraki Village Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

71 Valid Reviews

The Moeraki Village Holiday Park experience has a total of 72 reviews. There are 71 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 71 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 22
31%
9/10 23
32%
8/10 13
18%
7/10 11
15%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.04% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Moeraki Village Holiday Park valid reviews is 87.04% and is based on 71 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

18 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 71 valid reviews, the experience has 18 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 18 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
39%
9/10 8
44%
8/10 2
11%
7/10 1
6%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Moeraki Village Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 91.67% and is based on 18 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

91.76%

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
Bob C 10/10 646 days 100%
Walvins 10/10 799 days 83%
BC Choi 7/10 952 days 59%
Christi 10/10 1104 days 45%
Walt Drechsler 10/10 1288 days 28%
Varneia 8/10 1288 days 28%
Courtney Gearhart 7/10 1377 days 20%
Yvonne 10/10 1408 days 20%
RR 9/10 1439 days 18%
Amel 10/10 1439 days 18%
Joe Johnson 8/10 2230 days 5%
Jim Henderson 8/10 2230 days 5%
Anna Swain 9/10 2352 days 5%
Just a guy 10/10 2444 days 5%
M&P 9/10 2473 days 5%
Cath 10/10 2504 days 5%
Steff 10/10 2535 days 5%
Ryan 10/10 2565 days 5%
Sue W 9/10 2565 days 5%
Philip 9/10 2626 days 4%
Jenna 9/10 2688 days 4%
Gay Hamilton 10/10 2718 days 4%
Maryline 9/10 2779 days 4%
Andrew 7/10 2838 days 4%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2961 days 4%
Hannah 7/10 3175 days 3%
Brigham Edgar 9/10 3247 days 3%
Debbie Lesurf 9/10 3254 days 3%
Michelle Rice 10/10 3350 days 3%
Jane 9/10 3450 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 8/10 3513 days 2%
Walter Neff 9/10 3567 days 2%
Murray Spiers 9/10 3695 days 2%
Rosanne van Dooren 7/10 3711 days 2%
Mike Hancock 7/10 3818 days 1%
Wayne Jeskie 7/10 3854 days 1%
Volker Stroenisch 9/10 3933 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 4117 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 4/10 4209 days 0%
Sally Smith 8/10 4209 days 0%
Mike Merrick 7/10 4269 days 0%
Thomas Blom 6/10 4298 days 0%
Hol. M. 8/10 4329 days 0%
Robert Warner 10/10 4329 days 0%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4329 days 0%
Joanna du Toit 7/10 4360 days 0%
catherine welsh 7/10 4695 days 1%
FlyingKiwiGirl 8/10 4756 days 1%
Helen King 10/10 4817 days 1%
I & K Urquhart 8/10 4848 days 1%
Andrea Wollmann 10/10 5078 days 1%
S & J McDonald 7/10 5376 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5378 days 1%
Inge Davbbert 10/10 5378 days 1%
Butz 9/10 5381 days 1%
Robert McIlraith 10/10 5381 days 1%
Gerhard 9/10 5393 days 1%
Balonno 10/10 5426 days 1%
jule 8/10 5487 days 1%
henriket 9/10 5726 days 1%
Grant 9/10 6018 days 1%
Baumgarten 10/10 6033 days 1%
jbchandler 9/10 6036 days 1%
Victoria Slater 9/10 6071 days 1%
Tony B 9/10 6078 days 1%
David Morton 8/10 6099 days 1%
Horst 9/10 6100 days 1%
Barry Sutcliffe 9/10 6155 days 1%
Raewyn 10/10 6428 days 1%
mikestep 8/10 6431 days 1%
familytravellers 10/10 6443 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 Moeraki Village Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.95% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 47 days. However the Moeraki Village 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 Moeraki Village Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
197 -3.89%
198 -3.91%
199 -3.93%
200 -3.95%
201 -3.97%
202 -3.99%
203 -4.01%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

1.32% 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

89%

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.