Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Robin Hood Bay Campsite.

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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Robin Hood Bay Campsite

Valid Reviews

59 Valid Reviews

The Robin Hood Bay Campsite experience has a total of 59 valid reviews. There are no 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 59 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 16
27%
9/10 10
17%
8/10 17
29%
7/10 10
17%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 3
5%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
2%

81.69% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Robin Hood Bay Campsite valid reviews is 81.69% and is based on 59 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

27 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 59 valid reviews, the experience has 27 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 27 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
22%
9/10 6
22%
8/10 10
37%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
4%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

83.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Robin Hood Bay Campsite face-to-face reviews is 83.70% and is based on 27 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

86.14%

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
L&M 5/10 285 days 77%
Kim 9/10 285 days 100%
Heloise 9/10 314 days 99%
Anja and Lara 10/10 529 days 89%
Mae 10/10 590 days 85%
Jade 8/10 710 days 74%
Stacey & Mike 8/10 710 days 74%
Tricia 10/10 1075 days 39%
Beaudene 10/10 1106 days 37%
Wayne Turp 1/10 1562 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2140 days 5%
NZroadtrippers 10/10 2232 days 4%
Michelle D 10/10 2416 days 4%
Alyson Reid 7/10 2515 days 4%
Catherine Hunter 8/10 2526 days 4%
Lizzy Cobeldick 7/10 2527 days 4%
Michael Talbot 8/10 2602 days 4%
Niels Bellaar 9/10 2882 days 3%
Jonas 8/10 2945 days 3%
Lisa 8/10 2945 days 3%
Chas Bronson 9/10 2945 days 3%
Joanne Butfield 7/10 3105 days 2%
Chadd Holland 10/10 3178 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 6/10 3182 days 2%
Rodrigo 9/10 3195 days 2%
Staffan Johansson 7/10 3218 days 2%
Naelan Le Borgue 8/10 3563 days 2%
Claude Nobs 10/10 3620 days 2%
Raita 7/10 3664 days 1%
Sander and Eliza Hembrarskamp 9/10 3816 days 1%
Doreen Gendel 10/10 3917 days 1%
Erik Nestlez 10/10 3921 days 1%
Romina De Hill 8/10 3936 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 3936 days 1%
Kathi 7/10 3938 days 1%
Jessica Wagner 9/10 3941 days 1%
Gordon Thomas 8/10 3941 days 1%
Phillip 10/10 3956 days 1%
Luca Maria Willensrock 4/10 3960 days 1%
arnaud paquet 5/10 4028 days 1%
Emma K 8/10 4089 days 1%
Andrew Potratz 5/10 4089 days 0%
Pei 7/10 4242 days 0%
Patrick Stoeit 7/10 4277 days 0%
Janina Hoffmann 8/10 4298 days 0%
Florian 8/10 4303 days 0%
Sebastian 10/10 4307 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4307 days 0%
Valentina Fuchs 10/10 4307 days 0%
Fabian 9/10 4307 days 0%
Jonas Herrmann 9/10 4307 days 0%
Pink 8/10 4336 days 0%
Loesje 10/10 4362 days 0%
auré bis 7/10 4393 days 1%
Lucie 10/10 4398 days 1%
gareth williams 10/10 4484 days 1%
Laura Smith 8/10 4710 days 1%
Ilse & Thys 8/10 5017 days 1%
Sarah Smith 7/10 5515 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Robin Hood Bay Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.61% 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 folk 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

88%

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.