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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 Tōtaranui Campground.
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.
Tōtaranui Campground
Valid Reviews
91 Valid Reviews
The Tōtaranui Campground experience has a total of 94 reviews. There are 91 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 91 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 32 |
|
35% |
| 9/10 | 25 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
21% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
86.92% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tōtaranui Campground valid reviews is 86.92% and is based on 91 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
53 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 91 valid reviews, the experience has 53 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 53 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 13 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 14 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 12 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.02% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tōtaranui Campground face-to-face reviews is 83.02% and is based on 53 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
88.83%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailsa McIntosh | 9/10 | 90 days | 100% |
| Sol | 8/10 | 121 days | 99% |
| Sylvie K | 10/10 | 182 days | 100% |
| Max | 6/10 | 424 days | 78% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 424 days | 91% |
| Adel | 9/10 | 486 days | 87% |
| Henry | 9/10 | 974 days | 47% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 1096 days | 36% |
| Lucy | 10/10 | 1339 days | 19% |
| Emer | 9/10 | 1431 days | 14% |
| Emma Utgaard | 10/10 | 1612 days | 8% |
| Mike Howe | 8/10 | 1885 days | 5% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1916 days | 5% |
| Kysha | 10/10 | 2222 days | 4% |
| Katie | 9/10 | 2313 days | 4% |
| Paul Smith | 9/10 | 2616 days | 3% |
| Sally Hodgson | 10/10 | 3018 days | 3% |
| Millka Pietikainen | 10/10 | 3023 days | 3% |
| Jan Hiltermann | 9/10 | 3051 days | 3% |
| Arslan Ahmad | 10/10 | 3328 days | 2% |
| Adrian Soldati | 10/10 | 3372 days | 2% |
| Clavel | 8/10 | 3440 days | 2% |
| Romain Richardot | 8/10 | 3440 days | 2% |
| Rosanne van Dooren | 10/10 | 3477 days | 2% |
| Lynn Pateron | 10/10 | 3513 days | 2% |
| Chloe Cox | 9/10 | 3558 days | 2% |
| Daniel Pietzsch | 10/10 | 3679 days | 1% |
| Lizzie Sitton | 9/10 | 3711 days | 1% |
| David Sitton | 8/10 | 3711 days | 1% |
| Wout van Dijk | 9/10 | 3799 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 8/10 | 3800 days | 1% |
| Marty Dayle | 8/10 | 3864 days | 1% |
| K C Costonis | 10/10 | 3987 days | 1% |
| Yann Le Gac | 10/10 | 3987 days | 1% |
| Jan Suoboda | 7/10 | 4269 days | 0% |
| tim winders | 8/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Anna Grafenstein | 7/10 | 4379 days | 0% |
| Adam | 10/10 | 4406 days | 1% |
| Petra Albrchtoval | 10/10 | 4406 days | 1% |
| Philip Schumann | 10/10 | 4410 days | 1% |
| Nina Helmling | 6/10 | 4412 days | 1% |
| Steffen | 7/10 | 4412 days | 1% |
| Radana Dlouha | 6/10 | 4420 days | 1% |
| Vaclav | 8/10 | 4420 days | 1% |
| Bernhard Fulterer | 5/10 | 4430 days | 1% |
| Tobias Gehring | 9/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Felix Brettner | 9/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Max Stein | 8/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Sally Schist | 10/10 | 4437 days | 1% |
| Sarah | 9/10 | 4438 days | 1% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4438 days | 1% |
| Victor Puigserver | 10/10 | 4438 days | 1% |
| Jason MacLeod | 9/10 | 4442 days | 1% |
| Carina Borho | 9/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
| Markus Spitzmueller | 9/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| Julia Bonisch | 6/10 | 4457 days | 1% |
| Rupert | 8/10 | 4468 days | 1% |
| Jonathan | 10/10 | 4565 days | 1% |
| Sven Woelk | 8/10 | 4743 days | 1% |
| Annika Schmidt | 10/10 | 4753 days | 1% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 9/10 | 4753 days | 1% |
| Ann Furlong | 7/10 | 4773 days | 1% |
| Kadyan | 9/10 | 4779 days | 1% |
| Francis Ruige | 10/10 | 4783 days | 1% |
| Bev Stott | 8/10 | 4785 days | 1% |
| Tony and Helene | 3/10 | 4787 days | 1% |
| Arno Leleu | 9/10 | 4788 days | 1% |
| Nadine and Jan | 9/10 | 4851 days | 1% |
| Lotte Uneken | 7/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| AnnaM | 10/10 | 4930 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 5204 days | 1% |
| Robert Voelkl | 10/10 | 5241 days | 1% |
| Curry | 9/10 | 5247 days | 1% |
| Boi Sagarra | 7/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Bette Eh | 10/10 | 5499 days | 1% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 5503 days | 1% |
| Grumbach | 8/10 | 5513 days | 1% |
| Theresa | 10/10 | 5863 days | 1% |
| looklight | 10/10 | 5875 days | 1% |
| Rosie NZ | 9/10 | 5888 days | 1% |
| Mike Kirchner | 8/10 | 5899 days | 1% |
| Fred Dagg | 7/10 | 5925 days | 1% |
| greenbo | 8/10 | 5934 days | 1% |
| foucherm | 9/10 | 5958 days | 1% |
| Jansen | 6/10 | 5969 days | 1% |
| Clem | 9/10 | 6092 days | 1% |
| Raewyn | 9/10 | 6206 days | 1% |
| JennekeK | 8/10 | 6221 days | 1% |
| Mike Howe | 8/10 | 6240 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Tōtaranui Campground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.17% 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
90%
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.