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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 Lake Mahinapua 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.
Lake Mahinapua Campsite
Valid Reviews
103 Valid Reviews
The Lake Mahinapua Campsite experience has a total of 105 reviews. There are 103 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 103 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 35 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 33 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
11% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.18% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite valid reviews is 87.18% and is based on 103 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
32 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 103 valid reviews, the experience has 32 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 32 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 11 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 12 |
|
38% |
| 8/10 | 5 |
|
16% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
89.38% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite face-to-face reviews is 89.38% and is based on 32 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
79.21%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub | 9/10 | 33 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 9/10 | 217 days | 97% |
| Aaron | 4/10 | 429 days | 59% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 429 days | 59% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 1068 days | 38% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 1099 days | 35% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 1129 days | 32% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1433 days | 13% |
| $p | 10/10 | 1708 days | 6% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 1767 days | 5% |
| JS | 7/10 | 1920 days | 4% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 1982 days | 5% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 2133 days | 4% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2317 days | 4% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 2378 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2378 days | 4% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2529 days | 4% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2529 days | 4% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2529 days | 3% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2560 days | 4% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2590 days | 3% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2590 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2590 days | 3% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2621 days | 3% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 2804 days | 3% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2884 days | 2% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 2947 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 3006 days | 3% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 3060 days | 2% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 3167 days | 2% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 3169 days | 2% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 3185 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 3192 days | 2% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 3200 days | 2% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3277 days | 2% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3316 days | 2% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3337 days | 2% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3436 days | 2% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3440 days | 2% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3443 days | 2% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3473 days | 2% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3521 days | 2% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3524 days | 2% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3531 days | 2% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3534 days | 1% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3542 days | 2% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3594 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3596 days | 1% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3609 days | 1% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3619 days | 1% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3625 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3660 days | 1% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 3747 days | 1% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 3866 days | 1% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3900 days | 1% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 3913 days | 1% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 3927 days | 1% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 3933 days | 1% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 3959 days | 1% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 3961 days | 1% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 3970 days | 1% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 3994 days | 1% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 4082 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4259 days | 0% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 4274 days | 0% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 4279 days | 0% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 4279 days | 0% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 4298 days | 0% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 4298 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4344 days | 0% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4344 days | 0% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4447 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4630 days | 1% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4651 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4671 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4689 days | 1% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4689 days | 1% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 4742 days | 1% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 4781 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 5026 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 5035 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 5331 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5371 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5378 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5385 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 5777 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 5777 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 6135 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Mahinapua Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
3.23% 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
82%
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.