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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
79.41%
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 | 339 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 9/10 | 523 days | 90% |
| Aaron | 4/10 | 735 days | 49% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 735 days | 49% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 1374 days | 18% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 1405 days | 16% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 1435 days | 14% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1739 days | 5% |
| $p | 10/10 | 2014 days | 5% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 2073 days | 5% |
| JS | 7/10 | 2226 days | 4% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 2288 days | 4% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 2439 days | 4% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2623 days | 4% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 2684 days | 3% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2684 days | 3% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2835 days | 3% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2835 days | 3% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2835 days | 3% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2866 days | 3% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2895 days | 3% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2896 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2896 days | 3% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2927 days | 3% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 3110 days | 2% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 3190 days | 2% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 3312 days | 2% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 3366 days | 2% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 3473 days | 2% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 3474 days | 2% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 3491 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 3498 days | 2% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 3505 days | 2% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 3535 days | 2% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3622 days | 1% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3643 days | 1% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3742 days | 1% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3746 days | 1% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3748 days | 1% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3778 days | 1% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3827 days | 1% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3830 days | 1% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3837 days | 1% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3839 days | 1% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3848 days | 1% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3900 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3902 days | 1% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3915 days | 0% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3925 days | 1% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3930 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3932 days | 1% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3966 days | 1% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 4052 days | 1% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 4172 days | 0% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 4233 days | 0% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 4236 days | 0% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 4239 days | 0% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 4256 days | 0% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 4264 days | 0% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 4276 days | 0% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 4387 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4565 days | 1% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 4580 days | 1% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 4598 days | 1% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 4598 days | 1% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 4598 days | 1% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 4604 days | 1% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 4604 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4618 days | 1% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4650 days | 1% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4650 days | 1% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4653 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4753 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4936 days | 1% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4957 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4970 days | 1% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4970 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4977 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4995 days | 1% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4995 days | 1% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 5048 days | 1% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 5087 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 5332 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 5341 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 5637 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5677 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5684 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5691 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 5699 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5716 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 6083 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 6083 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 6105 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 6441 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
3.17% 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
83%
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.