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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.
101 Valid Reviews
The Lake Mahinapua Campsite experience has a total of 103 reviews. There are 101 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 101 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
10/10 | 35 |
|
35% |
9/10 | 31 |
|
31% |
8/10 | 19 |
|
19% |
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% |
87.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite valid reviews is 87.13% and is based on 101 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
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 101 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 | |
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10/10 | 11 |
|
34% |
9/10 | 12 |
|
38% |
8/10 | 5 |
|
16% |
7/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
6/10 | 0 |
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0% |
5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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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.
76.77%
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Aaron | 4/10 | 129 days | 99% |
Brigitte | 4/10 | 129 days | 99% |
Emma B | 9/10 | 768 days | 100% |
Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 799 days | 97% |
Alberto | 8/10 | 829 days | 91% |
Oonagh | 7/10 | 1133 days | 46% |
$p | 10/10 | 1408 days | 23% |
Valg | 8/10 | 1467 days | 18% |
JS | 7/10 | 1620 days | 10% |
Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 1682 days | 9% |
M&P | 10/10 | 1833 days | 8% |
Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2017 days | 7% |
Rachel | 10/10 | 2078 days | 7% |
ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2078 days | 7% |
Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2229 days | 6% |
From DK | 9/10 | 2229 days | 6% |
Ruddah | 7/10 | 2229 days | 6% |
Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2260 days | 6% |
Mitchell | 10/10 | 2290 days | 6% |
Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2290 days | 6% |
Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2290 days | 6% |
Eranda | 10/10 | 2321 days | 6% |
Juliane | 8/10 | 2504 days | 5% |
Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2584 days | 4% |
Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 2647 days | 5% |
Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 2706 days | 5% |
Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 2760 days | 4% |
Nienke Best | 7/10 | 2867 days | 4% |
Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 2869 days | 4% |
Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 2885 days | 4% |
Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 2892 days | 4% |
deborah cooper | 9/10 | 2900 days | 4% |
Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 2929 days | 4% |
Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 2977 days | 4% |
Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3016 days | 3% |
Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3037 days | 4% |
Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3136 days | 4% |
Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3140 days | 4% |
Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3143 days | 3% |
Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3173 days | 4% |
Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3221 days | 3% |
Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3224 days | 3% |
Andrik | 8/10 | 3231 days | 3% |
David Elliott | 7/10 | 3234 days | 3% |
Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3242 days | 3% |
Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3294 days | 3% |
Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3309 days | 1% |
Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3314 days | 3% |
Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3319 days | 3% |
donald pobke | 9/10 | 3325 days | 3% |
Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3326 days | 3% |
Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3360 days | 3% |
Agata Jose | 10/10 | 3447 days | 3% |
Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 3566 days | 2% |
Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3600 days | 2% |
Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 3613 days | 2% |
Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 3627 days | 2% |
Miguel | 8/10 | 3631 days | 2% |
Adam Wight | 8/10 | 3633 days | 2% |
Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 3650 days | 2% |
Jess Rose | 8/10 | 3659 days | 2% |
Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 3661 days | 2% |
Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 3670 days | 2% |
Kim Frey | 7/10 | 3694 days | 2% |
Nina James | 8/10 | 3782 days | 2% |
Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 3959 days | 1% |
Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 3974 days | 1% |
Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 3979 days | 1% |
Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 3979 days | 1% |
Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
Austin Johns | 10/10 | 3998 days | 1% |
Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 3998 days | 1% |
Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4012 days | 1% |
Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4044 days | 1% |
Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4044 days | 1% |
Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4047 days | 1% |
Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4147 days | 1% |
ramy | 9/10 | 4330 days | 0% |
Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4351 days | 0% |
Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
Renate | 9/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4371 days | 0% |
Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4389 days | 1% |
Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4389 days | 1% |
Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 4442 days | 1% |
lavonc | 10/10 | 4481 days | 1% |
sidcupjon | 10/10 | 4726 days | 1% |
Harald | 10/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
qofd | 10/10 | 5031 days | 1% |
Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5071 days | 1% |
Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5078 days | 1% |
Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5085 days | 1% |
Gerhard | 9/10 | 5093 days | 1% |
Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
David Hobson | 8/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
Anne Veser | 9/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 5499 days | 1% |
Bronwyn | 7/10 | 5835 days | 1% |
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.
4.00% 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.
81%
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.