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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
79.33%
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 | 292 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 9/10 | 476 days | 92% |
| Aaron | 4/10 | 688 days | 51% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 688 days | 51% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 1327 days | 20% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 1358 days | 18% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 1388 days | 16% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1692 days | 6% |
| $p | 10/10 | 1967 days | 5% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 2026 days | 5% |
| JS | 7/10 | 2179 days | 4% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 2241 days | 4% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 2392 days | 4% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2576 days | 4% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 2637 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2637 days | 4% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2788 days | 3% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2788 days | 3% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2788 days | 3% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2819 days | 3% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2849 days | 3% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2849 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2849 days | 3% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2880 days | 3% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 3063 days | 3% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 3143 days | 2% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 3206 days | 2% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 3265 days | 2% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 3319 days | 2% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 3426 days | 2% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 3428 days | 2% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 3444 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 3451 days | 2% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 3459 days | 2% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 3488 days | 2% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3575 days | 1% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3596 days | 1% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3695 days | 1% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3699 days | 1% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3732 days | 1% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3780 days | 1% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3783 days | 1% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3790 days | 1% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3793 days | 1% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3801 days | 1% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3853 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3855 days | 1% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3868 days | 0% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3873 days | 1% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3878 days | 1% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3884 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3919 days | 1% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 4006 days | 1% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 4125 days | 0% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 4159 days | 0% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 4172 days | 0% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 4186 days | 0% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 4190 days | 0% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 4192 days | 0% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 4209 days | 0% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 4218 days | 0% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 4220 days | 0% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 4229 days | 0% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 4253 days | 0% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 4341 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4518 days | 1% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 4533 days | 1% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 4557 days | 1% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 4557 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4571 days | 1% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4603 days | 1% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4603 days | 1% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4606 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4706 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4889 days | 1% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4910 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4923 days | 1% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4923 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4930 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4948 days | 1% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4948 days | 1% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 5001 days | 1% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 5040 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 5285 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 5294 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5630 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5637 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5644 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 5652 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5669 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 6036 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 6036 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 6058 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 6394 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
3.19% 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.