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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 Otto/MacDonalds 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.
Otto/MacDonalds Campsite
Valid Reviews
88 Valid Reviews
The Otto/MacDonalds Campsite experience has a total of 91 reviews. There are 88 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 88 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
16% |
| 9/10 | 27 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 26 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 12 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 6 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
81.82% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Otto/MacDonalds Campsite valid reviews is 81.82% and is based on 88 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
25 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 88 valid reviews, the experience has 25 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 25 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 5 |
|
20% |
| 9/10 | 6 |
|
24% |
| 8/10 | 5 |
|
20% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
8% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
4% |
77.20% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Otto/MacDonalds Campsite face-to-face reviews is 77.20% and is based on 25 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
90.09%
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 | 8/10 | 34 days | 100% |
| jo | 9/10 | 218 days | 98% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 218 days | 99% |
| Marguerite | 10/10 | 279 days | 98% |
| Laura | 9/10 | 307 days | 96% |
| Adam B | 9/10 | 735 days | 70% |
| Mathilde K | 9/10 | 979 days | 46% |
| Liz | 9/10 | 979 days | 46% |
| ElizabethE | 10/10 | 1069 days | 38% |
| Julia | 9/10 | 1100 days | 35% |
| Lewis | 8/10 | 1344 days | 18% |
| Lizzie | 10/10 | 1375 days | 17% |
| Alec | 8/10 | 1434 days | 14% |
| Nicole | 8/10 | 1526 days | 10% |
| John | 10/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Linda | 9/10 | 2105 days | 4% |
| Timothy Davies | 10/10 | 2226 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2379 days | 4% |
| Dean Coran | 7/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Liz | 8/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Stefan Miedzinski | 7/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Francois & Caroline | 8/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Sophie Skinner | 8/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Indy | 9/10 | 2591 days | 4% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 10/10 | 2591 days | 4% |
| Schubi | 9/10 | 2652 days | 3% |
| Sezz bella | 8/10 | 2775 days | 3% |
| Stephen Lindsay | 9/10 | 2775 days | 3% |
| Matt | 9/10 | 2805 days | 3% |
| Juliane | 7/10 | 2805 days | 3% |
| The Farrs | 7/10 | 2836 days | 3% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 9/10 | 2885 days | 2% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 2890 days | 3% |
| Linda Lua | 7/10 | 2892 days | 3% |
| Ronald Daigneault | 8/10 | 2919 days | 2% |
| Jarod | 6/10 | 2956 days | 2% |
| Michael Talbot | 8/10 | 2961 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Victoria Smith | 8/10 | 3041 days | 3% |
| Sally Caboche | 7/10 | 3170 days | 2% |
| Marc Lambert | 6/10 | 3176 days | 2% |
| Carol Brislane | 9/10 | 3201 days | 2% |
| Xander | 8/10 | 3230 days | 2% |
| CMG | 7/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
| Myles Petersen | 7/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Ruiyi Yin | 9/10 | 3297 days | 2% |
| Alf Caruana | 8/10 | 3318 days | 2% |
| Martina Hadolt | 6/10 | 3347 days | 2% |
| Catherine Johnston | 8/10 | 3393 days | 2% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3522 days | 2% |
| Pascale Lemieux | 9/10 | 3540 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 6/10 | 3547 days | 1% |
| Jenny Adams | 8/10 | 3552 days | 2% |
| Helena Bond | 8/10 | 3571 days | 2% |
| Rachel Macdonald | 10/10 | 3620 days | 1% |
| Juliana Ott | 8/10 | 3660 days | 1% |
| Bob Fontaine | 8/10 | 3736 days | 1% |
| Yann Le Gac | 8/10 | 3871 days | 1% |
| Soizic Vandermeersch | 9/10 | 3893 days | 1% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 9/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 7/10 | 3934 days | 1% |
| Jess Rose | 9/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Manuela | 8/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Pauline Gibson | 7/10 | 4020 days | 0% |
| Alexandre Moleiro | 8/10 | 4022 days | 1% |
| Sander and Eliza Hembrarskamp | 8/10 | 4175 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 6/10 | 4260 days | 0% |
| isabel Zander | 10/10 | 4265 days | 0% |
| Calvin Becker | 10/10 | 4265 days | 0% |
| Annika Marz | 8/10 | 4289 days | 0% |
| Malcolm & Susan | 9/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Alexander Zimmer | 9/10 | 4302 days | 0% |
| Francisco Pablo Miguel | 7/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Inga Memmen | 10/10 | 4323 days | 0% |
| Paige Galbraith | 10/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Deon Bossenger | 9/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Jacquemard | 4/10 | 4757 days | 0% |
| Sabrina Germany | 9/10 | 5022 days | 1% |
| Bill Mclennan | 7/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Martin Vitiello | 6/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Jerry & Floon | 8/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Cesar | 4/10 | 5398 days | 0% |
| David Valentine | 1/10 | 5780 days | 0% |
| BryonyS | 9/10 | 6082 days | 1% |
| RogerW | 9/10 | 6082 days | 1% |
| Vivien Williams | 10/10 | 6110 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Otto/MacDonalds Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.99% 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
91%
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.