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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 Gillespies Beach 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.
Gillespies Beach Campsite
Valid Reviews
110 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 112 reviews. There are 110 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 110 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 32 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
12% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
81.27% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 81.27% and is based on 110 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
46 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 110 valid reviews, the experience has 46 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 46 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 8 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.26% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 83.26% and is based on 46 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
84.94%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pila Crick | 10/10 | 59 days | 100% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 90 days | 100% |
| Jakub | 8/10 | 151 days | 97% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 335 days | 94% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 547 days | 63% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 547 days | 81% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 821 days | 60% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 821 days | 53% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 821 days | 60% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 1096 days | 35% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1155 days | 30% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1247 days | 24% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1885 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 2008 days | 4% |
| John | 10/10 | 2038 days | 4% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 2100 days | 4% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2251 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2343 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2374 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2588 days | 3% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2588 days | 3% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2616 days | 3% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2616 days | 3% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2678 days | 3% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2678 days | 3% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2678 days | 3% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2708 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2708 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2922 days | 2% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2995 days | 2% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 3092 days | 2% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3261 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3272 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3274 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3344 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3375 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3402 days | 1% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3402 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3411 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3418 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3437 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3437 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3661 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3664 days | 0% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3678 days | 1% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3694 days | 1% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3709 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3753 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3766 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3776 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3800 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3834 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3913 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3993 days | 0% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 4023 days | 0% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 4039 days | 0% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 4039 days | 0% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 4076 days | 0% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4229 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4229 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4382 days | 1% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4383 days | 1% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4385 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4385 days | 1% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4411 days | 1% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4414 days | 1% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4429 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4430 days | 1% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4476 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4483 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4483 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4504 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4565 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4687 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4748 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4748 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4756 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4761 days | 0% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4762 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4765 days | 0% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4779 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4781 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4789 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4789 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4883 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5119 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5153 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5165 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5171 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5173 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5224 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5235 days | 0% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5251 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5265 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5449 days | 0% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5498 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5503 days | 0% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5508 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5517 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5949 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5967 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Gillespies Beach Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.84% 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
87%
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.