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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
85.00%
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 | 79 days | 100% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 110 days | 100% |
| Jakub | 8/10 | 171 days | 97% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 355 days | 93% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 567 days | 62% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 567 days | 80% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 841 days | 59% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 841 days | 51% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 841 days | 59% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 1116 days | 34% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1175 days | 28% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1267 days | 22% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1905 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 2028 days | 4% |
| John | 10/10 | 2058 days | 4% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 2120 days | 4% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2271 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2363 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2394 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2608 days | 3% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2608 days | 3% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2698 days | 3% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2698 days | 3% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2698 days | 3% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2728 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2728 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2942 days | 2% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 3015 days | 2% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 3112 days | 2% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3292 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3294 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3364 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3395 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3422 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3422 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3431 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3438 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3457 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3457 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3681 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3684 days | 0% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3698 days | 1% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3714 days | 1% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3773 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3786 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3796 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3820 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3854 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3933 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 4013 days | 0% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 4043 days | 0% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 4059 days | 0% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 4059 days | 0% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 4096 days | 0% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4249 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4249 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4402 days | 1% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4403 days | 1% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4404 days | 1% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4404 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4405 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4405 days | 1% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4431 days | 1% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4434 days | 1% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4450 days | 1% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4496 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4503 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4503 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4524 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4707 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4776 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4781 days | 1% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4782 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4785 days | 1% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4792 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4792 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4799 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4801 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4809 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4809 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4903 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5139 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5156 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5158 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5173 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5185 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5191 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5193 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5244 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5255 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5271 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5285 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5469 days | 0% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5509 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5513 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5518 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5522 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5523 days | 0% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5969 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5987 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
1.82% 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.