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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
84.88%
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 | 38 days | 100% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 69 days | 100% |
| Jakub | 8/10 | 130 days | 97% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 314 days | 94% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 526 days | 64% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 526 days | 83% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 800 days | 62% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 800 days | 55% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 800 days | 62% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 1075 days | 37% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1134 days | 32% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1226 days | 25% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1864 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1987 days | 5% |
| John | 10/10 | 2017 days | 5% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 2079 days | 4% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2230 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2322 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2353 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2567 days | 3% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2567 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2595 days | 3% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2595 days | 3% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2657 days | 3% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2657 days | 3% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2657 days | 3% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2687 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2687 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2901 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2974 days | 3% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 3071 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3240 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3251 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3323 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3354 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3381 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3381 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3390 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3397 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3416 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3416 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3640 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3643 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3657 days | 1% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3673 days | 1% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3688 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3732 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3745 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3755 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3779 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3813 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3892 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3972 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 4002 days | 1% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 4055 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4208 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4208 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4361 days | 0% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4390 days | 1% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4393 days | 1% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4408 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4409 days | 1% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4455 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4462 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4462 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4483 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4544 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4666 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4727 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4727 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4741 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4751 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4751 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4760 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4862 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5098 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5115 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5117 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5132 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5144 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5150 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5203 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5214 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5230 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5244 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5428 days | 1% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5468 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5472 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5481 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5487 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5496 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5928 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5946 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
1.85% 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.