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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
108 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 111 reviews. There are 108 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 108 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 30 |
|
28% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
27% |
| 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% |
80.93% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 80.93% and is based on 108 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 108 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
80.96%
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 | 70 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 254 days | 99% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 466 days | 68% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 466 days | 88% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 740 days | 69% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 740 days | 61% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 740 days | 69% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 1015 days | 43% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1074 days | 37% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1166 days | 30% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1804 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1927 days | 5% |
| John | 10/10 | 1957 days | 5% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 2019 days | 5% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2170 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2262 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2293 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2507 days | 4% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2507 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2535 days | 4% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2535 days | 4% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2597 days | 4% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2597 days | 3% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2597 days | 4% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2627 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2627 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2841 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2914 days | 3% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 3011 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3180 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3191 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3193 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3263 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3294 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3321 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3321 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3330 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3337 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3356 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3357 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3583 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3613 days | 1% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3628 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3672 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3685 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3695 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3719 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3754 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3912 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 3942 days | 1% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 3958 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 3958 days | 1% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 3996 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4149 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4149 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4301 days | 0% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4302 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4330 days | 0% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4333 days | 0% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4349 days | 0% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4395 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4402 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4402 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4423 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4606 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4680 days | 1% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4684 days | 1% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4691 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4691 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4698 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4700 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4708 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4708 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4802 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5055 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5057 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5072 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5084 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5090 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5092 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5143 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5154 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5170 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5184 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5368 days | 0% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5408 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5412 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5417 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5421 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5422 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5427 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5436 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5886 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
2.74% 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
84%
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.