Kia ora, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.
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 Lake Paringa 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.
Lake Paringa Campsite
Valid Reviews
94 Valid Reviews
The Lake Paringa Campsite experience has a total of 96 reviews. There are 94 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 94 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 13 |
|
14% |
| 9/10 | 16 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 22 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 9 |
|
10% |
| 5/10 | 12 |
|
13% |
| 4/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 3/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
72.45% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Paringa Campsite valid reviews is 72.45% and is based on 94 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
32 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 94 valid reviews, the experience has 32 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 32 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 7 |
|
22% |
| 9/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
| 8/10 | 7 |
|
22% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
6% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
74.69% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Paringa Campsite face-to-face reviews is 74.69% and is based on 32 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
82.94%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | 9/10 | 420 days | 100% |
| Jen | 10/10 | 450 days | 99% |
| Phil | 8/10 | 450 days | 97% |
| Minou H | 8/10 | 724 days | 77% |
| Sandra Staples | 8/10 | 724 days | 77% |
| Sophie | 9/10 | 816 days | 69% |
| Carolin | 9/10 | 816 days | 69% |
| Basil | 9/10 | 1000 days | 49% |
| Tom | 4/10 | 1120 days | 24% |
| Alastair McQueen | 8/10 | 1151 days | 34% |
| Evan | 6/10 | 1181 days | 28% |
| JT | 8/10 | 1454 days | 14% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1850 days | 6% |
| Robert Adler | 7/10 | 2156 days | 5% |
| Richard Clapton | 8/10 | 2369 days | 4% |
| Rosemary M | 9/10 | 2550 days | 4% |
| Jeremy | 7/10 | 2581 days | 4% |
| Breeze | 2/10 | 2581 days | 2% |
| Francois & Caroline | 6/10 | 2581 days | 3% |
| JT | 6/10 | 2581 days | 3% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 2673 days | 4% |
| Ambili | 9/10 | 2673 days | 4% |
| helen reeve | 8/10 | 2673 days | 4% |
| Philip Page | 10/10 | 2703 days | 4% |
| Christoph from Austria | 5/10 | 2856 days | 3% |
| Florian | 8/10 | 2856 days | 3% |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | 5/10 | 2895 days | 2% |
| Laura | 8/10 | 2915 days | 3% |
| UK 50-something couple | 3/10 | 2915 days | 2% |
| Hanneke van Dijk | 9/10 | 2920 days | 3% |
| Oceane Imber | 9/10 | 2941 days | 3% |
| Amy Green | 6/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Katrina | 5/10 | 2977 days | 2% |
| Jenny Jaye | 1/10 | 3041 days | 1% |
| Lotta Vuorjoki | 1/10 | 3184 days | 1% |
| Jack Clise | 8/10 | 3225 days | 2% |
| P Poiraa | 8/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Rogina de Jong | 7/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Trent O'Keeffe | 8/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3329 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 5/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Ingrid Vandaele | 6/10 | 3362 days | 2% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3407 days | 2% |
| James Cockburn | 8/10 | 3408 days | 2% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3488 days | 2% |
| Rita Ashby | 7/10 | 3525 days | 2% |
| Gay Taaffe | 5/10 | 3606 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 7/10 | 3710 days | 1% |
| Caro G | 5/10 | 3743 days | 1% |
| Rodrigo De Sebastian | 7/10 | 3952 days | 1% |
| Alistair Millward | 5/10 | 3979 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 10/10 | 4311 days | 0% |
| Anja Weppler | 10/10 | 4315 days | 0% |
| mcp hm | 8/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Mike Fricker | 7/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Malcolm & Susan | 9/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Laura Metz | 5/10 | 4361 days | 0% |
| Hubertus Thost | 10/10 | 4361 days | 0% |
| Colin Billington | 5/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
| Don Wallis | 7/10 | 4373 days | 0% |
| F Ballard | 8/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
| Bjoern | 5/10 | 4375 days | 0% |
| Paul Wallace | 4/10 | 4382 days | 1% |
| Christina Habranke | 4/10 | 4388 days | 1% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4399 days | 1% |
| Danyelle Miller | 3/10 | 4399 days | 0% |
| arnaud paquet | 7/10 | 4407 days | 1% |
| Hannah | 5/10 | 4438 days | 1% |
| jason brock | 9/10 | 4652 days | 1% |
| shaynne thompson | 10/10 | 4682 days | 1% |
| ramy | 10/10 | 4682 days | 1% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4688 days | 1% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4715 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 6/10 | 4716 days | 1% |
| Fernando Martin | 7/10 | 4720 days | 1% |
| Clare Cannon | 7/10 | 4723 days | 1% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 6/10 | 4726 days | 1% |
| Willem de Jong | 9/10 | 4734 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 8/10 | 4741 days | 1% |
| Dio | 7/10 | 4805 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 6/10 | 5078 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 9/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5101 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 8/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
| Graeme | 4/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Les and Carole Savins | 8/10 | 5175 days | 1% |
| Ian & Phyllis | 5/10 | 5436 days | 1% |
| mnm | 9/10 | 5503 days | 1% |
| Margie Sammons | 6/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Stanna | 8/10 | 5810 days | 1% |
| Wilbert Germ | 10/10 | 5822 days | 1% |
| Samantha Piekuta | 8/10 | 5846 days | 1% |
| HermannR | 10/10 | 6131 days | 1% |
| VacherD | 8/10 | 6177 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Paringa Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
2.26% 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
85%
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.