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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 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
97 Valid Reviews
The Lake Paringa Campsite experience has a total of 99 reviews. There are 97 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 97 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
14% |
| 9/10 | 16 |
|
16% |
| 8/10 | 22 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 9 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 14 |
|
14% |
| 4/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 3/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
72.27% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Paringa Campsite valid reviews is 72.27% and is based on 97 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 97 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
79.40%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | 5/10 | 165 days | 77% |
| Luke Cripps | 5/10 | 193 days | 76% |
| Rikki Skoczen | 10/10 | 193 days | 100% |
| Brandon | 9/10 | 620 days | 79% |
| Jen | 10/10 | 650 days | 77% |
| Phil | 8/10 | 650 days | 76% |
| Minou H | 8/10 | 924 days | 51% |
| Sandra Staples | 8/10 | 924 days | 51% |
| Sophie | 9/10 | 1016 days | 43% |
| Carolin | 9/10 | 1016 days | 43% |
| Basil | 9/10 | 1200 days | 27% |
| Tom | 4/10 | 1320 days | 13% |
| Alastair McQueen | 8/10 | 1351 days | 18% |
| Evan | 6/10 | 1381 days | 14% |
| JT | 8/10 | 1654 days | 6% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2050 days | 4% |
| Robert Adler | 7/10 | 2356 days | 3% |
| Richard Clapton | 8/10 | 2569 days | 3% |
| Rosemary M | 9/10 | 2750 days | 3% |
| Jeremy | 7/10 | 2781 days | 3% |
| Breeze | 2/10 | 2781 days | 1% |
| Francois & Caroline | 6/10 | 2781 days | 2% |
| JT | 6/10 | 2781 days | 2% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 2873 days | 3% |
| Ambili | 9/10 | 2873 days | 3% |
| helen reeve | 8/10 | 2873 days | 3% |
| Philip Page | 10/10 | 2903 days | 3% |
| Christoph from Austria | 5/10 | 3056 days | 2% |
| Florian | 8/10 | 3056 days | 2% |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | 5/10 | 3095 days | 2% |
| Laura | 8/10 | 3114 days | 2% |
| UK 50-something couple | 3/10 | 3115 days | 1% |
| Hanneke van Dijk | 9/10 | 3120 days | 2% |
| Oceane Imber | 9/10 | 3141 days | 2% |
| Amy Green | 6/10 | 3167 days | 2% |
| Katrina | 5/10 | 3176 days | 2% |
| Jenny Jaye | 1/10 | 3241 days | 1% |
| Lotta Vuorjoki | 1/10 | 3384 days | 1% |
| Jack Clise | 8/10 | 3425 days | 2% |
| P Poiraa | 8/10 | 3458 days | 2% |
| Rogina de Jong | 7/10 | 3501 days | 1% |
| Trent O'Keeffe | 8/10 | 3501 days | 1% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3529 days | 1% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 5/10 | 3545 days | 1% |
| Ingrid Vandaele | 6/10 | 3562 days | 1% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3607 days | 1% |
| James Cockburn | 8/10 | 3608 days | 1% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3688 days | 1% |
| Rita Ashby | 7/10 | 3724 days | 1% |
| Gay Taaffe | 5/10 | 3806 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 7/10 | 3910 days | 1% |
| Caro G | 5/10 | 3943 days | 0% |
| Rodrigo De Sebastian | 7/10 | 4151 days | 0% |
| Alistair Millward | 5/10 | 4179 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 10/10 | 4511 days | 1% |
| Anja Weppler | 10/10 | 4515 days | 1% |
| mcp hm | 8/10 | 4517 days | 1% |
| Mike Fricker | 7/10 | 4517 days | 1% |
| Malcolm & Susan | 9/10 | 4547 days | 1% |
| Laura Metz | 5/10 | 4561 days | 0% |
| Hubertus Thost | 10/10 | 4561 days | 1% |
| Colin Billington | 5/10 | 4570 days | 0% |
| Don Wallis | 7/10 | 4573 days | 1% |
| F Ballard | 8/10 | 4574 days | 1% |
| Bjoern | 5/10 | 4575 days | 0% |
| Paul Wallace | 4/10 | 4582 days | 0% |
| Christina Habranke | 4/10 | 4588 days | 0% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4599 days | 1% |
| Danyelle Miller | 3/10 | 4599 days | 0% |
| arnaud paquet | 7/10 | 4607 days | 1% |
| Hannah | 5/10 | 4638 days | 0% |
| jason brock | 9/10 | 4852 days | 1% |
| shaynne thompson | 10/10 | 4882 days | 1% |
| ramy | 10/10 | 4882 days | 1% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4888 days | 1% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4915 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 6/10 | 4916 days | 0% |
| Fernando Martin | 7/10 | 4920 days | 1% |
| Clare Cannon | 7/10 | 4923 days | 1% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 6/10 | 4926 days | 0% |
| Willem de Jong | 9/10 | 4934 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 8/10 | 4941 days | 1% |
| Dio | 7/10 | 5005 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 6/10 | 5278 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 9/10 | 5300 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5301 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 8/10 | 5305 days | 1% |
| Graeme | 4/10 | 5338 days | 0% |
| Les and Carole Savins | 8/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Ian & Phyllis | 5/10 | 5636 days | 0% |
| mnm | 9/10 | 5703 days | 1% |
| Margie Sammons | 6/10 | 5997 days | 0% |
| Stanna | 8/10 | 6010 days | 1% |
| Wilbert Germ | 10/10 | 6022 days | 1% |
| Samantha Piekuta | 8/10 | 6046 days | 1% |
| HermannR | 10/10 | 6331 days | 1% |
| VacherD | 8/10 | 6377 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
3.17% 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
83%
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.