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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 Pearson (Moana Rua) 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 Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite
Valid Reviews
83 Valid Reviews
The Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite experience has a total of 84 reviews. There are 83 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 83 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
35% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
84.10% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite valid reviews is 84.10% and is based on 83 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
16 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 83 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 5 |
|
31% |
| 9/10 | 5 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 4 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite face-to-face reviews is 88.13% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
82.36%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea | 2/10 | 20 days | 46% |
| Stefan Hohmann | 8/10 | 79 days | 100% |
| Mitch and Emma | 8/10 | 141 days | 99% |
| Jakub | 8/10 | 171 days | 99% |
| Jane | 8/10 | 536 days | 84% |
| Bart | 8/10 | 536 days | 84% |
| K M | 8/10 | 567 days | 82% |
| Stephane | 10/10 | 597 days | 81% |
| Tiffndoll | 8/10 | 781 days | 65% |
| Jesse Leake | 7/10 | 810 days | 59% |
| test | 10/10 | 841 days | 61% |
| Marie Perret | 9/10 | 933 days | 51% |
| Kelsie | 10/10 | 994 days | 45% |
| Jodie Muller | 9/10 | 1086 days | 36% |
| Campingkea | 8/10 | 1116 days | 34% |
| MMM | 10/10 | 1147 days | 32% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1147 days | 32% |
| Julia | 7/10 | 1206 days | 25% |
| Julia | 8/10 | 1237 days | 24% |
| Alberto | 9/10 | 1267 days | 23% |
| Amber | 9/10 | 1905 days | 5% |
| Sarah | 8/10 | 1967 days | 4% |
| JM | 10/10 | 2242 days | 4% |
| Stefano | 8/10 | 2271 days | 4% |
| Beth Carlton | 8/10 | 2363 days | 4% |
| Jae-Marie Edwards | 9/10 | 2577 days | 3% |
| Renee | 8/10 | 2577 days | 3% |
| Tash & Laura | 8/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| James | 8/10 | 2698 days | 3% |
| Tjitze Weststrate | 8/10 | 2698 days | 3% |
| Lilia | 2/10 | 2728 days | 1% |
| Kiri Edwards | 9/10 | 2820 days | 3% |
| Sezz bella | 1/10 | 2912 days | 1% |
| Clobby | 6/10 | 2973 days | 2% |
| Sanne Heil | 8/10 | 3063 days | 2% |
| Pirita Latja | 9/10 | 3093 days | 2% |
| Jarod | 10/10 | 3093 days | 2% |
| Katy Coutts | 8/10 | 3232 days | 2% |
| Lucy Oury | 8/10 | 3294 days | 2% |
| Sally Caboche | 10/10 | 3307 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 9/10 | 3330 days | 2% |
| Fabio Flepp | 10/10 | 3344 days | 2% |
| Kelly Roxanne | 7/10 | 3366 days | 1% |
| Sue Horstra | 10/10 | 3434 days | 1% |
| Marvin Galano | 10/10 | 3519 days | 1% |
| Eric Pollard | 9/10 | 3524 days | 1% |
| Kate | 9/10 | 3641 days | 1% |
| Peter Barker | 10/10 | 3689 days | 1% |
| Helena Bond | 9/10 | 3708 days | 1% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 9/10 | 3714 days | 1% |
| Tony Maroulis | 10/10 | 3720 days | 1% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3759 days | 1% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
| Mike Humphries | 8/10 | 3764 days | 1% |
| Avery Wong | 10/10 | 3783 days | 1% |
| D'Arcy King | 10/10 | 3827 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 8/10 | 4029 days | 0% |
| Kurz Werner | 9/10 | 4038 days | 0% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 4059 days | 0% |
| Chris | 10/10 | 4059 days | 0% |
| Sebastian Sanne | 9/10 | 4107 days | 0% |
| Maggie Tobar | 6/10 | 4113 days | 0% |
| Antoine Vernay | 8/10 | 4164 days | 0% |
| Gloria Hanke | 7/10 | 4413 days | 0% |
| Guido Dust | 7/10 | 4413 days | 0% |
| Markus Eckert | 9/10 | 4430 days | 0% |
| Sara Williams | 8/10 | 4489 days | 0% |
| catherine welsh | 8/10 | 4493 days | 1% |
| Jane Stevens | 10/10 | 4493 days | 0% |
| Andrea Beck | 9/10 | 4493 days | 0% |
| Rebecca Alt | 8/10 | 4496 days | 0% |
| Julia Ahrend | 10/10 | 4496 days | 0% |
| Jade Fleming | 6/10 | 4554 days | 0% |
| Richard Evans | 9/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4738 days | 1% |
| Emily Meek | 8/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Florian | 9/10 | 4768 days | 1% |
| Katharina | 8/10 | 4786 days | 0% |
| Fabian | 9/10 | 4786 days | 0% |
| Judith & John Bishop | 9/10 | 5133 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 9/10 | 5523 days | 0% |
| Ann-Kathrin Auditor | 10/10 | 5524 days | 0% |
| Lukas Blaauw | 9/10 | 5882 days | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
2.40% 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
86%
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.