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 Purakaunui Bay 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.
Purakaunui Bay Campsite
Valid Reviews
91 Valid Reviews
The Purakaunui Bay Campsite experience has a total of 94 reviews. There are 91 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 91 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 35 |
|
38% |
| 9/10 | 25 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 18 |
|
20% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.36% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Purakaunui Bay Campsite valid reviews is 87.36% and is based on 91 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
35 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 91 valid reviews, the experience has 35 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 35 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 13 |
|
37% |
| 9/10 | 14 |
|
40% |
| 8/10 | 5 |
|
14% |
| 7/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
89.71% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Purakaunui Bay Campsite face-to-face reviews is 89.71% and is based on 35 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
86.97%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | 8/10 | 407 days | 100% |
| Nes | 10/10 | 466 days | 99% |
| Sophie | 8/10 | 497 days | 95% |
| Bart | 8/10 | 558 days | 91% |
| Carolin | 10/10 | 924 days | 58% |
| Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com | 9/10 | 924 days | 57% |
| Harry | 10/10 | 1077 days | 41% |
| Denise R | 8/10 | 1138 days | 35% |
| Lisa | 8/10 | 1169 days | 33% |
| V L Nelson | 2/10 | 1197 days | 14% |
| Melissa Fecchi | 10/10 | 1197 days | 31% |
| CB | 8/10 | 1197 days | 30% |
| Emma | 8/10 | 1228 days | 28% |
| ElizabethE | 10/10 | 1228 days | 28% |
| Mountain Mamas NZ | 10/10 | 1320 days | 22% |
| Stephen Harris | 4/10 | 1350 days | 13% |
| Melinda Pyke | 10/10 | 1350 days | 20% |
| Rod K | 10/10 | 1534 days | 11% |
| Ellie Richards | 8/10 | 1868 days | 5% |
| Ambili | 9/10 | 1927 days | 5% |
| Campingwithmable | 10/10 | 1958 days | 5% |
| Monkeyalan | 8/10 | 2080 days | 5% |
| Ross | 6/10 | 2172 days | 4% |
| Rebecka | 10/10 | 2293 days | 4% |
| Lauren | 9/10 | 2293 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 10/10 | 2416 days | 4% |
| Andrea | 10/10 | 2416 days | 4% |
| Sally Sargeant-Hu | 10/10 | 2630 days | 4% |
| Lisa Greenfield | 10/10 | 2689 days | 4% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2750 days | 3% |
| Stephen Lindsay | 7/10 | 2934 days | 3% |
| Hannah | 10/10 | 2995 days | 3% |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | 5/10 | 3013 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Gobin | 9/10 | 3323 days | 2% |
| Mark | 10/10 | 3364 days | 2% |
| Linda Livett | 7/10 | 3388 days | 2% |
| Mick Williams | 10/10 | 3415 days | 2% |
| Pritpal Singh | 9/10 | 3471 days | 2% |
| Kath Dawson | 9/10 | 3636 days | 1% |
| Arthur | 10/10 | 3671 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 8/10 | 3703 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 9/10 | 3711 days | 1% |
| Lena Wesselink | 10/10 | 3745 days | 1% |
| R Taylor | 9/10 | 3962 days | 1% |
| Marine Pesce | 7/10 | 4082 days | 0% |
| Alex Goddard | 9/10 | 4167 days | 0% |
| Ron Clarke | 8/10 | 4181 days | 0% |
| Andrea | 8/10 | 4242 days | 0% |
| Sue H | 10/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4426 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Simeon W | 6/10 | 4438 days | 1% |
| Vera Kreipe | 8/10 | 4461 days | 1% |
| Kathrin Deichmann | 10/10 | 4461 days | 1% |
| Sophie Wolters | 9/10 | 4464 days | 1% |
| Steffen | 10/10 | 4472 days | 1% |
| Arthur Langlume | 9/10 | 4479 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 8/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| Natalie Boehm | 9/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| Derek Knight | 9/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| Jean Batiste Le meur | 8/10 | 4504 days | 1% |
| Stuart Wilson | 9/10 | 4511 days | 1% |
| Marine | 10/10 | 4512 days | 1% |
| Daniel McAlpine | 10/10 | 4520 days | 1% |
| Helene & Peter | 7/10 | 4576 days | 1% |
| ozelmer | 6/10 | 4637 days | 1% |
| Zefgangsta | 10/10 | 4821 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 6/10 | 4825 days | 1% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 6/10 | 4826 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4849 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 10/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 9/10 | 5180 days | 1% |
| Nathanael Boehm | 7/10 | 5277 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5307 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 9/10 | 5368 days | 1% |
| Mariette Salden | 9/10 | 5525 days | 1% |
| noname | 8/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
| Claire Colquhoun | 9/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| David Mellard | 10/10 | 5544 days | 1% |
| Hendrik Behrens | 10/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| henriket | 9/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| Ann-Kathrin Auditor | 10/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| Andrea Fuchs | 9/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| C P Lawrence | 8/10 | 5556 days | 1% |
| Anne & Robert | 10/10 | 5580 days | 1% |
| Stanna | 10/10 | 5918 days | 1% |
| Horst | 9/10 | 5920 days | 1% |
| Loleit | 10/10 | 5938 days | 1% |
| Louis Duhaime | 9/10 | 6018 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Purakaunui Bay Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.46% 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
88%
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.