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 | 433 days | 100% |
| Nes | 10/10 | 492 days | 98% |
| Sophie | 8/10 | 523 days | 94% |
| Bart | 8/10 | 584 days | 90% |
| Carolin | 10/10 | 950 days | 56% |
| Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com | 9/10 | 950 days | 55% |
| Harry | 10/10 | 1103 days | 40% |
| Denise R | 8/10 | 1164 days | 33% |
| Lisa | 8/10 | 1195 days | 31% |
| V L Nelson | 2/10 | 1222 days | 13% |
| Melissa Fecchi | 10/10 | 1223 days | 29% |
| CB | 8/10 | 1223 days | 29% |
| Emma | 8/10 | 1254 days | 26% |
| ElizabethE | 10/10 | 1254 days | 27% |
| Mountain Mamas NZ | 10/10 | 1346 days | 21% |
| Stephen Harris | 4/10 | 1376 days | 12% |
| Melinda Pyke | 10/10 | 1376 days | 19% |
| Rod K | 10/10 | 1560 days | 10% |
| Ellie Richards | 8/10 | 1894 days | 5% |
| Ambili | 9/10 | 1953 days | 5% |
| Campingwithmable | 10/10 | 1984 days | 5% |
| Monkeyalan | 8/10 | 2106 days | 5% |
| Ross | 6/10 | 2198 days | 4% |
| Rebecka | 10/10 | 2319 days | 4% |
| Lauren | 9/10 | 2319 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 10/10 | 2442 days | 4% |
| Andrea | 10/10 | 2442 days | 4% |
| Sally Sargeant-Hu | 10/10 | 2656 days | 4% |
| Lisa Greenfield | 10/10 | 2715 days | 4% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2776 days | 3% |
| Stephen Lindsay | 7/10 | 2960 days | 3% |
| Hannah | 10/10 | 3021 days | 3% |
| Elizabeth Gilbert | 5/10 | 3039 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Gobin | 9/10 | 3349 days | 2% |
| Mark | 10/10 | 3390 days | 2% |
| Linda Livett | 7/10 | 3413 days | 2% |
| Mick Williams | 10/10 | 3441 days | 2% |
| Pritpal Singh | 9/10 | 3497 days | 2% |
| Kath Dawson | 9/10 | 3662 days | 1% |
| Arthur | 10/10 | 3697 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 8/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Howard Kestrel | 9/10 | 3737 days | 1% |
| Lena Wesselink | 10/10 | 3771 days | 1% |
| R Taylor | 9/10 | 3988 days | 1% |
| Marine Pesce | 7/10 | 4108 days | 0% |
| Alex Goddard | 9/10 | 4193 days | 0% |
| Ron Clarke | 8/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Andrea | 8/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Sue H | 10/10 | 4329 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4452 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| Simeon W | 6/10 | 4464 days | 1% |
| Vera Kreipe | 8/10 | 4487 days | 1% |
| Kathrin Deichmann | 10/10 | 4487 days | 1% |
| Sophie Wolters | 9/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Steffen | 10/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| Arthur Langlume | 9/10 | 4505 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 8/10 | 4510 days | 1% |
| Natalie Boehm | 9/10 | 4510 days | 1% |
| Derek Knight | 9/10 | 4524 days | 1% |
| Jean Batiste Le meur | 8/10 | 4530 days | 1% |
| Stuart Wilson | 9/10 | 4537 days | 1% |
| Marine | 10/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Daniel McAlpine | 10/10 | 4546 days | 1% |
| Helene & Peter | 7/10 | 4602 days | 1% |
| ozelmer | 6/10 | 4663 days | 1% |
| Zefgangsta | 10/10 | 4847 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 6/10 | 4851 days | 1% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 6/10 | 4852 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4875 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 10/10 | 4942 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 9/10 | 5206 days | 1% |
| Nathanael Boehm | 7/10 | 5303 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5333 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 9/10 | 5394 days | 1% |
| Mariette Salden | 9/10 | 5551 days | 1% |
| noname | 8/10 | 5563 days | 1% |
| Claire Colquhoun | 9/10 | 5565 days | 1% |
| David Mellard | 10/10 | 5570 days | 1% |
| Hendrik Behrens | 10/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| henriket | 9/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| Ann-Kathrin Auditor | 10/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| Andrea Fuchs | 9/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| C P Lawrence | 8/10 | 5582 days | 1% |
| Anne & Robert | 10/10 | 5606 days | 1% |
| Stanna | 10/10 | 5944 days | 1% |
| Horst | 9/10 | 5946 days | 1% |
| Loleit | 10/10 | 5964 days | 1% |
| Louis Duhaime | 9/10 | 6044 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.