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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 Boundary Creek 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.
Boundary Creek Campsite
Valid Reviews
82 Valid Reviews
The Boundary Creek Campsite experience has a total of 85 reviews. There are 82 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 82 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 20 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.17% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite valid reviews is 83.17% and is based on 82 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
24 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 82 valid reviews, the experience has 24 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 24 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 5 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite face-to-face reviews is 82.50% and is based on 24 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
85.39%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cait Turner | 10/10 | 1875 days | 100% |
| Drew | 10/10 | 2241 days | 85% |
| Sabine | 8/10 | 2241 days | 83% |
| Timothy Davies | 7/10 | 2302 days | 77% |
| A&E | 8/10 | 2333 days | 80% |
| ScoutnIndi | 10/10 | 2455 days | 77% |
| Fabian | 10/10 | 2606 days | 70% |
| Joe | 8/10 | 2606 days | 69% |
| Franz | 9/10 | 2606 days | 70% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2606 days | 70% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2606 days | 69% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2637 days | 69% |
| Graham Anna | 10/10 | 2637 days | 69% |
| Dave Reynolds | 9/10 | 2637 days | 68% |
| Joanne | 10/10 | 2667 days | 68% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2698 days | 67% |
| Christina | 6/10 | 2881 days | 51% |
| Juliane | 9/10 | 2881 days | 59% |
| MJW | 8/10 | 2912 days | 57% |
| Qi Moss | 8/10 | 2912 days | 57% |
| Jill McGrath | 6/10 | 2935 days | 37% |
| Louis Goring-Morris | 7/10 | 2938 days | 41% |
| Niall McGrath | 7/10 | 2942 days | 53% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2961 days | 41% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 2966 days | 56% |
| Stefan Hohmann | 10/10 | 3012 days | 54% |
| Jarod | 8/10 | 3031 days | 52% |
| Michael Talbot | 8/10 | 3037 days | 52% |
| Geoff Steele | 10/10 | 3092 days | 51% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 3220 days | 45% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 3225 days | 45% |
| deborah cooper | 7/10 | 3276 days | 40% |
| Andy Kubic | 6/10 | 3283 days | 37% |
| Adrian Soldati | 6/10 | 3331 days | 35% |
| Joe Hopkins | 8/10 | 3334 days | 40% |
| Nicola Barlow | 6/10 | 3362 days | 34% |
| Franziska Liebe | 10/10 | 3366 days | 32% |
| Sujanyag | 10/10 | 3401 days | 38% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3470 days | 35% |
| Susan Boyton | 8/10 | 3619 days | 29% |
| Sam Smith-Palomeque | 8/10 | 3628 days | 28% |
| Juan Viscegle | 6/10 | 3635 days | 19% |
| Goldfinger | 9/10 | 3641 days | 28% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 7/10 | 3653 days | 26% |
| Bill McMurray | 10/10 | 3653 days | 28% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 5/10 | 3662 days | 21% |
| R Werder | 8/10 | 3686 days | 26% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3691 days | 27% |
| Sandy Stamp | 8/10 | 3704 days | 25% |
| Ellen Schmitz | 9/10 | 3713 days | 25% |
| Steve Warren | 8/10 | 3824 days | 21% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 4007 days | 13% |
| Bert Gielen | 9/10 | 4039 days | 12% |
| Petra Geblova | 7/10 | 4055 days | 11% |
| Elles Janssen | 7/10 | 4066 days | 11% |
| Clare Lambley | 8/10 | 4083 days | 8% |
| bzh974 | 6/10 | 4097 days | 9% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 8/10 | 4342 days | 0% |
| Julien Joubert-Gaillard | 7/10 | 4345 days | 0% |
| Ann-Kathrin Wacker | 10/10 | 4384 days | 15% |
| Lena Wacker | 9/10 | 4384 days | 15% |
| Anne and Steve Bartlett | 8/10 | 4424 days | 15% |
| Team Kim&James | 8/10 | 4585 days | 19% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4713 days | 15% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 5/10 | 4725 days | 10% |
| Kadyan | 8/10 | 4738 days | 19% |
| Enna Keet | 8/10 | 4750 days | 15% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 10/10 | 4751 days | 15% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4766 days | 19% |
| Andreas & Leonie Fehr | 10/10 | 5124 days | 15% |
| Tom Connis | 9/10 | 5131 days | 15% |
| Mirando4ka | 9/10 | 5132 days | 19% |
| Graeme | 7/10 | 5163 days | 18% |
| jule | 9/10 | 5224 days | 19% |
| Bill Mclennan | 10/10 | 5451 days | 15% |
| Coral Last | 8/10 | 5455 days | 15% |
| Ian and Ailsa | 7/10 | 5456 days | 14% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 5490 days | 15% |
| Annette Schmitt | 9/10 | 5856 days | 15% |
| Mike | 10/10 | 5908 days | 15% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6170 days | 15% |
| winter_uk | 8/10 | 6211 days | 15% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Boundary Creek Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.75% 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
87%
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.