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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
85.68%
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 | 2117 days | 100% |
| Drew | 10/10 | 2483 days | 84% |
| Sabine | 8/10 | 2483 days | 82% |
| Timothy Davies | 7/10 | 2544 days | 75% |
| A&E | 8/10 | 2575 days | 78% |
| ScoutnIndi | 10/10 | 2697 days | 74% |
| Fabian | 10/10 | 2848 days | 67% |
| Joe | 8/10 | 2848 days | 66% |
| Franz | 9/10 | 2848 days | 67% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2848 days | 67% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2848 days | 66% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2879 days | 66% |
| Graham Anna | 10/10 | 2879 days | 66% |
| Dave Reynolds | 9/10 | 2879 days | 65% |
| Joanne | 10/10 | 2909 days | 64% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2940 days | 63% |
| Christina | 6/10 | 3123 days | 47% |
| Juliane | 9/10 | 3123 days | 54% |
| MJW | 8/10 | 3154 days | 52% |
| Qi Moss | 8/10 | 3154 days | 52% |
| Jill McGrath | 6/10 | 3177 days | 34% |
| Louis Goring-Morris | 7/10 | 3180 days | 38% |
| Niall McGrath | 7/10 | 3184 days | 48% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 3203 days | 37% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 3208 days | 51% |
| Stefan Hohmann | 10/10 | 3254 days | 49% |
| Jarod | 8/10 | 3273 days | 47% |
| Michael Talbot | 8/10 | 3279 days | 47% |
| Geoff Steele | 10/10 | 3334 days | 45% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 3462 days | 39% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 3467 days | 39% |
| deborah cooper | 7/10 | 3518 days | 34% |
| Andy Kubic | 6/10 | 3525 days | 31% |
| Adrian Soldati | 6/10 | 3573 days | 30% |
| Joe Hopkins | 8/10 | 3576 days | 34% |
| Nicola Barlow | 6/10 | 3604 days | 28% |
| Franziska Liebe | 10/10 | 3608 days | 26% |
| Sujanyag | 10/10 | 3643 days | 31% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3712 days | 28% |
| Susan Boyton | 8/10 | 3861 days | 21% |
| Sam Smith-Palomeque | 8/10 | 3870 days | 21% |
| Juan Viscegle | 6/10 | 3877 days | 13% |
| Goldfinger | 9/10 | 3883 days | 21% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 7/10 | 3895 days | 19% |
| Bill McMurray | 10/10 | 3895 days | 20% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 5/10 | 3904 days | 15% |
| R Werder | 8/10 | 3928 days | 18% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3933 days | 18% |
| Sandy Stamp | 8/10 | 3946 days | 18% |
| Ellen Schmitz | 9/10 | 3955 days | 17% |
| Steve Warren | 8/10 | 4066 days | 12% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 4249 days | 4% |
| Bert Gielen | 9/10 | 4281 days | 3% |
| Petra Geblova | 7/10 | 4297 days | 2% |
| Elles Janssen | 7/10 | 4308 days | 1% |
| Clare Lambley | 8/10 | 4325 days | 0% |
| bzh974 | 6/10 | 4339 days | 0% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 8/10 | 4584 days | 21% |
| Julien Joubert-Gaillard | 7/10 | 4587 days | 15% |
| Ann-Kathrin Wacker | 10/10 | 4626 days | 17% |
| Lena Wacker | 9/10 | 4626 days | 17% |
| Anne and Steve Bartlett | 8/10 | 4666 days | 16% |
| Team Kim&James | 8/10 | 4827 days | 21% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4955 days | 16% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 5/10 | 4967 days | 11% |
| Kadyan | 8/10 | 4980 days | 21% |
| Enna Keet | 8/10 | 4992 days | 16% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 10/10 | 4993 days | 17% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 5008 days | 21% |
| Andreas & Leonie Fehr | 10/10 | 5366 days | 17% |
| Tom Connis | 9/10 | 5373 days | 17% |
| Mirando4ka | 9/10 | 5374 days | 21% |
| Graeme | 7/10 | 5405 days | 20% |
| jule | 9/10 | 5466 days | 21% |
| Bill Mclennan | 10/10 | 5693 days | 17% |
| Coral Last | 8/10 | 5697 days | 16% |
| Ian and Ailsa | 7/10 | 5698 days | 15% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 5732 days | 17% |
| Annette Schmitt | 9/10 | 6098 days | 17% |
| Mike | 10/10 | 6150 days | 17% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6412 days | 17% |
| winter_uk | 8/10 | 6453 days | 16% |
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
1.69% 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.