Ranking Score Explained

Hi there, 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 Kidds Bush Reserve 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.

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Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite

Valid Reviews

75 Valid Reviews

The Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite experience has a total of 78 reviews. There are 75 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 75 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 34
45%
9/10 27
36%
8/10 10
13%
7/10 3
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.87% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite valid reviews is 91.87% and is based on 75 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

23 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 75 valid reviews, the experience has 23 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 23 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
26%
9/10 9
39%
8/10 7
30%
7/10 1
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite face-to-face reviews is 88.70% and is based on 23 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

94.09%

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 Face-to-Face Weight Relative Weight
Anneke 9/10 133 days 97.2 100%
Jean-Michel and Bambi 10/10 133 days 97.2 100%
Thangs 10/10 133 days 97.2 100%
Leona 9/10 193 days 94.1 97%
GM 9/10 224 days 92.05 95%
Fred 10/10 254 days 89.78 92%
Suthep 10/10 468 days 65.29 67%
Cathy Casanova 10/10 499 days 60.54 62%
Jonathan 10/10 527 days 55.99 58%
Anne 9/10 527 days 55.99 58%
Sam 7/10 558 days 46.13 47%
Lauren 9/10 558 days 50.7 52%
Paula G 9/10 589 days 45.57 47%
Thijs 10/10 589 days 45.57 47%
Raphaele 10/10 589 days 45.57 47%
Maka 10/10 589 days 45.57 47%
Connor 10/10 589 days 45.57 47%
Rachael Dyson 9/10 618 days 41.05 42%
Demi Thompson 8/10 619 days 38.86 40%
Cindy 9/10 619 days 40.9 42%
Eva 10/10 680 days 32.29 33%
James 10/10 833 days 15.88 16%
Arne 9/10 833 days 15.88 16%
Mallory 10/10 864 days 13.46 14%
Tristan & Jolie 10/10 864 days 13.46 14%
Sophie Avison 9/10 879 days 12.39 13%
Clare Davies 10/10 922 days 9.74 10%
Derek Gillard 9/10 922 days 9.74 10%
Geart-Jan Benedictus 8/10 942 days 8.27 9%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 1183 days 4.83 5%
Lucy Oury 9/10 1185 days 4.82 5%
Nick Lawson 9/10 1188 days 4.82 5%
Brandon 10/10 1218 days 4.76 5%
Paul Williams 10/10 1251 days 4.69 5%
Linda Livett 5/10 1256 days 3.79 4%
Craig Eagleton 10/10 1262 days 4.67 5%
Trent O'Keeffe 10/10 1278 days 4.64 5%
Joe Hopkins 10/10 1286 days 4.63 5%
Ruiyi Yin 10/10 1325 days 4.55 5%
Jude Ong 10/10 1348 days 4.5 5%
Arthur 9/10 1540 days 4.13 4%
Lena Wesselink 9/10 1597 days 4.02 4%
Tony Maroulis 10/10 1604 days 4.0 4%
Felicity Fay 9/10 1622 days true 3.97 4%
Lisa Conradie 8/10 1623 days 3.77 4%
Jonas Jutzi 10/10 1734 days 3.75 4%
Petra Geblova 10/10 2007 days 3.22 3%
Janie Allen 10/10 2012 days 3.21 3%
Henrik Bours 8/10 2309 days true 2.49 3%
Svenja Trubenbach 9/10 2309 days true 2.62 3%
Kathrin Deichmann 10/10 2330 days true 2.58 3%
Janis Gallois 10/10 2348 days true 2.55 3%
Kiernan Matthew 9/10 2352 days true 2.54 3%
Zoe Ross 9/10 2353 days 2.54 3%
Andrew Young 10/10 2353 days 2.54 3%
Danyelle Miller 9/10 2376 days true 2.49 3%
Thomas Roche 10/10 2386 days true 2.47 3%
Mycall 10/10 2659 days 1.94 2%
ramy 9/10 2659 days 1.94 2%
Annika Schmidt 7/10 2664 days true 1.76 2%
Michael Heuer 9/10 2667 days true 1.92 2%
Steve Maona 9/10 2683 days true 1.89 2%
Billy Koichopolos 8/10 2683 days true 1.8 2%
Gina Lisi 8/10 2683 days true 1.8 2%
Petra Blumberg 8/10 2696 days true 1.77 2%
Clare Cannon 9/10 2700 days true 1.86 2%
Jan Zimmerman 8/10 2705 days true 1.76 2%
Kerri 7/10 2749 days 1.6 2%
Val Phillips 8/10 3048 days true 1.12 1%
Hazel & Alan Damerell 10/10 3066 days true 1.14 1%
Kasten 10/10 3423 days true 0.44 0%
Kasia Robshaw 9/10 3425 days true 0.44 0%
Andy 8/10 3436 days true 0.4 0%
Dr Dorthe Bossow 10/10 3445 days true 0.4 0%
Ruud Kapteyn 9/10 3820 days true 0.0 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Final Ranking Score

94%

The final ranking score once rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.