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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 Cathedral Cove Walk.

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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Cathedral Cove Walk

Valid Reviews

286 Valid Reviews

The Cathedral Cove Walk experience has a total of 286 valid reviews. There are no 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 286 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 96
34%
9/10 82
29%
8/10 71
25%
7/10 29
10%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.59% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk valid reviews is 87.59% and is based on 286 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

265 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 286 valid reviews, the experience has 265 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 265 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 88
33%
9/10 78
29%
8/10 68
26%
7/10 23
9%
6/10 4
2%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.66% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk face-to-face reviews is 87.66% and is based on 265 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.22%

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
Michael 10/10 3028 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3222 days 84%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3490 days 62%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3520 days 57%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3527 days 56%
Chaulet 9/10 3532 days 60%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3533 days 56%
Clementine 10/10 3556 days 59%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3558 days 57%
Gretha 10/10 3564 days 58%
Peter 9/10 3564 days 57%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3566 days 58%
Michael 8/10 3572 days 56%
Kees Mol 10/10 3575 days 57%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3580 days 56%
David Santos 9/10 3583 days 56%
Dominique 7/10 3586 days 52%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3586 days 55%
Kat 9/10 3587 days 56%
Ulf 9/10 3589 days 56%
Matthew Long 7/10 3589 days 52%
S Webb 10/10 3589 days 56%
Marie Christ 10/10 3607 days 55%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3608 days 55%
Anne 10/10 3622 days 54%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3632 days 52%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3672 days 50%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3799 days 39%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3818 days 38%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3818 days 38%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3820 days 38%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3821 days 38%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3823 days 38%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3823 days 38%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3825 days 35%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3830 days 34%
Eline 8/10 3834 days 36%
Luala F 10/10 3837 days 37%
Math Meyer 10/10 3838 days 37%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3838 days 37%
Gessica 8/10 3838 days 36%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3840 days 34%
Doerte 10/10 3842 days 36%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3848 days 35%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3849 days 35%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3849 days 35%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3850 days 35%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3850 days 35%
Alex Schott 9/10 3850 days 35%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3851 days 36%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3853 days 35%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3854 days 35%
Matias Santos 10/10 3856 days 35%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3856 days 32%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3858 days 34%
Marcus 7/10 3864 days 32%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3864 days 32%
Louise Boje 10/10 3866 days 34%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3868 days 34%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3869 days 34%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3870 days 34%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3870 days 25%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3871 days 34%
Julien Sene 9/10 3876 days 33%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3879 days 33%
Briony 8/10 3879 days 33%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3880 days 28%
Joana Frever 2/10 3881 days 12%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3881 days 33%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3882 days 31%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3882 days 33%
Liza Braun 10/10 3882 days 33%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3882 days 33%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3883 days 33%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3883 days 33%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3888 days 33%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3888 days 32%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3889 days 32%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3891 days 32%
Petru 8/10 3891 days 32%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3891 days 30%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3892 days 32%
Annika Locker 10/10 3895 days 32%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3896 days 31%
Nils 7/10 3901 days 29%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3901 days 32%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3902 days 31%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3903 days 32%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3904 days 31%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3906 days 31%
Nico 8/10 3906 days 31%
Julie 10/10 3925 days 30%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3928 days 29%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3933 days 29%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3934 days 29%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3936 days 29%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3941 days 28%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3952 days 27%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3970 days 26%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 4070 days 19%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4203 days 8%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4203 days 8%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4203 days 8%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4204 days 8%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4204 days 7%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4205 days 8%
Ken 9/10 4206 days 8%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4207 days 7%
Nicol 8/10 4244 days 5%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4266 days 3%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4297 days 1%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4306 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4543 days 31%
Alex 10/10 4559 days 34%
Becky 9/10 4559 days 34%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4560 days 34%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4560 days 34%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4563 days 34%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4563 days 33%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4578 days 34%
Vanessa 4/10 4578 days 20%
Tom Hill 9/10 4579 days 34%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4582 days 29%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4584 days 33%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4585 days 34%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4587 days 33%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4587 days 34%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4588 days 33%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4588 days 34%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4592 days 34%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4592 days 34%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4592 days 33%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4599 days 34%
Roland Beer 10/10 4628 days 34%
Rupert 10/10 4635 days 34%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4640 days 34%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4640 days 34%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4643 days 33%
Brian 10/10 4732 days 34%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4915 days 31%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4920 days 34%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4933 days 33%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4944 days 34%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4946 days 31%
Julian Roots 9/10 4946 days 34%
Sohie 9/10 4951 days 34%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4956 days 31%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 5018 days 34%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 5018 days 34%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 5022 days 33%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 5023 days 33%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 5024 days 33%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 5028 days 33%
Fahl 10/10 5035 days 34%
tanyap 7/10 5036 days 31%
Terry Coles 9/10 5036 days 34%
Alexander Klein 8/10 5040 days 33%
Adam Hassan 7/10 5041 days 31%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 5041 days 31%
Doan 9/10 5041 days 34%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 5041 days 34%
Presot 10/10 5041 days 34%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 5042 days 34%
Faassen 9/10 5044 days 34%
Julie Lamart 9/10 5045 days 34%
Behrens 10/10 5045 days 34%
Henzen 8/10 5045 days 33%
Roshnie 8/10 5046 days 33%
The Mowbrays 8/10 5046 days 33%
Stevie 8/10 5048 days 33%
Thys 8/10 5048 days 33%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5299 days 34%
Selwindt 9/10 5305 days 34%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5306 days 34%
Steven Hill 9/10 5307 days 34%
Susanne A 7/10 5308 days 31%
Malena 7/10 5311 days 31%
Daniel 10/10 5315 days 34%
Romla 8/10 5318 days 33%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5318 days 33%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5323 days 34%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5325 days 34%
Stefan 9/10 5325 days 34%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5325 days 34%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5325 days 31%
Langerak 8/10 5327 days 33%
Lepied 9/10 5327 days 34%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5327 days 34%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5328 days 34%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5335 days 33%
Mike1952 9/10 5340 days 34%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5353 days 33%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5366 days 34%
Pietsch 9/10 5406 days 34%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5408 days 34%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5409 days 34%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5411 days 33%
Andy Lever 10/10 5417 days 34%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5417 days 31%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5418 days 34%
Theresa 10/10 5418 days 34%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5418 days 34%
Lardy 9/10 5419 days 34%
JadesWorld 8/10 5432 days 33%
Gary A 9/10 5432 days 34%
Sid 9/10 5432 days 34%
andrew_w 7/10 5646 days 31%
Julie Norton 9/10 5647 days 34%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5660 days 33%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5660 days 33%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5674 days 34%
Scheler 10/10 5676 days 34%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5678 days 34%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5680 days 34%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5689 days 29%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5691 days 34%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5695 days 34%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5695 days 34%
F Horrex 8/10 5696 days 33%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5696 days 34%
Michael Eck 10/10 5698 days 34%
David and Karin 10/10 5698 days 34%
Brandt 8/10 5702 days 33%
Chamton 9/10 5705 days 34%
Jenny 9/10 5706 days 34%
BigSis 9/10 5889 days 34%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5976 days 34%
kempt 8/10 5981 days 33%
Matt Roper 9/10 6033 days 34%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 6033 days 34%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 6044 days 34%
Mark Ashton 10/10 6048 days 34%
S Millet 9/10 6048 days 34%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 6048 days 34%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 6049 days 34%
John Harrison 8/10 6049 days 33%
Peter Koeck 10/10 6051 days 34%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 6052 days 34%
Vandeput 9/10 6056 days 34%
Fam Leinden 8/10 6064 days 33%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 6065 days 34%
Helen Power 8/10 6065 days 33%
Mick Thexton 10/10 6065 days 34%
Jens van Evp 10/10 6066 days 34%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 6066 days 33%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 6067 days 10%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 6076 days 31%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 6084 days 33%
deanlaw 10/10 6115 days 34%
menzel 10/10 6115 days 34%
timgr 8/10 6117 days 33%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 6118 days 34%
blokzyl 8/10 6121 days 33%
braunweiler 9/10 6121 days 34%
jameswhite 8/10 6124 days 33%
hofstetterf 10/10 6130 days 34%
Emma Coltman 10/10 6134 days 34%
rolandop 10/10 6136 days 34%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 6136 days 34%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 6140 days 33%
Susanne Santer 9/10 6140 days 34%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 6140 days 33%
Christy 8/10 6142 days 33%
Ricarda 9/10 6142 days 34%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 6142 days 29%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 6143 days 34%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 6144 days 34%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 6144 days 34%
Ton Buil 9/10 6144 days 34%
Mike 9/10 6144 days 34%
Wim Put 8/10 6158 days 33%
BryonyS 10/10 6364 days 34%
BouterG 10/10 6372 days 34%
CeesVanW 8/10 6373 days 33%
mikestep 10/10 6376 days 34%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6376 days 33%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6378 days 34%
DaveV 9/10 6392 days 34%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6392 days 34%
DamienM 10/10 6392 days 34%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6394 days 34%
FiensG 8/10 6395 days 33%
OdiliaF 10/10 6395 days 34%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6396 days 33%
BrendaM 10/10 6757 days 34%
AlanN316 8/10 6757 days 33%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cathedral Cove Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.26% 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

89%

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.