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Hi, 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

88.24%

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 2811 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3005 days 87%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3273 days 69%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3303 days 64%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3310 days 63%
Chaulet 9/10 3315 days 67%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3316 days 63%
Clementine 10/10 3339 days 66%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3341 days 65%
Gretha 10/10 3347 days 66%
Peter 9/10 3347 days 65%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3349 days 66%
Michael 8/10 3355 days 64%
Kees Mol 10/10 3358 days 65%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3363 days 63%
David Santos 9/10 3366 days 64%
Dominique 7/10 3369 days 60%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3369 days 63%
Kat 9/10 3370 days 64%
Ulf 9/10 3372 days 63%
Matthew Long 7/10 3372 days 60%
S Webb 10/10 3372 days 64%
Marie Christ 10/10 3390 days 63%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3391 days 63%
Anne 10/10 3405 days 62%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3415 days 61%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3455 days 59%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3582 days 50%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3601 days 49%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3601 days 49%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3603 days 49%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3604 days 49%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3606 days 49%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3606 days 49%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3608 days 46%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3613 days 45%
Eline 8/10 3617 days 48%
Luala F 10/10 3620 days 48%
Math Meyer 10/10 3621 days 48%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3621 days 48%
Gessica 8/10 3621 days 47%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3623 days 45%
Doerte 10/10 3625 days 48%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3631 days 47%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3632 days 47%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3632 days 47%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3633 days 47%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3633 days 47%
Alex Schott 9/10 3633 days 47%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3634 days 47%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3636 days 47%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3637 days 47%
Matias Santos 10/10 3639 days 47%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3639 days 44%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3641 days 46%
Marcus 7/10 3647 days 43%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3647 days 43%
Louise Boje 10/10 3649 days 46%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3651 days 46%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3652 days 46%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3653 days 46%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3653 days 35%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3654 days 46%
Julien Sene 9/10 3659 days 45%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3662 days 45%
Briony 8/10 3662 days 45%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3663 days 39%
Joana Frever 2/10 3664 days 21%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3664 days 45%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3665 days 42%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3665 days 45%
Liza Braun 10/10 3665 days 45%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3665 days 45%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3666 days 45%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3666 days 45%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3671 days 45%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3671 days 44%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3672 days 45%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3674 days 44%
Petru 8/10 3674 days 44%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3674 days 42%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3675 days 44%
Annika Locker 10/10 3678 days 45%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3679 days 44%
Nils 7/10 3684 days 41%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3684 days 44%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3685 days 44%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3686 days 44%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3687 days 44%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3689 days 44%
Nico 8/10 3689 days 43%
Julie 10/10 3708 days 43%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3711 days 42%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3716 days 41%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3717 days 42%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3719 days 42%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3724 days 41%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3735 days 40%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3753 days 40%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 3853 days 33%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3986 days 25%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3986 days 25%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3986 days 25%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 3987 days 25%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 3987 days 23%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3988 days 25%
Ken 9/10 3989 days 24%
Michael Stibor 7/10 3990 days 23%
Nicol 8/10 4027 days 22%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4049 days 21%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4080 days 18%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4089 days 18%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4326 days 3%
Alex 10/10 4342 days 2%
Becky 9/10 4342 days 2%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4343 days 2%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4343 days 2%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4346 days 2%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4346 days 2%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4361 days 1%
Vanessa 4/10 4361 days 0%
Tom Hill 9/10 4362 days 1%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4365 days 1%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4367 days 1%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4368 days 0%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4370 days 0%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4370 days 0%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4371 days 0%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4371 days 0%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4375 days 0%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4375 days 0%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4375 days 0%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4382 days 32%
Roland Beer 10/10 4411 days 32%
Rupert 10/10 4418 days 32%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4423 days 32%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4423 days 32%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4426 days 32%
Brian 10/10 4515 days 32%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4698 days 30%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4703 days 32%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4716 days 32%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4727 days 32%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4729 days 30%
Julian Roots 9/10 4729 days 32%
Sohie 9/10 4734 days 32%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4739 days 30%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4801 days 32%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4801 days 32%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4805 days 32%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4806 days 32%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4807 days 32%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4811 days 32%
Fahl 10/10 4818 days 32%
tanyap 7/10 4819 days 30%
Terry Coles 9/10 4819 days 32%
Alexander Klein 8/10 4823 days 32%
Adam Hassan 7/10 4824 days 30%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 4824 days 30%
Doan 9/10 4824 days 32%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 4824 days 32%
Presot 10/10 4824 days 32%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 4825 days 32%
Faassen 9/10 4827 days 32%
Julie Lamart 9/10 4828 days 32%
Behrens 10/10 4828 days 32%
Henzen 8/10 4828 days 32%
Roshnie 8/10 4829 days 32%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4829 days 32%
Stevie 8/10 4831 days 32%
Thys 8/10 4831 days 32%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5082 days 32%
Selwindt 9/10 5088 days 32%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5089 days 32%
Steven Hill 9/10 5090 days 32%
Susanne A 7/10 5091 days 30%
Malena 7/10 5094 days 30%
Daniel 10/10 5098 days 32%
Romla 8/10 5101 days 32%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5101 days 32%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5106 days 32%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5108 days 32%
Stefan 9/10 5108 days 32%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5108 days 32%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5108 days 30%
Langerak 8/10 5110 days 32%
Lepied 9/10 5110 days 32%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5110 days 32%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5111 days 32%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5118 days 32%
Mike1952 9/10 5123 days 32%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5136 days 32%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5149 days 32%
Pietsch 9/10 5189 days 32%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5191 days 32%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5192 days 32%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5194 days 32%
Andy Lever 10/10 5200 days 32%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5200 days 30%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5201 days 32%
Theresa 10/10 5201 days 32%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5201 days 32%
Lardy 9/10 5202 days 32%
JadesWorld 8/10 5215 days 32%
Gary A 9/10 5215 days 32%
Sid 9/10 5215 days 32%
andrew_w 7/10 5429 days 30%
Julie Norton 9/10 5430 days 32%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5443 days 32%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5443 days 32%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5457 days 32%
Scheler 10/10 5459 days 32%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5461 days 32%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5463 days 32%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5472 days 28%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5474 days 32%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5478 days 32%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5478 days 32%
F Horrex 8/10 5479 days 32%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5479 days 32%
Michael Eck 10/10 5481 days 32%
David and Karin 10/10 5481 days 32%
Brandt 8/10 5485 days 32%
Chamton 9/10 5488 days 32%
Jenny 9/10 5489 days 32%
BigSis 9/10 5672 days 32%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5759 days 32%
kempt 8/10 5764 days 32%
Matt Roper 9/10 5816 days 32%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 5816 days 32%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 5827 days 32%
Mark Ashton 10/10 5831 days 32%
S Millet 9/10 5831 days 32%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 5831 days 32%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 5832 days 32%
John Harrison 8/10 5832 days 32%
Peter Koeck 10/10 5834 days 32%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 5835 days 32%
Vandeput 9/10 5839 days 32%
Fam Leinden 8/10 5847 days 32%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 5848 days 32%
Helen Power 8/10 5848 days 32%
Mick Thexton 10/10 5848 days 32%
Jens van Evp 10/10 5849 days 32%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 5849 days 32%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 5850 days 13%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 5859 days 30%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 5867 days 32%
deanlaw 10/10 5898 days 32%
menzel 10/10 5898 days 32%
timgr 8/10 5900 days 32%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 5901 days 32%
blokzyl 8/10 5904 days 32%
braunweiler 9/10 5904 days 32%
jameswhite 8/10 5907 days 32%
hofstetterf 10/10 5913 days 32%
Emma Coltman 10/10 5917 days 32%
rolandop 10/10 5919 days 32%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 5919 days 32%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 5923 days 32%
Susanne Santer 9/10 5923 days 32%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 5923 days 32%
Christy 8/10 5925 days 32%
Ricarda 9/10 5925 days 32%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 5925 days 28%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 5926 days 32%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 5927 days 32%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 5927 days 32%
Ton Buil 9/10 5927 days 32%
Mike 9/10 5927 days 32%
Wim Put 8/10 5941 days 32%
BryonyS 10/10 6147 days 32%
BouterG 10/10 6155 days 32%
CeesVanW 8/10 6156 days 32%
mikestep 10/10 6159 days 32%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6159 days 32%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6161 days 32%
DaveV 9/10 6175 days 32%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6175 days 32%
DamienM 10/10 6175 days 32%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6177 days 32%
FiensG 8/10 6178 days 32%
OdiliaF 10/10 6178 days 32%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6179 days 32%
BrendaM 10/10 6540 days 32%
AlanN316 8/10 6540 days 32%

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.