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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

88.21%

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 3001 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3195 days 84%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3463 days 62%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3493 days 57%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3500 days 56%
Chaulet 9/10 3505 days 60%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3506 days 56%
Clementine 10/10 3529 days 59%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3531 days 57%
Gretha 10/10 3537 days 58%
Peter 9/10 3537 days 57%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3539 days 58%
Michael 8/10 3545 days 56%
Kees Mol 10/10 3548 days 57%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3553 days 56%
David Santos 9/10 3556 days 56%
Dominique 7/10 3559 days 52%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3559 days 55%
Kat 9/10 3560 days 56%
Ulf 9/10 3562 days 56%
Matthew Long 7/10 3562 days 52%
S Webb 10/10 3562 days 56%
Marie Christ 10/10 3580 days 55%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3581 days 55%
Anne 10/10 3595 days 54%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3605 days 52%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3645 days 50%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3772 days 39%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3791 days 38%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3791 days 38%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3793 days 38%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3794 days 38%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3796 days 38%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3796 days 38%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3798 days 35%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3803 days 34%
Eline 8/10 3807 days 36%
Luala F 10/10 3810 days 37%
Math Meyer 10/10 3811 days 37%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3811 days 37%
Gessica 8/10 3811 days 36%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3813 days 33%
Doerte 10/10 3815 days 36%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3821 days 35%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3822 days 35%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3822 days 35%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3823 days 35%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3823 days 35%
Alex Schott 9/10 3823 days 35%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3824 days 36%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3826 days 35%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3827 days 35%
Matias Santos 10/10 3829 days 35%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3829 days 32%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3831 days 34%
Marcus 7/10 3837 days 32%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3837 days 32%
Louise Boje 10/10 3839 days 34%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3841 days 34%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3842 days 34%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3843 days 34%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3843 days 24%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3844 days 34%
Julien Sene 9/10 3849 days 33%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3852 days 33%
Briony 8/10 3852 days 33%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3853 days 28%
Joana Frever 2/10 3854 days 11%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3854 days 33%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3855 days 30%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3855 days 33%
Liza Braun 10/10 3855 days 33%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3855 days 33%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3856 days 33%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3856 days 33%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3861 days 33%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3861 days 32%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3862 days 32%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3864 days 32%
Petru 8/10 3864 days 32%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3864 days 30%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3865 days 32%
Annika Locker 10/10 3868 days 32%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3869 days 31%
Nils 7/10 3874 days 29%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3874 days 32%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3875 days 31%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3876 days 32%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3877 days 31%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3879 days 31%
Nico 8/10 3879 days 31%
Julie 10/10 3898 days 30%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3901 days 29%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3906 days 29%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3907 days 29%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3909 days 29%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3914 days 28%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3925 days 27%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3943 days 26%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 4043 days 19%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4176 days 8%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4176 days 8%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4176 days 8%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4177 days 8%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4177 days 7%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4178 days 8%
Ken 9/10 4179 days 8%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4180 days 7%
Nicol 8/10 4217 days 5%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4239 days 3%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4270 days 1%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4279 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4516 days 29%
Alex 10/10 4532 days 32%
Becky 9/10 4532 days 32%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4533 days 32%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4533 days 32%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4536 days 32%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4536 days 31%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4551 days 32%
Vanessa 4/10 4551 days 18%
Tom Hill 9/10 4552 days 32%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4555 days 27%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4557 days 31%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4558 days 32%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4560 days 31%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4560 days 32%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4561 days 31%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4561 days 32%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4565 days 32%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4565 days 32%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4565 days 31%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4572 days 32%
Roland Beer 10/10 4601 days 32%
Rupert 10/10 4608 days 32%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4613 days 32%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4613 days 32%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4616 days 31%
Brian 10/10 4705 days 32%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4888 days 29%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4893 days 32%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4906 days 31%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4917 days 32%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4919 days 29%
Julian Roots 9/10 4919 days 32%
Sohie 9/10 4924 days 32%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4929 days 29%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4991 days 32%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4991 days 32%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4995 days 31%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4996 days 31%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4997 days 31%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 5001 days 31%
Fahl 10/10 5008 days 32%
tanyap 7/10 5009 days 29%
Terry Coles 9/10 5009 days 32%
Alexander Klein 8/10 5013 days 31%
Adam Hassan 7/10 5014 days 29%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 5014 days 29%
Doan 9/10 5014 days 32%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 5014 days 32%
Presot 10/10 5014 days 32%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 5015 days 32%
Faassen 9/10 5017 days 32%
Julie Lamart 9/10 5018 days 32%
Behrens 10/10 5018 days 32%
Henzen 8/10 5018 days 31%
Roshnie 8/10 5019 days 31%
The Mowbrays 8/10 5019 days 31%
Stevie 8/10 5021 days 31%
Thys 8/10 5021 days 31%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5272 days 32%
Selwindt 9/10 5278 days 32%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5279 days 32%
Steven Hill 9/10 5280 days 32%
Susanne A 7/10 5281 days 29%
Malena 7/10 5284 days 29%
Daniel 10/10 5288 days 32%
Romla 8/10 5291 days 31%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5291 days 31%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5296 days 32%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5298 days 32%
Stefan 9/10 5298 days 32%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5298 days 32%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5298 days 29%
Langerak 8/10 5300 days 31%
Lepied 9/10 5300 days 32%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5300 days 32%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5301 days 32%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5308 days 31%
Mike1952 9/10 5313 days 32%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5326 days 31%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5339 days 32%
Pietsch 9/10 5379 days 32%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5381 days 32%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5382 days 32%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5384 days 31%
Andy Lever 10/10 5390 days 32%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5390 days 29%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5391 days 32%
Theresa 10/10 5391 days 32%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5391 days 32%
Lardy 9/10 5392 days 32%
JadesWorld 8/10 5405 days 31%
Gary A 9/10 5405 days 32%
Sid 9/10 5405 days 32%
andrew_w 7/10 5619 days 29%
Julie Norton 9/10 5620 days 32%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5633 days 31%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5633 days 31%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5647 days 32%
Scheler 10/10 5649 days 32%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5651 days 32%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5653 days 32%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5662 days 27%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5664 days 32%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5668 days 32%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5668 days 32%
F Horrex 8/10 5669 days 31%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5669 days 32%
Michael Eck 10/10 5671 days 32%
David and Karin 10/10 5671 days 32%
Brandt 8/10 5675 days 31%
Chamton 9/10 5678 days 32%
Jenny 9/10 5679 days 32%
BigSis 9/10 5862 days 32%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5949 days 32%
kempt 8/10 5954 days 31%
Matt Roper 9/10 6006 days 32%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 6006 days 32%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 6017 days 32%
Mark Ashton 10/10 6021 days 32%
S Millet 9/10 6021 days 32%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 6021 days 32%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 6022 days 32%
John Harrison 8/10 6022 days 31%
Peter Koeck 10/10 6024 days 32%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 6025 days 32%
Vandeput 9/10 6029 days 32%
Fam Leinden 8/10 6037 days 31%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 6038 days 32%
Helen Power 8/10 6038 days 31%
Mick Thexton 10/10 6038 days 32%
Jens van Evp 10/10 6039 days 32%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 6039 days 31%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 6040 days 8%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 6049 days 29%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 6057 days 31%
deanlaw 10/10 6088 days 32%
menzel 10/10 6088 days 32%
timgr 8/10 6090 days 31%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 6091 days 32%
blokzyl 8/10 6094 days 31%
braunweiler 9/10 6094 days 32%
jameswhite 8/10 6097 days 31%
hofstetterf 10/10 6103 days 32%
Emma Coltman 10/10 6107 days 32%
rolandop 10/10 6109 days 32%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 6109 days 32%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 6113 days 31%
Susanne Santer 9/10 6113 days 32%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 6113 days 31%
Christy 8/10 6115 days 31%
Ricarda 9/10 6115 days 32%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 6115 days 27%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 6116 days 32%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 6117 days 32%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 6117 days 32%
Ton Buil 9/10 6117 days 32%
Mike 9/10 6117 days 32%
Wim Put 8/10 6131 days 31%
BryonyS 10/10 6337 days 32%
BouterG 10/10 6345 days 32%
CeesVanW 8/10 6346 days 31%
mikestep 10/10 6349 days 32%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6349 days 31%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6351 days 32%
DaveV 9/10 6365 days 32%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6365 days 32%
DamienM 10/10 6365 days 32%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6367 days 32%
FiensG 8/10 6368 days 31%
OdiliaF 10/10 6368 days 32%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6369 days 31%
BrendaM 10/10 6730 days 32%
AlanN316 8/10 6730 days 31%

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.