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Ranking Score Explained

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

88.21%

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 2861 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3055 days 86%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3323 days 68%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3353 days 63%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3360 days 62%
Chaulet 9/10 3365 days 66%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3366 days 62%
Clementine 10/10 3389 days 65%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3391 days 64%
Gretha 10/10 3397 days 65%
Peter 9/10 3397 days 64%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3399 days 64%
Michael 8/10 3405 days 63%
Kees Mol 10/10 3408 days 64%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3413 days 62%
David Santos 9/10 3416 days 63%
Dominique 7/10 3419 days 59%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3419 days 62%
Kat 9/10 3420 days 62%
Ulf 9/10 3422 days 62%
Matthew Long 7/10 3422 days 59%
S Webb 10/10 3422 days 63%
Marie Christ 10/10 3440 days 62%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3441 days 62%
Anne 10/10 3455 days 61%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3465 days 60%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3505 days 57%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3632 days 48%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3651 days 47%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3651 days 47%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3653 days 48%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3654 days 47%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3656 days 48%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3656 days 48%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3658 days 44%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3663 days 44%
Eline 8/10 3667 days 46%
Luala F 10/10 3670 days 47%
Math Meyer 10/10 3671 days 47%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3671 days 47%
Gessica 8/10 3671 days 46%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3673 days 43%
Doerte 10/10 3675 days 46%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3681 days 45%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3682 days 45%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3682 days 45%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3683 days 45%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3683 days 45%
Alex Schott 9/10 3683 days 45%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3684 days 46%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3686 days 46%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3687 days 45%
Matias Santos 10/10 3689 days 45%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3689 days 42%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3691 days 44%
Marcus 7/10 3697 days 42%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3697 days 42%
Louise Boje 10/10 3699 days 45%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3701 days 45%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3702 days 44%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3703 days 44%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3703 days 34%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3704 days 44%
Julien Sene 9/10 3709 days 44%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3712 days 43%
Briony 8/10 3712 days 43%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3713 days 38%
Joana Frever 2/10 3714 days 20%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3714 days 44%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3715 days 41%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3715 days 43%
Liza Braun 10/10 3715 days 44%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3715 days 44%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3716 days 44%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3716 days 43%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3721 days 43%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3721 days 42%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3722 days 43%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3724 days 43%
Petru 8/10 3724 days 42%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3724 days 40%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3725 days 42%
Annika Locker 10/10 3728 days 43%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3729 days 42%
Nils 7/10 3734 days 39%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3734 days 42%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3735 days 42%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3736 days 42%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3737 days 42%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3739 days 42%
Nico 8/10 3739 days 41%
Julie 10/10 3758 days 41%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3761 days 40%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3766 days 39%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3767 days 40%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3769 days 40%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3774 days 39%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3785 days 38%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3803 days 38%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 3903 days 31%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4036 days 22%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4036 days 22%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4036 days 22%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4037 days 22%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4037 days 21%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4038 days 22%
Ken 9/10 4039 days 22%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4040 days 21%
Nicol 8/10 4077 days 19%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4099 days 18%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4130 days 16%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4139 days 16%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4376 days 0%
Alex 10/10 4392 days 33%
Becky 9/10 4392 days 33%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4393 days 33%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4393 days 33%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4396 days 33%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4396 days 33%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4411 days 33%
Vanessa 4/10 4411 days 22%
Tom Hill 9/10 4412 days 33%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4415 days 29%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4417 days 33%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4418 days 33%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4420 days 33%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4420 days 33%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4421 days 33%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4421 days 33%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4425 days 33%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4425 days 33%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4425 days 33%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4432 days 33%
Roland Beer 10/10 4461 days 33%
Rupert 10/10 4468 days 33%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4473 days 33%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4473 days 33%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4476 days 33%
Brian 10/10 4565 days 33%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4748 days 31%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4753 days 33%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4766 days 33%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4777 days 33%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4779 days 31%
Julian Roots 9/10 4779 days 33%
Sohie 9/10 4784 days 33%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4789 days 31%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4851 days 33%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4851 days 33%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4855 days 33%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4856 days 33%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4857 days 33%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4861 days 33%
Fahl 10/10 4868 days 33%
tanyap 7/10 4869 days 31%
Terry Coles 9/10 4869 days 33%
Alexander Klein 8/10 4873 days 33%
Adam Hassan 7/10 4874 days 31%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 4874 days 31%
Doan 9/10 4874 days 33%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 4874 days 33%
Presot 10/10 4874 days 33%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 4875 days 33%
Faassen 9/10 4877 days 33%
Julie Lamart 9/10 4878 days 33%
Behrens 10/10 4878 days 33%
Henzen 8/10 4878 days 33%
Roshnie 8/10 4879 days 33%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4879 days 33%
Stevie 8/10 4881 days 33%
Thys 8/10 4881 days 33%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5132 days 33%
Selwindt 9/10 5138 days 33%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5139 days 33%
Steven Hill 9/10 5140 days 33%
Susanne A 7/10 5141 days 31%
Malena 7/10 5144 days 31%
Daniel 10/10 5148 days 33%
Romla 8/10 5151 days 33%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5151 days 33%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5156 days 33%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5158 days 33%
Stefan 9/10 5158 days 33%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5158 days 33%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5158 days 31%
Langerak 8/10 5160 days 33%
Lepied 9/10 5160 days 33%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5160 days 33%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5161 days 33%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5168 days 33%
Mike1952 9/10 5173 days 33%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5186 days 33%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5199 days 33%
Pietsch 9/10 5239 days 33%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5241 days 33%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5242 days 33%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5244 days 33%
Andy Lever 10/10 5250 days 33%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5250 days 31%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5251 days 33%
Theresa 10/10 5251 days 33%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5251 days 33%
Lardy 9/10 5252 days 33%
JadesWorld 8/10 5265 days 33%
Gary A 9/10 5265 days 33%
Sid 9/10 5265 days 33%
andrew_w 7/10 5479 days 31%
Julie Norton 9/10 5480 days 33%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5493 days 33%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5493 days 33%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5507 days 33%
Scheler 10/10 5509 days 33%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5511 days 33%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5513 days 33%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5522 days 29%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5524 days 33%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5528 days 33%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5528 days 33%
F Horrex 8/10 5529 days 33%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5529 days 33%
Michael Eck 10/10 5531 days 33%
David and Karin 10/10 5531 days 33%
Brandt 8/10 5535 days 33%
Chamton 9/10 5538 days 33%
Jenny 9/10 5539 days 33%
BigSis 9/10 5722 days 33%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5809 days 33%
kempt 8/10 5814 days 33%
Matt Roper 9/10 5866 days 33%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 5866 days 33%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 5877 days 33%
Mark Ashton 10/10 5881 days 33%
S Millet 9/10 5881 days 33%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 5881 days 33%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 5882 days 33%
John Harrison 8/10 5882 days 33%
Peter Koeck 10/10 5884 days 33%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 5885 days 33%
Vandeput 9/10 5889 days 33%
Fam Leinden 8/10 5897 days 33%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 5898 days 33%
Helen Power 8/10 5898 days 33%
Mick Thexton 10/10 5898 days 33%
Jens van Evp 10/10 5899 days 33%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 5899 days 33%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 5900 days 13%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 5909 days 31%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 5917 days 33%
deanlaw 10/10 5948 days 33%
menzel 10/10 5948 days 33%
timgr 8/10 5950 days 33%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 5951 days 33%
blokzyl 8/10 5954 days 33%
braunweiler 9/10 5954 days 33%
jameswhite 8/10 5957 days 33%
hofstetterf 10/10 5963 days 33%
Emma Coltman 10/10 5967 days 33%
rolandop 10/10 5969 days 33%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 5969 days 33%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 5973 days 33%
Susanne Santer 9/10 5973 days 33%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 5973 days 33%
Christy 8/10 5975 days 33%
Ricarda 9/10 5975 days 33%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 5975 days 29%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 5976 days 33%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 5977 days 33%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 5977 days 33%
Ton Buil 9/10 5977 days 33%
Mike 9/10 5977 days 33%
Wim Put 8/10 5991 days 33%
BryonyS 10/10 6197 days 33%
BouterG 10/10 6205 days 33%
CeesVanW 8/10 6206 days 33%
mikestep 10/10 6209 days 33%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6209 days 33%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6211 days 33%
DaveV 9/10 6225 days 33%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6225 days 33%
DamienM 10/10 6225 days 33%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6227 days 33%
FiensG 8/10 6228 days 33%
OdiliaF 10/10 6228 days 33%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6229 days 33%
BrendaM 10/10 6590 days 33%
AlanN316 8/10 6590 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.