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G'day, 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

88.23%

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 3042 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3236 days 84%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3504 days 63%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3534 days 57%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3541 days 56%
Chaulet 9/10 3546 days 60%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3547 days 56%
Clementine 10/10 3570 days 59%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3572 days 57%
Gretha 10/10 3578 days 58%
Peter 9/10 3578 days 57%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3580 days 58%
Michael 8/10 3586 days 56%
Kees Mol 10/10 3589 days 57%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3594 days 56%
David Santos 9/10 3597 days 56%
Dominique 7/10 3600 days 52%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3600 days 55%
Kat 9/10 3601 days 56%
Ulf 9/10 3603 days 56%
Matthew Long 7/10 3603 days 52%
S Webb 10/10 3603 days 56%
Marie Christ 10/10 3621 days 55%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3622 days 55%
Anne 10/10 3636 days 54%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3646 days 52%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3686 days 50%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3813 days 39%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3832 days 38%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3832 days 38%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3834 days 38%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3835 days 38%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3837 days 38%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3837 days 38%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3839 days 35%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3844 days 34%
Eline 8/10 3848 days 36%
Luala F 10/10 3851 days 37%
Math Meyer 10/10 3852 days 37%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3852 days 37%
Gessica 8/10 3852 days 36%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3854 days 34%
Doerte 10/10 3856 days 36%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3862 days 35%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3863 days 35%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3863 days 35%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3864 days 35%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3864 days 35%
Alex Schott 9/10 3864 days 35%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3865 days 36%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3867 days 35%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3868 days 35%
Matias Santos 10/10 3870 days 35%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3870 days 32%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3872 days 34%
Marcus 7/10 3878 days 32%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3878 days 32%
Louise Boje 10/10 3880 days 34%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3882 days 34%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3883 days 34%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3884 days 34%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3884 days 25%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3885 days 34%
Julien Sene 9/10 3890 days 33%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3893 days 33%
Briony 8/10 3893 days 33%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3894 days 28%
Joana Frever 2/10 3895 days 13%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3895 days 33%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3896 days 31%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3896 days 33%
Liza Braun 10/10 3896 days 33%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3896 days 33%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3897 days 33%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3897 days 33%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3902 days 33%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3902 days 32%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3903 days 32%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3905 days 32%
Petru 8/10 3905 days 32%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3905 days 30%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3906 days 32%
Annika Locker 10/10 3909 days 32%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3910 days 31%
Nils 7/10 3915 days 29%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3915 days 32%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3916 days 31%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3917 days 32%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3918 days 31%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3920 days 31%
Nico 8/10 3920 days 31%
Julie 10/10 3939 days 30%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3942 days 29%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3947 days 29%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3948 days 29%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3950 days 29%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3955 days 28%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3966 days 27%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3984 days 26%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 4084 days 19%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4217 days 8%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4217 days 8%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4217 days 8%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4218 days 8%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4218 days 7%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4219 days 8%
Ken 9/10 4220 days 8%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4221 days 7%
Nicol 8/10 4258 days 5%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4280 days 3%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4311 days 1%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4320 days 0%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4557 days 33%
Alex 10/10 4573 days 35%
Becky 9/10 4573 days 35%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4574 days 35%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4574 days 35%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4577 days 35%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4577 days 35%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4592 days 35%
Vanessa 4/10 4592 days 21%
Tom Hill 9/10 4593 days 35%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4596 days 30%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4598 days 35%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4599 days 35%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4601 days 35%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4601 days 35%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4602 days 35%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4602 days 35%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4606 days 35%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4606 days 35%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4606 days 35%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4613 days 35%
Roland Beer 10/10 4642 days 35%
Rupert 10/10 4649 days 35%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4654 days 35%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4654 days 35%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4657 days 35%
Brian 10/10 4746 days 35%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4929 days 33%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4934 days 35%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4947 days 35%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4958 days 35%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4960 days 33%
Julian Roots 9/10 4960 days 35%
Sohie 9/10 4965 days 35%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4970 days 33%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 5032 days 35%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 5032 days 35%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 5036 days 35%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 5037 days 35%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 5038 days 35%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 5042 days 35%
Fahl 10/10 5049 days 35%
tanyap 7/10 5050 days 33%
Terry Coles 9/10 5050 days 35%
Alexander Klein 8/10 5054 days 35%
Adam Hassan 7/10 5055 days 33%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 5055 days 33%
Doan 9/10 5055 days 35%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 5055 days 35%
Presot 10/10 5055 days 35%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 5056 days 35%
Faassen 9/10 5058 days 35%
Julie Lamart 9/10 5059 days 35%
Behrens 10/10 5059 days 35%
Henzen 8/10 5059 days 35%
Roshnie 8/10 5060 days 35%
The Mowbrays 8/10 5060 days 35%
Stevie 8/10 5062 days 35%
Thys 8/10 5062 days 35%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5313 days 35%
Selwindt 9/10 5319 days 35%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5320 days 35%
Steven Hill 9/10 5321 days 35%
Susanne A 7/10 5322 days 33%
Malena 7/10 5325 days 33%
Daniel 10/10 5329 days 35%
Romla 8/10 5332 days 35%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5332 days 35%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5337 days 35%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5339 days 35%
Stefan 9/10 5339 days 35%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5339 days 35%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5339 days 33%
Langerak 8/10 5341 days 35%
Lepied 9/10 5341 days 35%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5341 days 35%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5342 days 35%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5349 days 35%
Mike1952 9/10 5354 days 35%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5367 days 35%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5380 days 35%
Pietsch 9/10 5420 days 35%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5422 days 35%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5423 days 35%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5425 days 35%
Andy Lever 10/10 5431 days 35%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5431 days 33%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5432 days 35%
Theresa 10/10 5432 days 35%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5432 days 35%
Lardy 9/10 5433 days 35%
JadesWorld 8/10 5446 days 35%
Gary A 9/10 5446 days 35%
Sid 9/10 5446 days 35%
andrew_w 7/10 5660 days 33%
Julie Norton 9/10 5661 days 35%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5674 days 35%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5674 days 35%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5688 days 35%
Scheler 10/10 5690 days 35%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5692 days 35%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5694 days 35%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5703 days 30%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5705 days 35%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5709 days 35%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5709 days 35%
F Horrex 8/10 5710 days 35%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5710 days 35%
Michael Eck 10/10 5712 days 35%
David and Karin 10/10 5712 days 35%
Brandt 8/10 5716 days 35%
Chamton 9/10 5719 days 35%
Jenny 9/10 5720 days 35%
BigSis 9/10 5903 days 35%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5990 days 35%
kempt 8/10 5995 days 35%
Matt Roper 9/10 6047 days 35%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 6047 days 35%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 6058 days 35%
Mark Ashton 10/10 6062 days 35%
S Millet 9/10 6062 days 35%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 6062 days 35%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 6063 days 35%
John Harrison 8/10 6063 days 35%
Peter Koeck 10/10 6065 days 35%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 6066 days 35%
Vandeput 9/10 6070 days 35%
Fam Leinden 8/10 6078 days 35%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 6079 days 35%
Helen Power 8/10 6079 days 35%
Mick Thexton 10/10 6079 days 35%
Jens van Evp 10/10 6080 days 35%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 6080 days 35%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 6081 days 12%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 6090 days 33%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 6098 days 35%
deanlaw 10/10 6129 days 35%
menzel 10/10 6129 days 35%
timgr 8/10 6131 days 35%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 6132 days 35%
blokzyl 8/10 6135 days 35%
braunweiler 9/10 6135 days 35%
jameswhite 8/10 6138 days 35%
hofstetterf 10/10 6144 days 35%
Emma Coltman 10/10 6148 days 35%
rolandop 10/10 6150 days 35%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 6150 days 35%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 6154 days 35%
Susanne Santer 9/10 6154 days 35%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 6154 days 35%
Christy 8/10 6156 days 35%
Ricarda 9/10 6156 days 35%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 6156 days 30%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 6157 days 35%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 6158 days 35%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 6158 days 35%
Ton Buil 9/10 6158 days 35%
Mike 9/10 6158 days 35%
Wim Put 8/10 6172 days 35%
BryonyS 10/10 6378 days 35%
BouterG 10/10 6386 days 35%
CeesVanW 8/10 6387 days 35%
mikestep 10/10 6390 days 35%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6390 days 35%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6392 days 35%
DaveV 9/10 6406 days 35%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6406 days 35%
DamienM 10/10 6406 days 35%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6408 days 35%
FiensG 8/10 6409 days 35%
OdiliaF 10/10 6409 days 35%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6410 days 35%
BrendaM 10/10 6771 days 35%
AlanN316 8/10 6771 days 35%

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.