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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 Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway.
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.
Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
Valid Reviews
166 Valid Reviews
The Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway experience has a total of 166 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 166 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
36% |
| 9/10 | 49 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 30 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.19% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway valid reviews is 88.19% and is based on 166 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
152 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 166 valid reviews, the experience has 152 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 152 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 51 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 46 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.83% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway face-to-face reviews is 87.83% and is based on 152 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 706 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2288 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2745 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3091 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3336 days | 2% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3358 days | 2% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3375 days | 2% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3375 days | 2% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3382 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3406 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3413 days | 2% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3428 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3428 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3437 days | 2% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3455 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3455 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3458 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3662 days | 1% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3670 days | 1% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3671 days | 1% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3672 days | 1% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3674 days | 1% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3674 days | 1% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3678 days | 1% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3682 days | 1% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3683 days | 1% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3684 days | 1% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3684 days | 1% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3690 days | 1% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3690 days | 1% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3692 days | 1% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3697 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3701 days | 1% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3716 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3731 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3736 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3743 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3762 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3767 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3782 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4015 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4044 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4045 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4070 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4094 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4128 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4398 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4398 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4420 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4451 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4457 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4457 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4463 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4463 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4472 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4476 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4477 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4477 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4748 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4778 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4785 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4786 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4789 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4790 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4790 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4801 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4844 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4866 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4866 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4886 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4887 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5146 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5155 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5155 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5160 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5160 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5161 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5161 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5162 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5164 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5172 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5174 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5177 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5178 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5178 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5190 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5210 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5247 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5250 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5252 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5256 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5258 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5261 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5497 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5501 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5501 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5503 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5510 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5513 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5516 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5517 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5518 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5519 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5519 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5521 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5527 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5532 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5535 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5540 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5850 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5850 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5867 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5871 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5871 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5883 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5884 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5890 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5895 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5903 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5904 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5907 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5925 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5975 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5978 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5981 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5982 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5983 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5997 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6205 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6207 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6220 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6221 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6231 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6235 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6244 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6256 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.78% 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
92%
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.