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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
91.75%
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 | 592 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2174 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2631 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2977 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3222 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3244 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3261 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3261 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3269 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3292 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3299 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3314 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3314 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3323 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3341 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3341 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3344 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3556 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3558 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3569 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3570 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3570 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3576 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3576 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3578 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3587 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3615 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3615 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3615 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3617 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3622 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3629 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3648 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3653 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3668 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3930 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3956 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3980 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4014 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4306 days | 0% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4337 days | 0% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4349 days | 0% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4349 days | 0% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4358 days | 0% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4634 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4671 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4687 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4730 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4773 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5017 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5028 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5028 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5032 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5041 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5041 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5046 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5046 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5047 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5047 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5048 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5058 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5060 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5063 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5076 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5096 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5133 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5144 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5147 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5370 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5370 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5370 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5389 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5399 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5402 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5403 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5404 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5405 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5405 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5407 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5418 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5421 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5736 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5736 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5753 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5754 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5757 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5757 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5758 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5769 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5770 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5776 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5781 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5789 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5790 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5793 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5811 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5841 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5841 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5861 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5864 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5867 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5869 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5883 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6091 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6093 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6106 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6107 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6117 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6121 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6130 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6142 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
93%
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.