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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
91.75%
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 | 597 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2179 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2636 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2982 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3227 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3249 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3266 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3266 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3274 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3297 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3304 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3319 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3319 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3328 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3346 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3346 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3349 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3550 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3550 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3550 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3563 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3565 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3565 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3569 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3575 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3575 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3581 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3581 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3588 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3607 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3622 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3627 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3634 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3653 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3658 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3673 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3936 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3961 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3985 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4019 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4289 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4289 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4311 days | 0% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4342 days | 0% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4354 days | 0% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4354 days | 0% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4639 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4669 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4680 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4692 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4757 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4757 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4772 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4776 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4777 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4778 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5022 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5026 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5026 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5033 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5033 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5046 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5046 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5053 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5055 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5063 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5065 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5068 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5069 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5069 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5081 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5101 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5141 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5143 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5147 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5149 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5394 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5397 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5397 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5404 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5407 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5408 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5409 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5412 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5418 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5430 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5430 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5431 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5741 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5741 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5758 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5759 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5762 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5762 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5774 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5775 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5781 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5786 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5794 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5795 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5798 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5816 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5846 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5846 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5866 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5869 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5874 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5888 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6096 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6098 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6111 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6112 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6122 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6126 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6135 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6147 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.