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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
91.68%
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 | 728 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2310 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2767 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3113 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3358 days | 2% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3380 days | 2% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3397 days | 2% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3397 days | 2% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3405 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3428 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3435 days | 2% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3450 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3450 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3459 days | 2% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3477 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3477 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3480 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3681 days | 1% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3681 days | 1% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3681 days | 1% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3684 days | 1% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3692 days | 1% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3693 days | 1% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3694 days | 1% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3696 days | 1% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3696 days | 1% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3700 days | 1% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3704 days | 1% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3705 days | 1% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3712 days | 1% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3712 days | 1% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3714 days | 1% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3719 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3723 days | 1% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3728 days | 1% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3728 days | 1% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3738 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3751 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3751 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3751 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3753 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3758 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3765 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3784 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3789 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4037 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4066 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4067 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4092 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4116 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4150 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4420 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4420 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4442 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4473 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4479 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4479 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4485 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4485 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4494 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4499 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4499 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4800 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4807 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4808 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4811 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4823 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4866 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4888 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4888 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4903 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4903 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4903 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4907 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4908 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4909 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5153 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5157 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5157 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5164 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5164 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5168 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5177 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5177 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5182 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5182 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5183 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5183 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5184 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5186 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5194 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5196 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5199 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5200 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5200 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5212 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5232 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5269 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5272 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5274 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5278 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5280 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5283 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5519 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5523 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5523 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5525 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5532 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5535 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5538 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5540 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5541 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5541 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5543 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5549 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5554 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5557 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5561 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5561 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5562 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5889 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5890 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5893 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5893 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5894 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5905 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5906 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5912 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5917 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5925 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5926 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5929 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5947 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5977 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5977 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5997 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 6000 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 6003 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 6004 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 6005 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 6019 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6227 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6229 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6242 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6243 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6253 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6257 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6266 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6278 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
0.79% 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.