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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
91.82%
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 | 164 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1746 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2203 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2549 days | 4% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 2794 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 2816 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 2833 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 2833 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 2840 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 2864 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 2871 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 2886 days | 3% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 2886 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 2895 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 2916 days | 3% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3117 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3117 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3117 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3120 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3128 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3129 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3130 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3132 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3132 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3136 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3140 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3141 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3142 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3142 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3148 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3148 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3150 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3155 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3159 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3164 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3164 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3174 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3189 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3194 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3201 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3220 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3225 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3240 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3473 days | 2% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3502 days | 2% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3503 days | 2% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3528 days | 2% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3552 days | 2% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 3586 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 3878 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 3909 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 3915 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 3915 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 3921 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 3921 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 3930 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 3934 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4236 days | 0% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4243 days | 0% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4244 days | 0% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4247 days | 0% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4248 days | 0% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4248 days | 0% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4259 days | 0% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4302 days | 0% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4339 days | 0% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4339 days | 0% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4339 days | 0% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4344 days | 0% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4345 days | 0% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 4589 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 4593 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 4593 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 4600 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 4600 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 4604 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 4613 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 4613 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 4618 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4618 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 4619 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 4619 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 4620 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 4622 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 4630 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 4635 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 4636 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 4636 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 4648 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 4668 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 4705 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 4708 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 4710 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 4714 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 4716 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 4719 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 4942 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 4942 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 4942 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 4955 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 4959 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 4959 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 4960 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 4960 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 4961 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 4964 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 4964 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 4968 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 4971 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 4974 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 4975 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 4976 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 4977 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 4977 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 4979 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 4985 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 4990 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 4993 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 4997 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 4997 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 4998 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5308 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5308 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5325 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5326 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5329 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5329 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5330 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5341 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5342 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5348 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5353 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5361 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5362 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5365 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5433 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5436 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5439 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5440 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5441 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5455 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 5663 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 5665 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 5678 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 5679 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 5689 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 5693 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 5702 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 5714 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
0.77% 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.