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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 North Entrance.
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 North Entrance
Valid Reviews
166 Valid Reviews
The Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway North Entrance 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 North Entrance 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 North Entrance 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
91.67%
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 | 733 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2315 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2772 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3118 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3363 days | 2% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3385 days | 2% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3402 days | 2% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3402 days | 2% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3410 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3433 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3440 days | 2% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3455 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3455 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3464 days | 2% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3482 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3482 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3485 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3686 days | 1% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3686 days | 1% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3686 days | 1% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3689 days | 1% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3697 days | 1% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3698 days | 1% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3699 days | 1% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3701 days | 1% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3701 days | 1% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3705 days | 1% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3709 days | 1% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3710 days | 1% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3711 days | 1% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3711 days | 1% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3717 days | 1% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3717 days | 1% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3719 days | 1% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3724 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3728 days | 1% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3733 days | 1% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3733 days | 1% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3743 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3756 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3756 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3756 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3758 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3770 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3789 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3794 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3809 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4042 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4071 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4072 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4097 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4121 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4155 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4425 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4425 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4447 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4478 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4499 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4503 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4504 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4504 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4775 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4805 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4813 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4816 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4817 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4817 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4828 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4871 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4893 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4893 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4908 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4908 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4908 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4912 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4913 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4914 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5158 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5162 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5162 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5169 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5169 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5173 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5182 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5182 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5187 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5187 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5188 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5188 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5189 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5191 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5199 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5201 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5204 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5205 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5205 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5217 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5237 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5274 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5277 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5279 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5283 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5285 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5288 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5529 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5529 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5530 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5533 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5533 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5540 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5543 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5544 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5548 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5554 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5559 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5562 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5566 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5566 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5567 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5877 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5877 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5894 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5895 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5898 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5898 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5899 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5910 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5911 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5917 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5922 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5930 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5931 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5934 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5952 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5982 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5982 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 6002 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 6005 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 6008 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 6009 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 6010 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 6024 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6232 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6234 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6247 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6248 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6258 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6271 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6283 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway North Entrance 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.