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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
91.60%
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 | 794 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2376 days | 6% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2833 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3179 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3424 days | 2% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3446 days | 2% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3463 days | 2% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3463 days | 2% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3470 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3494 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3501 days | 2% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3516 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3516 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3525 days | 2% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3543 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3543 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3546 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3747 days | 1% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3747 days | 1% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3747 days | 1% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3750 days | 1% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3758 days | 1% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3759 days | 1% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3760 days | 1% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3762 days | 1% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3762 days | 1% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3766 days | 1% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3770 days | 1% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3771 days | 1% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3772 days | 1% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3772 days | 1% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3778 days | 1% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3778 days | 1% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3780 days | 1% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3785 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3789 days | 1% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3794 days | 1% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3794 days | 1% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3817 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3817 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3817 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3819 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3824 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3831 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3850 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3855 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3870 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4103 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4132 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4133 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4158 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4182 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4216 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4486 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4486 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4508 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4539 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4545 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4545 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4560 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4564 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4565 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4565 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4836 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4866 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4873 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4874 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4877 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4878 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4878 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4889 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4932 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4954 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4954 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4969 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4969 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4969 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4973 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4974 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4975 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5219 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5223 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5223 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5230 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5230 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5234 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5243 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5243 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5248 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5248 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5249 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5249 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5250 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5252 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5260 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5262 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5265 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5266 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5266 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5278 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5298 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5335 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5338 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5340 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5344 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5346 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5349 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5585 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5589 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5589 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5591 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5594 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5594 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5598 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5601 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5604 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5605 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5606 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5607 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5607 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5609 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5615 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5620 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5623 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5627 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5627 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5628 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5938 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5938 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5955 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5956 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5959 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5959 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5960 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5971 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5972 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5978 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5983 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5991 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 6013 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 6043 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 6043 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 6063 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 6066 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 6069 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 6070 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 6071 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 6085 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6293 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6295 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6308 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6309 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6319 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6323 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6332 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6344 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
0.80% 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.