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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 |
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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
91.37%
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 | 916 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2498 days | 7% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2955 days | 5% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3301 days | 4% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3546 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3568 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3616 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3623 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3638 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3638 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3647 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3665 days | 3% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3665 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3668 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3869 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3869 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3869 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3872 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3880 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3881 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3882 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3884 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3884 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3892 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3893 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3894 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3894 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3900 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3900 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3902 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3907 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3911 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3916 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3916 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3926 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3939 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3939 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3939 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3941 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3946 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3953 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3972 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3977 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4225 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4254 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4255 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4280 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4338 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4608 days | 2% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4608 days | 2% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4630 days | 2% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4661 days | 2% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4667 days | 2% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4667 days | 2% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4673 days | 2% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4673 days | 2% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4682 days | 2% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4686 days | 2% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4687 days | 2% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4687 days | 2% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4958 days | 2% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4988 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4995 days | 2% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4996 days | 2% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4999 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 5000 days | 2% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 5000 days | 2% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 5011 days | 2% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 5054 days | 2% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 5076 days | 2% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 5076 days | 2% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 5091 days | 2% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 5091 days | 2% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 5091 days | 2% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 5095 days | 2% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 5096 days | 2% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 5097 days | 2% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5341 days | 2% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5345 days | 2% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5345 days | 2% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5352 days | 2% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5352 days | 2% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5356 days | 2% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5365 days | 2% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5365 days | 2% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5370 days | 2% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5370 days | 2% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5371 days | 2% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5371 days | 2% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5372 days | 2% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5374 days | 2% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5382 days | 2% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5384 days | 2% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5387 days | 2% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5388 days | 2% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5388 days | 2% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5400 days | 2% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5420 days | 2% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5457 days | 2% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5460 days | 2% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5462 days | 2% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5466 days | 2% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5468 days | 2% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5471 days | 2% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5694 days | 2% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5694 days | 2% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5694 days | 2% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5707 days | 2% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5711 days | 2% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5711 days | 2% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5712 days | 2% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5712 days | 2% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5713 days | 2% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5716 days | 2% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5716 days | 2% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5720 days | 2% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5723 days | 2% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5726 days | 2% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5727 days | 2% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5728 days | 2% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5729 days | 2% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5729 days | 2% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5731 days | 2% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5737 days | 2% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5742 days | 2% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5745 days | 2% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5749 days | 2% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5749 days | 2% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5750 days | 2% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 6060 days | 2% |
| June | 9/10 | 6060 days | 2% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 6077 days | 2% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 6078 days | 2% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 6081 days | 2% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 6081 days | 2% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 6082 days | 2% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 6093 days | 2% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 6094 days | 2% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 6100 days | 2% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 6105 days | 2% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 6113 days | 2% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 6114 days | 2% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 6117 days | 2% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 6135 days | 2% |
| biene | 9/10 | 6165 days | 2% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 6165 days | 2% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 6185 days | 2% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 6188 days | 2% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 6191 days | 2% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 6192 days | 2% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 6193 days | 2% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 6207 days | 2% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6415 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6417 days | 2% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6430 days | 2% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6431 days | 2% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6441 days | 2% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6445 days | 2% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6454 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6466 days | 2% |
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
0.82% 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.