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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
91.46%
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 | 875 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2457 days | 6% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2914 days | 5% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3260 days | 4% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3505 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3527 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3544 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3544 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3551 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3575 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3582 days | 2% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3606 days | 2% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3624 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3624 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3627 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3828 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3828 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3828 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3831 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3839 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3840 days | 1% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3841 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3847 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3851 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3852 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3853 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3853 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3859 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3859 days | 1% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3861 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3866 days | 1% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3870 days | 1% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3875 days | 1% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3875 days | 1% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3898 days | 1% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3898 days | 1% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3898 days | 1% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3900 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3905 days | 1% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3912 days | 1% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3936 days | 1% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3951 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 4184 days | 0% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4213 days | 0% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4214 days | 0% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4239 days | 0% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4263 days | 0% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4567 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4567 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4589 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4620 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4626 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4626 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4641 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4645 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4646 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4646 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4917 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4947 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4954 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4955 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4958 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4959 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4959 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4970 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 5013 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 5035 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 5035 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 5054 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 5055 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 5056 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5300 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5304 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5304 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5311 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5311 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5315 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5324 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5324 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5329 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5329 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5330 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5330 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5331 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5333 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5341 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5343 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5346 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5347 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5347 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5359 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5379 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5419 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5421 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5427 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5430 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5653 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5653 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5653 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5666 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5670 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5670 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5671 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5671 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5672 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5675 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5675 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5679 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5682 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5685 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5686 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5687 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5688 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5688 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5690 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5696 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5701 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5704 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5709 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 6019 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 6019 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 6036 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 6037 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 6040 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 6040 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 6041 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 6052 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 6053 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 6059 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 6064 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 6072 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 6073 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 6076 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 6094 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 6124 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 6124 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 6144 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 6147 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 6150 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 6151 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 6152 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 6166 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6374 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6376 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6389 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6390 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6400 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6404 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6413 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6425 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
0.81% 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.