Ranking Score Explained
Hi there, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.
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 Queen Charlotte Track.
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.
Queen Charlotte Track
Valid Reviews
250 Valid Reviews
The Queen Charlotte Track experience has a total of 250 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 250 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 65 |
|
26% |
| 9/10 | 65 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 66 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 33 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 10 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 6 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
84.12% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Queen Charlotte Track valid reviews is 84.12% and is based on 250 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
243 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 250 valid reviews, the experience has 243 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 243 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 64 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 66 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 33 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 10 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 6 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.70% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Queen Charlotte Track face-to-face reviews is 83.70% and is based on 243 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
84.14%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm | 6/10 | 1435 days | 83% |
| Andy | 9/10 | 1444 days | 100% |
| Benedikt Lorenz | 7/10 | 1468 days | 90% |
| Jonas Neumann | 9/10 | 1471 days | 99% |
| Theresa Flach | 9/10 | 1471 days | 99% |
| Alexandra Luerner | 9/10 | 1518 days | 97% |
| Frank Bien | 9/10 | 1518 days | 97% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 1520 days | 97% |
| Alan Rock | 7/10 | 1523 days | 88% |
| Tina Kueffer | 8/10 | 1525 days | 92% |
| Wolfgang | 10/10 | 1528 days | 96% |
| Favia | 10/10 | 1528 days | 96% |
| Daniel Carr | 9/10 | 1529 days | 96% |
| romain perroches | 9/10 | 1541 days | 96% |
| Soria Chher | 9/10 | 1541 days | 96% |
| Alex Schmidt | 10/10 | 1541 days | 96% |
| Justine Langero | 9/10 | 1550 days | 95% |
| Thomas | 9/10 | 1550 days | 95% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 8/10 | 1559 days | 90% |
| Bettina Enigl | 9/10 | 1559 days | 95% |
| Mikulas and Dominika | 8/10 | 1565 days | 90% |
| Benjamin Leboucq | 7/10 | 1761 days | 78% |
| Adrien Richard | 7/10 | 1761 days | 78% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 1763 days | 78% |
| Johannes Wassner | 8/10 | 1768 days | 81% |
| Sylvie Smets | 9/10 | 1769 days | 85% |
| Maarten Simons | 9/10 | 1772 days | 85% |
| Magali Schwantke | 9/10 | 1776 days | 85% |
| Kathrin Redl | 7/10 | 1779 days | 77% |
| Luala F | 10/10 | 1780 days | 85% |
| Sebastian Heinzelmann | 8/10 | 1780 days | 81% |
| Anna Kern | 8/10 | 1780 days | 81% |
| Yoomm | 8/10 | 1787 days | 80% |
| Mark | 6/10 | 1787 days | 70% |
| Robin Stamm | 8/10 | 1787 days | 80% |
| Stephan Kirchenbaur | 7/10 | 1788 days | 77% |
| Johannes Frank | 8/10 | 1790 days | 80% |
| Tom Brien | 8/10 | 1793 days | 80% |
| Skye Brien | 10/10 | 1793 days | 84% |
| Dennis Xuereb | 8/10 | 1796 days | 80% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 1796 days | 84% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 1801 days | 76% |
| Mateusz | 8/10 | 1805 days | 79% |
| Ambrosio Loojs | 5/10 | 1825 days | 67% |
| Anna Bouteloup | 7/10 | 1825 days | 75% |
| Pauline Chailand | 9/10 | 1825 days | 83% |
| Anna Stoehr | 6/10 | 1826 days | 69% |
| Ulli | 10/10 | 1827 days | 83% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 10/10 | 1831 days | 82% |
| Philipp | 10/10 | 1833 days | 82% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 1835 days | 82% |
| Ian Hortop | 9/10 | 1837 days | 82% |
| Sara Kuenzi | 7/10 | 1842 days | 75% |
| Barna Szakacs | 9/10 | 1863 days | 81% |
| Christian Boudreau | 8/10 | 1866 days | 77% |
| Evie Sel | 9/10 | 1885 days | 80% |
| Robyn Hallowell | 10/10 | 1886 days | 80% |
| Selma Krap | 9/10 | 1886 days | 80% |
| Maxi Woedel | 9/10 | 1886 days | 80% |
| Philipp Richter | 8/10 | 1920 days | 74% |
| Katherine Halliday | 8/10 | 2148 days | 65% |
| Nina Müller | 6/10 | 2174 days | 55% |
| Katie Stillman | 7/10 | 2232 days | 58% |
| leila rowbotham | 8/10 | 2243 days | 61% |
| Polly Rider | 8/10 | 2253 days | 60% |
| Astrid Egesten | 8/10 | 2256 days | 60% |
| Alex | 7/10 | 2502 days | 47% |
| Josefin Lind | 9/10 | 2503 days | 52% |
| Herman Holmgist | 10/10 | 2503 days | 52% |
| Christina | 7/10 | 2506 days | 47% |
| Kathrin Lerch | 8/10 | 2506 days | 49% |
| Erik Nestlez | 10/10 | 2507 days | 52% |
| Sanne Meijer | 10/10 | 2507 days | 52% |
| Jenny Finch | 8/10 | 2520 days | 49% |
| Drame Mahmadou | 7/10 | 2521 days | 47% |
| Adele Grandguillot | 5/10 | 2521 days | 41% |
| Anne Haenchen | 7/10 | 2524 days | 46% |
| Kathi | 7/10 | 2524 days | 46% |
| Christine Helleiner | 9/10 | 2525 days | 51% |
| Felicitas | 9/10 | 2525 days | 51% |
| Steffen | 4/10 | 2527 days | 40% |
| Sergey Pronkin | 9/10 | 2527 days | 51% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 10/10 | 2528 days | 51% |
| Friederike Kranzin | 9/10 | 2531 days | 51% |
| Guillaume | 8/10 | 2533 days | 48% |
| Pierre Gentile | 4/10 | 2535 days | 40% |
| Jennifer Garner | 9/10 | 2537 days | 50% |
| Ian Garner | 9/10 | 2537 days | 50% |
| Marinette | 9/10 | 2539 days | 50% |
| Karel | 9/10 | 2540 days | 50% |
| Kristyna | 8/10 | 2540 days | 48% |
| Toke Frederiksen | 4/10 | 2547 days | 39% |
| Verena | 8/10 | 2551 days | 47% |
| Benjamin | 8/10 | 2551 days | 47% |
| Lars Borgaa | 8/10 | 2564 days | 47% |
| Susser | 9/10 | 2576 days | 49% |
| Chen Levin | 7/10 | 2581 days | 44% |
| Lara Mroseck | 10/10 | 2581 days | 48% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 2581 days | 48% |
| Moulou Ludonvic | 8/10 | 2588 days | 46% |
| Elisabeth Boulier | 8/10 | 2588 days | 46% |
| Mark Wiggington | 8/10 | 2852 days | 34% |
| Bertiethebus | 10/10 | 2858 days | 36% |
| Audrey Ripoche | 9/10 | 2865 days | 36% |
| Miranda | 7/10 | 2866 days | 32% |
| Bertrand Gilles | 7/10 | 2871 days | 32% |
| Debiesse | 7/10 | 2877 days | 32% |
| Galen Licht | 10/10 | 2877 days | 35% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 2887 days | 33% |
| Karina Gratz | 3/10 | 2893 days | 26% |
| Luisa | 9/10 | 2894 days | 34% |
| Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell | 10/10 | 2961 days | 31% |
| Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell | 10/10 | 2961 days | 31% |
| Nadine | 8/10 | 2961 days | 30% |
| Roux | 8/10 | 2969 days | 29% |
| Timo Maschke | 10/10 | 2970 days | 31% |
| Jackie and Brian | 8/10 | 2971 days | 29% |
| Darren Abbott | 7/10 | 2972 days | 28% |
| Alexandra van den Brack | 7/10 | 2976 days | 28% |
| Anne and John | 9/10 | 2978 days | 30% |
| Sasha and Sandra Bonavia | 10/10 | 2979 days | 30% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 2979 days | 30% |
| Denise Albrecht | 10/10 | 2983 days | 30% |
| Sally | 10/10 | 2983 days | 30% |
| Megan Child | 10/10 | 2996 days | 30% |
| Adrian Weidell | 8/10 | 3184 days | 20% |
| Jonathan Tuthill | 10/10 | 3239 days | 19% |
| Jen Sweeting | 8/10 | 3241 days | 18% |
| Johannes Mullner | 5/10 | 3244 days | 15% |
| Def Fem | 8/10 | 3249 days | 17% |
| Axel Irriger | 6/10 | 3256 days | 15% |
| Lucy Wilde | 6/10 | 3257 days | 15% |
| Dick Stewart | 7/10 | 3259 days | 16% |
| Janet | 9/10 | 3259 days | 18% |
| Lee Lloyd | 9/10 | 3264 days | 17% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 8/10 | 3265 days | 16% |
| Carl & Desiree Potter | 10/10 | 3266 days | 17% |
| John & Ray Calder | 7/10 | 3266 days | 16% |
| D Collier | 10/10 | 3267 days | 17% |
| E Smudde | 8/10 | 3267 days | 16% |
| Rachel | 9/10 | 3268 days | 17% |
| Yves & Sylvia | 8/10 | 3268 days | 16% |
| Andy Bridgman | 8/10 | 3268 days | 16% |
| Hendrik F | 8/10 | 3268 days | 16% |
| Hardy | 8/10 | 3269 days | 16% |
| Alan Findlay | 8/10 | 3269 days | 16% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 9/10 | 3271 days | 17% |
| Schweiger | 8/10 | 3278 days | 16% |
| Margaret Wendell | 8/10 | 3281 days | 16% |
| Frank & Julia | 6/10 | 3282 days | 14% |
| Bradley | 7/10 | 3328 days | 13% |
| Rene Rypkema | 7/10 | 3328 days | 13% |
| Steve & Maggie | 4/10 | 3346 days | 11% |
| Peter, Noelle & Susanne | 6/10 | 3348 days | 11% |
| Cornelia & Josef | 9/10 | 3357 days | 13% |
| Jan & Marian | 10/10 | 3357 days | 13% |
| Benjamin Meier | 8/10 | 3360 days | 12% |
| Remco te Lintum | 8/10 | 3361 days | 12% |
| P Stanton | 10/10 | 3562 days | 4% |
| Lisa Milton | 10/10 | 3582 days | 3% |
| Weez18 | 10/10 | 3589 days | 3% |
| Eric Grant | 9/10 | 3594 days | 2% |
| Eric & Liz McKean | 10/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Janice OConnor | 9/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Van Vliet | 7/10 | 3607 days | 2% |
| Walter Buschta | 10/10 | 3611 days | 2% |
| Richard Broughton | 9/10 | 3614 days | 2% |
| Ben Akin-Smith | 9/10 | 3614 days | 2% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3618 days | 1% |
| Pam & Rob Tellwright | 9/10 | 3624 days | 1% |
| Agnes McMillan | 10/10 | 3632 days | 1% |
| Gerd Pagel | 10/10 | 3633 days | 1% |
| Jill Dean | 9/10 | 3635 days | 1% |
| Katharina Dierkes | 8/10 | 3635 days | 1% |
| Saglibene | 10/10 | 3638 days | 0% |
| Jarvis and Anja | 8/10 | 3638 days | 0% |
| Derek Archibald | 9/10 | 3641 days | 0% |
| Karen Phillips | 10/10 | 3645 days | 0% |
| Isbabel | 9/10 | 3646 days | 0% |
| Fred West | 8/10 | 3647 days | 0% |
| Dizey | 10/10 | 3679 days | 23% |
| Buttie | 10/10 | 3679 days | 23% |
| Shoe | 10/10 | 3710 days | 23% |
| Wal & Lynne | 8/10 | 3914 days | 22% |
| Chris & Rob | 8/10 | 3917 days | 22% |
| davidm239 | 9/10 | 3924 days | 23% |
| Martin | 10/10 | 3924 days | 23% |
| lindam | 10/10 | 3954 days | 23% |
| hooperuk | 10/10 | 3954 days | 23% |
| Hans and Astrid | 9/10 | 3962 days | 23% |
| Kevin F | 8/10 | 3967 days | 22% |
| Theresa | 10/10 | 3973 days | 23% |
| Antoine Del | 7/10 | 3975 days | 21% |
| Tanya | 9/10 | 3978 days | 23% |
| Peter Brown | 9/10 | 3981 days | 23% |
| Susan & Richard | 10/10 | 3985 days | 23% |
| SB | 8/10 | 3987 days | 22% |
| Johan | 9/10 | 3987 days | 23% |
| Jonathan Martin | 8/10 | 3988 days | 22% |
| Tim | 8/10 | 3992 days | 22% |
| Pierre Pilon | 10/10 | 3993 days | 23% |
| Ed & Pat Mitchell | 8/10 | 3993 days | 22% |
| Ivo Braakhuis | 6/10 | 3993 days | 19% |
| Hans & Huxi | 8/10 | 3993 days | 22% |
| Mieke Knoops | 9/10 | 3995 days | 23% |
| Pascal Auber | 10/10 | 3999 days | 23% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4006 days | 23% |
| Caitriona Doyle | 10/10 | 4007 days | 23% |
| Adriane | 7/10 | 4009 days | 21% |
| Hanz | 10/10 | 4009 days | 23% |
| Pizzanelli | 8/10 | 4012 days | 22% |
| Chris Kevin | 9/10 | 4022 days | 23% |
| Elizabeth E | 8/10 | 4029 days | 22% |
| Markus | 8/10 | 4029 days | 22% |
| EA Anders | 5/10 | 4030 days | 19% |
| deanlaw | 10/10 | 4058 days | 23% |
| gemmav | 9/10 | 4059 days | 23% |
| eliertv | 7/10 | 4059 days | 21% |
| Furger | 10/10 | 4077 days | 23% |
| Chris Leach | 8/10 | 4082 days | 22% |
| Sabrina Bazin | 9/10 | 4083 days | 23% |
| Colin S | 5/10 | 4083 days | 19% |
| Bernard Misfud | 9/10 | 4086 days | 23% |
| Hansjoerg Ehrmann | 7/10 | 4086 days | 21% |
| Thorben Thede | 7/10 | 4087 days | 21% |
| Shane and Kate Wilkinson | 10/10 | 4097 days | 23% |
| arminh | 6/10 | 4098 days | 19% |
| Graham Butt | 10/10 | 4098 days | 23% |
| Dermot Bryne | 10/10 | 4098 days | 23% |
| Evan | 9/10 | 4136 days | 23% |
| miniappleses | 9/10 | 4136 days | 23% |
| arthurw | 10/10 | 4192 days | 23% |
| richardh | 9/10 | 4200 days | 23% |
| SiljaH | 5/10 | 4309 days | 19% |
| jenniferk | 10/10 | 4319 days | 23% |
| scottl | 9/10 | 4319 days | 23% |
| Colin Church | 9/10 | 4319 days | 23% |
| Marc_N | 10/10 | 4320 days | 23% |
| Andrew Biddle | 7/10 | 4321 days | 21% |
| SBlake | 8/10 | 4324 days | 22% |
| AnjaN | 10/10 | 4326 days | 23% |
| Falk | 8/10 | 4335 days | 22% |
| WiebkeS | 9/10 | 4335 days | 23% |
| AmyBarrett | 10/10 | 4335 days | 23% |
| ChrisD | 10/10 | 4335 days | 23% |
| GeraldMcNamora | 8/10 | 4335 days | 22% |
| StijnH | 8/10 | 4336 days | 22% |
| Lars Haf | 8/10 | 4337 days | 22% |
| AnjaChrist | 9/10 | 4337 days | 23% |
| Tiemen | 9/10 | 4339 days | 23% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Queen Charlotte Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
84%
The final ranking score once rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.
If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.