Ranking Score Explained
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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 Cathedral Caves Walk.
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.
Cathedral Caves Walk
Valid Reviews
43 Valid Reviews
The Cathedral Caves Walk experience has a total of 43 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 43 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 8 |
|
19% |
| 9/10 | 11 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 10 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
77.67% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Caves Walk valid reviews is 77.67% and is based on 43 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
35 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 43 valid reviews, the experience has 35 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 35 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 8 |
|
23% |
| 9/10 | 10 |
|
29% |
| 8/10 | 9 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
81.14% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Caves Walk face-to-face reviews is 81.14% and is based on 35 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
78.06%
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 | Face-to-Face | Weight | Relative Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Stovelaar | 6/10 | 1083 days | 4.17 | 86% | |
| Ane Pujol | 10/10 | 1167 days |  |
4.86 | 100% |
| Anna | 8/10 | 1191 days | |
4.57 | 94% |
| Hailey S | 10/10 | 1201 days | |
4.79 | 99% |
| Dylan Smyth | 9/10 | 1214 days | |
4.77 | 98% |
| Andy Howard | 9/10 | 1218 days | |
4.76 | 98% |
| Sharron | 8/10 | 1218 days | |
4.52 | 93% |
| Sarah Boettcher | 7/10 | 1426 days | 3.96 | 82% | |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 9/10 | 1432 days | |
4.34 | 89% |
| Stephen Timbu | 10/10 | 1434 days | |
4.34 | 89% |
| Floriane Desnoyer | 9/10 | 1434 days | |
4.34 | 89% |
| Gae Saevane | 7/10 | 1452 days | |
3.91 | 81% |
| Lena Wesselink | 7/10 | 1472 days | 3.88 | 80% | |
| Shelley | 1/10 | 1696 days | 2.79 | 57% | |
| Adriana | 6/10 | 2160 days | |
2.42 | 50% |
| Pavel Jarolimek | 3/10 | 2160 days | |
2.25 | 46% |
| Steffen | 3/10 | 2199 days | |
2.19 | 45% |
| Tobias Gehring | 9/10 | 2202 days | |
2.83 | 58% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2202 days | |
2.69 | 55% |
| Don | 5/10 | 2211 days | 2.28 | 47% | |
| Alex Artigues | 10/10 | 2245 days | |
2.75 | 57% |
| Daniel McAlpine | 7/10 | 2247 days | |
2.5 | 51% |
| Kellie | 9/10 | 2247 days | |
2.75 | 57% |
| Tom Somers | 3/10 | 2534 days | |
1.68 | 35% |
| AnnaM | 9/10 | 2548 days | 2.16 | 44% | |
| Wendy Ward | 10/10 | 2564 days | |
2.13 | 44% |
| Loesje | 8/10 | 2638 days | 1.88 | 39% | |
| K Dahmer | 10/10 | 3272 days | |
0.74 | 15% |
| Louise van der Hyden | 8/10 | 3277 days | |
0.69 | 14% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3277 days | |
0.73 | 15% |
| LandJ | 7/10 | 3279 days | 0.66 | 14% | |
| Manfred Liuduer | 9/10 | 3283 days | |
0.72 | 15% |
| Jonathon Heaney | 8/10 | 3300 days | |
0.65 | 13% |
| Bowness | 9/10 | 3631 days | |
0.04 | 1% |
| J Kempeneers | 8/10 | 3658 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| margaret Klawitter | 10/10 | 3665 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Lamb | 7/10 | 3671 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Christiane Lindenberg | 9/10 | 3681 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Hans Hoff | 10/10 | 3742 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| harryb | 8/10 | 3843 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Colin Church | 8/10 | 3978 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| VincentD | 6/10 | 4012 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Tatjane | 8/10 | 4025 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cathedral Caves Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
78%
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.