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 Rob Roy 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.
Rob Roy Track
Valid Reviews
130 Valid Reviews
The Rob Roy Track experience has a total of 131 reviews. There are 130 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 130 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 61 |
|
47% |
| 9/10 | 44 |
|
34% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
12% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.54% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rob Roy Track valid reviews is 91.54% and is based on 130 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
119 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 130 valid reviews, the experience has 119 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 119 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 55 |
|
46% |
| 9/10 | 39 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
13% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.18% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rob Roy Track face-to-face reviews is 91.18% and is based on 119 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
92.83%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Caboche | 10/10 | 1887 days | 100% |
| Wolf | 10/10 | 1938 days | 97% |
| Sylvie Meganck | 10/10 | 1938 days | 97% |
| Ylva Teleman | 10/10 | 1944 days | 97% |
| Sylvie Meganck | 10/10 | 1948 days | 96% |
| Martin Marek | 10/10 | 1956 days | 96% |
| Felicity Hughes | 9/10 | 1989 days | 94% |
| Alex Hah | 10/10 | 1990 days | 94% |
| James Macguire | 10/10 | 1990 days | 94% |
| Nathalie | 10/10 | 2032 days | 91% |
| Simon | 10/10 | 2032 days | 91% |
| Janina | 9/10 | 2050 days | 90% |
| Denis Schall | 10/10 | 2058 days | 90% |
| Charlotte Molesworth | 9/10 | 2064 days | 89% |
| Marc | 10/10 | 2065 days | 89% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 2070 days | 89% |
| MARK CURPHEY | 10/10 | 2079 days | 88% |
| Diego Casanova | 10/10 | 2079 days | 88% |
| Cat Johnston | 10/10 | 2079 days | 88% |
| James Jackson | 10/10 | 2080 days | 88% |
| Maura O'Connell | 10/10 | 2084 days | 88% |
| Steve Smith | 8/10 | 2286 days | 72% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 2287 days | 72% |
| Cecile | 9/10 | 2287 days | 76% |
| Daniel Idiart | 10/10 | 2298 days | 75% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 2299 days | 68% |
| Milan Maiwald | 9/10 | 2300 days | 75% |
| Gessica | 8/10 | 2302 days | 71% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 7/10 | 2304 days | 67% |
| Chao Lai | 9/10 | 2304 days | 75% |
| Anika D | 9/10 | 2304 days | 75% |
| Dominique | 6/10 | 2305 days | 61% |
| Jiri Sojka | 10/10 | 2309 days | 74% |
| Jana Formankoua | 9/10 | 2309 days | 74% |
| Clotilde Graziani | 10/10 | 2311 days | 74% |
| Johannes Eisel | 9/10 | 2311 days | 74% |
| Sydney Lupton | 5/10 | 2316 days | 58% |
| Joaquin Gruffat | 9/10 | 2320 days | 74% |
| Lili Souris | 10/10 | 2323 days | 73% |
| Elodie Bardolle | 8/10 | 2323 days | 69% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 2338 days | 73% |
| Sara and Antoine | 9/10 | 2368 days | 71% |
| Hannah Stiles | 10/10 | 2368 days | 71% |
| Monika Dippel | 10/10 | 2388 days | 70% |
| Nicole and Elliott | 10/10 | 2404 days | 69% |
| Elisabet Millet | 10/10 | 2409 days | 68% |
| Graham Lighner | 10/10 | 2415 days | 68% |
| Danica Vrsaljko | 10/10 | 2666 days | 53% |
| Markus Johannes | 9/10 | 2666 days | 53% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 2695 days | 51% |
| Finn and Melanie Lorbeer | 10/10 | 2701 days | 50% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 2753 days | 47% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2753 days | 47% |
| Shelly Weissbrem | 10/10 | 2770 days | 46% |
| Julie | 9/10 | 2799 days | 44% |
| Marilyn Nadeau | 9/10 | 2984 days | 33% |
| Helen Olsson | 10/10 | 3021 days | 31% |
| Max Backelandt | 9/10 | 3024 days | 31% |
| Marie Toulemonde | 10/10 | 3024 days | 31% |
| Chris Handley | 9/10 | 3041 days | 30% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 3041 days | 28% |
| Igor | 9/10 | 3045 days | 30% |
| Olivier Carval | 9/10 | 3047 days | 29% |
| Francisco Pablo Miguel | 8/10 | 3070 days | 26% |
| Gal Bero | 10/10 | 3107 days | 26% |
| Daniel McAlpine | 10/10 | 3109 days | 26% |
| Kellie | 10/10 | 3109 days | 26% |
| Jitka Krejcova | 10/10 | 3396 days | 8% |
| Michal Sturma | 10/10 | 3396 days | 8% |
| Raelene Vine | 9/10 | 3410 days | 7% |
| Petra Blumberg | 9/10 | 3416 days | 7% |
| Guillot | 9/10 | 3417 days | 7% |
| Fraser Goldsmith | 10/10 | 3434 days | 6% |
| Jacquemard | 8/10 | 3505 days | 1% |
| Karsten Meyer | 9/10 | 3515 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 3530 days | 0% |
| Rien | 8/10 | 3767 days | 22% |
| Carole Carter | 10/10 | 3767 days | 24% |
| Daniel Patricia | 8/10 | 3778 days | 22% |
| Sam | 10/10 | 3779 days | 24% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 3784 days | 24% |
| Karin Laurev | 10/10 | 3784 days | 24% |
| Mike & Jennie | 9/10 | 3786 days | 24% |
| Lyn Deavin | 6/10 | 3787 days | 19% |
| Diane Moss | 7/10 | 3789 days | 21% |
| Kurt & Noemi Buhler | 9/10 | 3799 days | 24% |
| Frank & Julia | 9/10 | 3803 days | 24% |
| budge69 | 10/10 | 3804 days | 24% |
| Mike1952 | 9/10 | 3804 days | 24% |
| Urban Reifler | 9/10 | 3815 days | 24% |
| Kaelin | 10/10 | 3880 days | 24% |
| Scott & Madeleine Bancroft | 10/10 | 3886 days | 24% |
| Allison Meyoz | 8/10 | 4086 days | 22% |
| Fontvieille | 5/10 | 4093 days | 18% |
| Marc Edwards | 9/10 | 4099 days | 24% |
| Ken Talan | 10/10 | 4106 days | 24% |
| Laurent Pouvreau | 10/10 | 4113 days | 24% |
| Matthias Joos | 9/10 | 4130 days | 24% |
| Ann-Kathrin Auditor | 10/10 | 4135 days | 24% |
| Mannebach & Siejert | 8/10 | 4138 days | 22% |
| Laurent Michon | 8/10 | 4139 days | 22% |
| Brendan Dunn | 9/10 | 4141 days | 24% |
| Carmel | 8/10 | 4145 days | 22% |
| Sandra | 9/10 | 4146 days | 24% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 10/10 | 4161 days | 24% |
| Tom Hill | 8/10 | 4164 days | 22% |
| Darrell & Michelle Lamb | 9/10 | 4423 days | 24% |
| Ann Michle | 10/10 | 4426 days | 24% |
| Inbar Yizhar Barnea | 9/10 | 4494 days | 24% |
| David Morton | 9/10 | 4508 days | 24% |
| Paula Martinez | 10/10 | 4509 days | 24% |
| Chris el capitan | 10/10 | 4511 days | 24% |
| Huber | 10/10 | 4528 days | 24% |
| Dick Rosman | 9/10 | 4530 days | 24% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 4532 days | 24% |
| Jeremy & Sarah Rind | 6/10 | 4533 days | 19% |
| S Luis Van Oler | 8/10 | 4539 days | 22% |
| mariekef | 9/10 | 4580 days | 24% |
| simonbo | 10/10 | 4580 days | 24% |
| alasiac | 10/10 | 4596 days | 24% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 4607 days | 24% |
| johanw | 9/10 | 4712 days | 24% |
| linus | 9/10 | 4722 days | 24% |
| AndreaT | 10/10 | 4836 days | 24% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4840 days | 21% |
| Philipp | 9/10 | 4840 days | 24% |
| Enno Brehm | 9/10 | 4852 days | 24% |
| HovingL | 10/10 | 4852 days | 24% |
| Gillian | 8/10 | 4860 days | 22% |
| kempt | 10/10 | 5205 days | 24% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Rob Roy Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
93%
The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and 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.