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 Kepler 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.
Kepler Track
Valid Reviews
199 Valid Reviews
The Kepler Track experience has a total of 202 reviews. There are 199 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 199 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 61 |
|
31% |
| 9/10 | 63 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 47 |
|
24% |
| 7/10 | 22 |
|
11% |
| 6/10 | 5 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.44% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kepler Track valid reviews is 87.44% and is based on 199 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
195 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 199 valid reviews, the experience has 195 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 195 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 57 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 63 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 47 |
|
24% |
| 7/10 | 22 |
|
11% |
| 6/10 | 5 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.18% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kepler Track face-to-face reviews is 87.18% and is based on 195 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
87.85%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ashmore | 10/10 | 1234 days |  |
4.73 | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1252 days | |
4.69 | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1264 days | |
4.67 | 99% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1273 days | |
4.42 | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1330 days | |
4.31 | 91% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1341 days | |
4.11 | 87% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1344 days | |
4.29 | 91% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1344 days | |
4.51 | 95% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1349 days | |
4.5 | 95% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1349 days | |
4.5 | 95% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1349 days | |
4.28 | 90% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1354 days | |
4.27 | 90% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1354 days | |
4.49 | 95% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1356 days | |
4.49 | 95% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1374 days | |
4.23 | 89% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1374 days | |
4.23 | 89% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1377 days | |
4.45 | 94% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1590 days | |
4.03 | 85% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1590 days | |
4.03 | 85% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1596 days | |
4.02 | 85% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1599 days | |
4.01 | 85% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1599 days | |
4.01 | 85% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1599 days | |
3.81 | 81% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1601 days | |
3.81 | 81% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1601 days | |
4.01 | 85% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1609 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1612 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1612 days | |
3.99 | 84% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1612 days | |
3.99 | 84% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1612 days | |
3.99 | 84% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1613 days | |
3.63 | 77% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1614 days | |
3.98 | 84% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1614 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1615 days | |
3.62 | 77% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1621 days | |
3.61 | 76% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1621 days | |
3.97 | 84% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1623 days | |
3.97 | 84% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1626 days | |
3.96 | 84% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1627 days | |
3.96 | 84% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1633 days | |
3.95 | 83% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1639 days | |
3.94 | 83% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1643 days | 3.93 | 83% | |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1659 days | |
3.9 | 82% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1691 days | |
3.83 | 81% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1695 days | |
3.83 | 81% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1697 days | |
3.82 | 81% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1698 days | |
3.82 | 81% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1702 days | |
3.81 | 81% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1711 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1711 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1711 days | |
3.79 | 80% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 1970 days | |
3.29 | 70% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 1973 days | |
2.99 | 63% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 1973 days | |
2.99 | 63% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 1973 days | |
3.28 | 69% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2017 days | |
3.04 | 64% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2022 days | 3.19 | 67% | |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2034 days | |
3.16 | 67% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2056 days | |
3.12 | 66% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2315 days | |
2.48 | 52% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2315 days | |
2.61 | 55% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2319 days | |
2.37 | 50% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2319 days | |
2.01 | 42% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2340 days | |
2.56 | 54% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2340 days | |
2.33 | 49% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2349 days | |
2.55 | 54% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2349 days | |
2.55 | 54% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2354 days | |
2.54 | 54% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2354 days | |
2.54 | 54% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2359 days | |
2.4 | 51% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2359 days | |
2.53 | 53% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2363 days | |
2.52 | 53% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2363 days | |
2.52 | 53% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2364 days | |
2.29 | 48% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2364 days | |
2.39 | 51% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2365 days | |
2.39 | 51% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2367 days | |
2.39 | 50% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2367 days | |
2.39 | 50% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2367 days | |
2.39 | 50% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2367 days | |
2.28 | 48% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2367 days | |
2.28 | 48% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2373 days | |
2.5 | 53% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2374 days | |
2.37 | 50% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2374 days | |
2.5 | 53% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2379 days | |
2.06 | 44% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2395 days | |
2.23 | 47% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2395 days | |
2.33 | 49% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2397 days | |
2.45 | 52% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2397 days | |
2.45 | 52% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2399 days | |
2.45 | 52% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2402 days | |
2.44 | 52% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2407 days | 2.43 | 51% | |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2688 days | |
1.88 | 40% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2700 days | |
1.77 | 37% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2703 days | |
1.85 | 39% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2703 days | |
1.76 | 37% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2705 days | |
1.85 | 39% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2706 days | |
1.68 | 36% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2709 days | |
1.84 | 39% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2709 days | |
1.84 | 39% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2713 days | |
1.74 | 37% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2717 days | |
1.83 | 39% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2717 days | |
1.83 | 39% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2718 days | |
1.82 | 39% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2723 days | |
1.81 | 38% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 2732 days | |
1.63 | 35% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 2810 days | |
1.64 | 35% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 2812 days | |
1.64 | 35% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3043 days | |
1.13 | 24% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3045 days | |
1.18 | 25% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3053 days | |
1.17 | 25% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3087 days | |
1.05 | 22% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3087 days | |
1.1 | 23% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3088 days | |
0.91 | 19% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3090 days | |
1.1 | 23% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3091 days | |
1.0 | 21% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3092 days | |
1.04 | 22% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3093 days | |
1.09 | 23% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3094 days | |
1.09 | 23% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3095 days | |
1.09 | 23% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3100 days | |
1.08 | 23% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3108 days | |
1.01 | 21% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3120 days | |
1.04 | 22% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3120 days | |
0.99 | 21% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3176 days | |
0.93 | 20% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3180 days | |
0.92 | 19% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3389 days | |
0.51 | 11% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3421 days | |
0.43 | 9% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3422 days | |
0.45 | 9% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3424 days | |
0.44 | 9% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3427 days | |
0.36 | 8% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3427 days | |
0.44 | 9% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3429 days | |
0.41 | 9% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3429 days | |
0.41 | 9% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3431 days | |
0.43 | 9% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3434 days | |
0.42 | 9% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3434 days | |
0.38 | 8% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3435 days | |
0.38 | 8% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3435 days | |
0.42 | 9% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3435 days | |
0.42 | 9% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3436 days | |
0.42 | 9% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3437 days | |
0.42 | 9% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3438 days | |
0.41 | 9% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3439 days | |
0.41 | 9% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3442 days | |
0.41 | 9% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3444 days | |
0.4 | 9% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3447 days | |
0.4 | 8% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3447 days | |
0.4 | 8% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3448 days | |
0.4 | 8% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3449 days | |
0.37 | 8% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3455 days | |
0.38 | 8% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3459 days | |
0.36 | 8% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3462 days | |
0.37 | 8% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3462 days | |
0.35 | 7% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3464 days | |
0.3 | 6% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3465 days | |
0.36 | 8% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3465 days | |
0.33 | 7% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3471 days | |
0.35 | 7% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3722 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3722 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 3726 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 3742 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 3778 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 3783 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 3784 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3787 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 3795 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 3795 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3797 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 3810 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 3811 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 3812 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 3813 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 3815 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 3815 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 3816 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 3818 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 3819 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 3822 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 3831 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 3837 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 3837 days | 0.0 | 0% | |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 3842 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 3849 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 3892 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 3901 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 3922 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 3922 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4138 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4143 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4143 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4143 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4143 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4146 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4252 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4253 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4274 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4274 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4341 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kepler Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
88%
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.