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
87.97%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ashmore | 10/10 | 1719 days | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1737 days | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1749 days | 98% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1758 days | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1815 days | 90% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1826 days | 86% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1829 days | 89% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1829 days | 94% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1834 days | 94% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1834 days | 94% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1834 days | 89% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1839 days | 89% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1839 days | 94% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1841 days | 94% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1859 days | 88% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1859 days | 88% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1862 days | 92% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 2075 days | 81% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 2075 days | 81% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 2081 days | 81% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 2084 days | 81% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 2084 days | 81% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 2084 days | 77% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 2086 days | 76% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 2086 days | 81% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 2094 days | 76% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 2097 days | 76% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 2097 days | 80% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 2097 days | 80% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 2097 days | 80% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 2098 days | 73% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 2099 days | 80% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 2099 days | 76% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 2100 days | 72% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 2106 days | 72% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 2106 days | 80% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 2108 days | 79% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 2111 days | 79% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 2112 days | 79% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 2118 days | 79% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 2124 days | 79% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 2128 days | 78% |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 2144 days | 77% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 2176 days | 76% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 2180 days | 76% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 2182 days | 75% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 2183 days | 75% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 2187 days | 75% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 2196 days | 75% |
| Till | 10/10 | 2196 days | 75% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 2196 days | 75% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 2455 days | 61% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 2458 days | 55% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 2458 days | 55% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 2458 days | 61% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2502 days | 55% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2507 days | 58% |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2519 days | 58% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2541 days | 56% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2800 days | 41% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2800 days | 43% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2804 days | 39% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2804 days | 32% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2825 days | 41% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2825 days | 37% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2834 days | 41% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2834 days | 41% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2839 days | 41% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2839 days | 41% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2844 days | 38% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2844 days | 40% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2848 days | 40% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2848 days | 40% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2849 days | 36% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2849 days | 38% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2850 days | 38% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2852 days | 38% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2852 days | 38% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2852 days | 38% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2852 days | 36% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2852 days | 36% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2858 days | 40% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2859 days | 38% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2859 days | 40% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2864 days | 32% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2880 days | 35% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2880 days | 36% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2882 days | 38% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2882 days | 38% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2884 days | 38% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2887 days | 38% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2892 days | 38% |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 3173 days | 23% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 3185 days | 21% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 3188 days | 22% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 3188 days | 21% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 3190 days | 22% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 3191 days | 20% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 3194 days | 22% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 3194 days | 22% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 3198 days | 20% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 3202 days | 21% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 3202 days | 21% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 3203 days | 21% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 3208 days | 21% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 3217 days | 19% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 3295 days | 17% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 3297 days | 16% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3528 days | 4% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3530 days | 4% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3538 days | 4% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3573 days | 1% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3575 days | 2% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3576 days | 1% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3577 days | 1% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3578 days | 2% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3579 days | 1% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3580 days | 1% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3585 days | 1% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3593 days | 1% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3605 days | 0% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3605 days | 0% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3661 days | 25% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3665 days | 25% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3874 days | 25% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3906 days | 23% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3907 days | 25% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3909 days | 25% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3912 days | 20% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3912 days | 25% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3914 days | 23% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3914 days | 23% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3916 days | 25% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3919 days | 25% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3919 days | 22% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3920 days | 22% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3920 days | 25% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3920 days | 25% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3921 days | 25% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3922 days | 25% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3923 days | 25% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3924 days | 25% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3927 days | 25% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3929 days | 25% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3932 days | 25% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3932 days | 25% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3933 days | 25% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3934 days | 23% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3940 days | 25% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3944 days | 23% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3947 days | 25% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3947 days | 23% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3949 days | 20% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3950 days | 25% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3950 days | 22% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3956 days | 25% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 4207 days | 25% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 4207 days | 25% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 4211 days | 25% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 4227 days | 23% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 4263 days | 23% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 4268 days | 25% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 4269 days | 25% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 4272 days | 25% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 4280 days | 25% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 4280 days | 25% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 4282 days | 25% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 4295 days | 23% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 4296 days | 25% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 4297 days | 25% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 4298 days | 25% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 4300 days | 25% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 4300 days | 20% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 4301 days | 23% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 4303 days | 25% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 4304 days | 25% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 4307 days | 23% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 4316 days | 23% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 4322 days | 23% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 4322 days | 25% |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 4327 days | 23% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 4334 days | 25% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 4377 days | 22% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 4386 days | 25% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 4407 days | 23% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4407 days | 25% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4623 days | 25% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4628 days | 23% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4628 days | 25% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4628 days | 22% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4628 days | 22% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4631 days | 23% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4737 days | 25% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4738 days | 25% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4759 days | 25% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4759 days | 25% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4826 days | 22% |
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.