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 | 1072 days |  |
5.08 | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1090 days | |
5.0 | 98% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1102 days | |
4.99 | 98% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1111 days | |
4.72 | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1168 days | |
4.61 | 91% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1179 days | |
4.4 | 87% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1182 days | |
4.59 | 90% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1182 days | |
4.83 | 95% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1187 days | |
4.82 | 95% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1187 days | |
4.82 | 95% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1187 days | |
4.58 | 90% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1192 days | |
4.57 | 90% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1192 days | |
4.81 | 95% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1194 days | |
4.81 | 95% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1212 days | |
4.53 | 89% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1212 days | |
4.53 | 89% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1215 days | |
4.77 | 94% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1428 days | |
4.35 | 86% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1428 days | |
4.35 | 86% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1434 days | |
4.34 | 85% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1437 days | |
4.33 | 85% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1437 days | |
4.33 | 85% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1437 days | |
4.11 | 81% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1439 days | |
4.11 | 81% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1439 days | |
4.33 | 85% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1447 days | |
4.1 | 81% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1450 days | |
4.09 | 80% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1450 days | |
4.31 | 85% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1450 days | |
4.31 | 85% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1450 days | |
4.31 | 85% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1451 days | |
3.92 | 77% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1452 days | |
4.3 | 85% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1452 days | |
4.09 | 80% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1453 days | |
3.91 | 77% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1459 days | |
3.9 | 77% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1459 days | |
4.29 | 84% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1461 days | |
4.28 | 84% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1464 days | |
4.28 | 84% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1465 days | |
4.28 | 84% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1471 days | |
4.26 | 84% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1477 days | |
4.25 | 84% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1481 days | 4.24 | 83% | |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1497 days | |
4.21 | 83% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1529 days | |
4.15 | 82% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1533 days | |
4.14 | 81% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1535 days | |
4.14 | 81% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1536 days | |
4.14 | 81% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1540 days | |
4.13 | 81% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1549 days | |
4.11 | 81% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1549 days | |
4.11 | 81% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1549 days | |
4.11 | 81% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 1808 days | |
3.6 | 71% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 1811 days | |
3.27 | 64% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 1811 days | |
3.27 | 64% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 1811 days | |
3.6 | 71% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 1855 days | |
3.34 | 66% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 1860 days | 3.5 | 69% | |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 1872 days | |
3.48 | 68% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 1894 days | |
3.44 | 68% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2153 days | |
2.78 | 55% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2153 days | |
2.93 | 58% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2157 days | |
2.66 | 52% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2157 days | |
2.25 | 44% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2178 days | |
2.88 | 57% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2178 days | |
2.62 | 52% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2187 days | |
2.86 | 56% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2187 days | |
2.86 | 56% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2192 days | |
2.85 | 56% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2192 days | |
2.85 | 56% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2197 days | |
2.7 | 53% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2197 days | |
2.84 | 56% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2201 days | |
2.84 | 56% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2201 days | |
2.84 | 56% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2202 days | |
2.58 | 51% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2202 days | |
2.69 | 53% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2203 days | |
2.69 | 53% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2205 days | |
2.69 | 53% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2205 days | |
2.69 | 53% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2205 days | |
2.69 | 53% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2205 days | |
2.57 | 51% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2205 days | |
2.57 | 51% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2211 days | |
2.82 | 55% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2212 days | |
2.67 | 53% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2212 days | |
2.81 | 55% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2217 days | |
2.33 | 46% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2233 days | |
2.52 | 50% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2233 days | |
2.63 | 52% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2235 days | |
2.77 | 54% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2235 days | |
2.77 | 54% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2237 days | |
2.77 | 54% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2240 days | |
2.76 | 54% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2245 days | 2.75 | 54% | |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2526 days | |
2.2 | 43% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2538 days | |
2.07 | 41% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2541 days | |
2.17 | 43% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2541 days | |
2.06 | 41% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2543 days | |
2.17 | 43% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2544 days | |
1.97 | 39% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2547 days | |
2.16 | 42% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2547 days | |
2.16 | 42% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2551 days | |
2.04 | 40% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2555 days | |
2.14 | 42% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2555 days | |
2.14 | 42% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2556 days | |
2.14 | 42% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2561 days | |
2.13 | 42% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 2570 days | |
1.92 | 38% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 2648 days | |
1.96 | 39% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 2650 days | |
1.96 | 38% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 2881 days | |
1.43 | 28% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 2883 days | |
1.5 | 30% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 2891 days | |
1.49 | 29% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 2925 days | |
1.35 | 27% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 2925 days | |
1.42 | 28% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 2926 days | |
1.18 | 23% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 2928 days | |
1.41 | 28% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 2929 days | |
1.28 | 25% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 2930 days | |
1.34 | 26% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 2931 days | |
1.41 | 28% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 2932 days | |
1.41 | 28% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 2933 days | |
1.4 | 28% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 2938 days | |
1.39 | 27% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 2946 days | |
1.31 | 26% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 2958 days | |
1.35 | 27% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 2958 days | |
1.29 | 25% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3014 days | |
1.24 | 24% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3018 days | |
1.24 | 24% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3227 days | |
0.83 | 16% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3259 days | |
0.73 | 14% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3260 days | |
0.76 | 15% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3262 days | |
0.76 | 15% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3265 days | |
0.63 | 12% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3265 days | |
0.75 | 15% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3267 days | |
0.71 | 14% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3267 days | |
0.71 | 14% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3269 days | |
0.75 | 15% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3272 days | |
0.74 | 15% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3272 days | |
0.67 | 13% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3273 days | |
0.67 | 13% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3273 days | |
0.74 | 15% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3273 days | |
0.74 | 15% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3274 days | |
0.74 | 14% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3275 days | |
0.73 | 14% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3276 days | |
0.73 | 14% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3277 days | |
0.73 | 14% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3280 days | |
0.72 | 14% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3282 days | |
0.72 | 14% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3285 days | |
0.71 | 14% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3285 days | |
0.71 | 14% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3286 days | |
0.71 | 14% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3287 days | |
0.67 | 13% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3293 days | |
0.7 | 14% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3297 days | |
0.66 | 13% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3300 days | |
0.68 | 13% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3300 days | |
0.65 | 13% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3302 days | |
0.57 | 11% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3303 days | |
0.68 | 13% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3303 days | |
0.62 | 12% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3309 days | |
0.67 | 13% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3560 days | |
0.18 | 3% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3560 days | |
0.18 | 3% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 3564 days | |
0.17 | 3% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 3580 days | |
0.13 | 3% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 3616 days | |
0.06 | 1% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 3621 days | |
0.06 | 1% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 3622 days | |
0.05 | 1% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3625 days | |
0.05 | 1% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 3633 days | |
0.03 | 1% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 3633 days | |
0.03 | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3635 days | |
0.03 | 1% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 3648 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 3649 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 3650 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 3651 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 3653 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 3653 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 3654 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 3656 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 3657 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 3660 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 3669 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 3675 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 3675 days | 0.0 | 0% | |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 3680 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 3687 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 3730 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 3739 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 3760 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 3760 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 3976 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 3981 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 3981 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 3981 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3981 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 3984 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4090 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4091 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4112 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4112 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4179 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.