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
87.86%
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 | 1313 days |  |
4.57 | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1331 days | |
4.54 | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1343 days | |
4.51 | 99% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1352 days | |
4.27 | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1409 days | |
4.17 | 91% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1420 days | |
3.97 | 87% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1423 days | |
4.14 | 91% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1423 days | |
4.36 | 95% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1428 days | |
4.35 | 95% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1428 days | |
4.35 | 95% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1428 days | |
4.13 | 90% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1433 days | |
4.12 | 90% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1433 days | |
4.34 | 95% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1435 days | |
4.33 | 95% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1453 days | |
4.08 | 89% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1453 days | |
4.08 | 89% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1456 days | |
4.29 | 94% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1669 days | |
3.88 | 85% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1669 days | |
3.88 | 85% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1675 days | |
3.86 | 85% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1678 days | |
3.86 | 84% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1678 days | |
3.86 | 84% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1678 days | |
3.67 | 80% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1680 days | |
3.66 | 80% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1680 days | |
3.86 | 84% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1688 days | |
3.65 | 80% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1691 days | |
3.64 | 80% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1691 days | |
3.83 | 84% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1691 days | |
3.83 | 84% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1691 days | |
3.83 | 84% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1692 days | |
3.49 | 76% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1693 days | |
3.83 | 84% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1693 days | |
3.64 | 80% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1694 days | |
3.48 | 76% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1700 days | |
3.47 | 76% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1700 days | |
3.82 | 83% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1702 days | |
3.81 | 83% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1705 days | |
3.81 | 83% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1706 days | |
3.8 | 83% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1712 days | |
3.79 | 83% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1718 days | |
3.78 | 83% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1722 days | 3.77 | 82% | |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1738 days | |
3.74 | 82% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1770 days | |
3.68 | 80% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1774 days | |
3.67 | 80% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1776 days | |
3.67 | 80% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1777 days | |
3.67 | 80% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1781 days | |
3.66 | 80% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1790 days | |
3.64 | 80% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1790 days | |
3.64 | 80% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1790 days | |
3.64 | 80% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 2049 days | |
3.13 | 69% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 2052 days | |
2.85 | 62% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 2052 days | |
2.85 | 62% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 2052 days | |
3.13 | 68% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2096 days | |
2.89 | 63% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2101 days | 3.03 | 66% | |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2113 days | |
3.01 | 66% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2135 days | |
2.96 | 65% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2394 days | |
2.34 | 51% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2394 days | |
2.46 | 54% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2398 days | |
2.23 | 49% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2398 days | |
1.89 | 41% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2419 days | |
2.41 | 53% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2419 days | |
2.19 | 48% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2428 days | |
2.39 | 52% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2428 days | |
2.39 | 52% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2433 days | |
2.38 | 52% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2433 days | |
2.38 | 52% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2438 days | |
2.25 | 49% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2438 days | |
2.37 | 52% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2442 days | |
2.36 | 52% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2442 days | |
2.36 | 52% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2443 days | |
2.15 | 47% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2443 days | |
2.24 | 49% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2444 days | |
2.24 | 49% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2446 days | |
2.24 | 49% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2446 days | |
2.24 | 49% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2446 days | |
2.24 | 49% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2446 days | |
2.14 | 47% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2446 days | |
2.14 | 47% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2452 days | |
2.34 | 51% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2453 days | |
2.23 | 49% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2453 days | |
2.34 | 51% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2458 days | |
1.94 | 42% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2474 days | |
2.09 | 46% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2474 days | |
2.19 | 48% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2476 days | |
2.3 | 50% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2476 days | |
2.3 | 50% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2478 days | |
2.29 | 50% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2481 days | |
2.29 | 50% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2486 days | 2.28 | 50% | |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2767 days | |
1.73 | 38% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2779 days | |
1.62 | 35% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2782 days | |
1.7 | 37% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2782 days | |
1.61 | 35% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2784 days | |
1.69 | 37% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2785 days | |
1.54 | 34% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2788 days | |
1.69 | 37% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2788 days | |
1.69 | 37% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2792 days | |
1.6 | 35% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2796 days | |
1.67 | 37% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2796 days | |
1.67 | 37% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2797 days | |
1.67 | 36% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2802 days | |
1.66 | 36% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 2811 days | |
1.49 | 33% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 2889 days | |
1.49 | 33% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 2891 days | |
1.49 | 32% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3122 days | |
0.98 | 21% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3124 days | |
1.03 | 23% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3132 days | |
1.01 | 22% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3166 days | |
0.9 | 20% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3166 days | |
0.95 | 21% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3167 days | |
0.78 | 17% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3169 days | |
0.94 | 21% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3170 days | |
0.85 | 19% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3171 days | |
0.89 | 19% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3172 days | |
0.94 | 20% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3173 days | |
0.93 | 20% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3174 days | |
0.93 | 20% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3179 days | |
0.92 | 20% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3187 days | |
0.86 | 19% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3199 days | |
0.88 | 19% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3199 days | |
0.84 | 18% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3255 days | |
0.77 | 17% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3259 days | |
0.77 | 17% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3468 days | |
0.36 | 8% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3500 days | |
0.28 | 6% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3501 days | |
0.29 | 6% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3503 days | |
0.29 | 6% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3506 days | |
0.23 | 5% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3506 days | |
0.28 | 6% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3508 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3508 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3510 days | |
0.27 | 6% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3513 days | |
0.27 | 6% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3513 days | |
0.24 | 5% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3514 days | |
0.24 | 5% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3514 days | |
0.27 | 6% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3514 days | |
0.27 | 6% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3515 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3516 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3517 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3518 days | |
0.26 | 6% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3521 days | |
0.25 | 6% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3523 days | |
0.25 | 5% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3526 days | |
0.24 | 5% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3526 days | |
0.24 | 5% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3527 days | |
0.24 | 5% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3528 days | |
0.23 | 5% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3534 days | |
0.23 | 5% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3538 days | |
0.21 | 5% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3541 days | |
0.21 | 5% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3541 days | |
0.2 | 4% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3543 days | |
0.17 | 4% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3544 days | |
0.21 | 5% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3544 days | |
0.19 | 4% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3550 days | |
0.2 | 4% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3801 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3801 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 3805 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 3821 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 3857 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 3862 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 3863 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3866 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 3874 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 3874 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3876 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 3889 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 3890 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 3891 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 3892 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 3894 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 3894 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 3895 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 3897 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 3898 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 3901 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 3910 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 3916 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 3916 days | 0.0 | 0% | |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 3921 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 3928 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 3971 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 3980 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 4001 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4001 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4217 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4222 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4222 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4222 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4222 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4225 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4331 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4332 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4353 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4353 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4420 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.