Ranking Score Explained
Hello 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 | 1933 days | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1951 days | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1963 days | 98% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1972 days | 92% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 2029 days | 89% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 2040 days | 84% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 2043 days | 88% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 2043 days | 93% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 2048 days | 93% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 2048 days | 93% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 2048 days | 88% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 2053 days | 87% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 2053 days | 92% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 2055 days | 92% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 2073 days | 86% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 2073 days | 86% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 2076 days | 91% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 2289 days | 77% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 2289 days | 77% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 2295 days | 77% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 2298 days | 77% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 2298 days | 77% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 2298 days | 73% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 2300 days | 72% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 2300 days | 77% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 2308 days | 72% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 2311 days | 72% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 2311 days | 76% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 2311 days | 76% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 2311 days | 76% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 2312 days | 68% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 2313 days | 76% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 2313 days | 72% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 2314 days | 68% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 2320 days | 68% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 2320 days | 75% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 2322 days | 75% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 2325 days | 75% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 2326 days | 75% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 2332 days | 75% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 2338 days | 74% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 2342 days | 74% |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 2358 days | 73% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 2390 days | 71% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 2394 days | 71% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 2396 days | 71% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 2397 days | 71% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 2401 days | 70% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 2410 days | 70% |
| Till | 10/10 | 2410 days | 70% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 2410 days | 70% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 2669 days | 53% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 2672 days | 48% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 2672 days | 48% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 2672 days | 53% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2716 days | 47% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2721 days | 50% |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2733 days | 49% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2755 days | 48% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 3014 days | 29% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 3014 days | 31% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 3018 days | 28% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 3018 days | 22% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 3039 days | 30% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 3039 days | 26% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 3048 days | 29% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 3048 days | 29% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 3053 days | 29% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 3053 days | 29% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 3058 days | 27% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 3058 days | 29% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 3062 days | 28% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 3062 days | 28% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 3063 days | 25% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 3063 days | 27% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 3064 days | 26% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 3066 days | 26% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 3066 days | 26% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 3066 days | 26% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 3066 days | 25% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 3066 days | 25% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 3072 days | 28% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 3073 days | 26% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 3073 days | 28% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 3078 days | 21% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 3094 days | 23% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 3094 days | 25% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 3096 days | 26% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 3096 days | 26% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 3098 days | 26% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 3101 days | 26% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3106 days | 26% |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 3387 days | 8% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 3399 days | 6% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 3402 days | 7% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 3402 days | 6% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 3404 days | 7% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 3405 days | 5% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 3408 days | 7% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 3408 days | 7% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 3412 days | 6% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 3416 days | 6% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 3416 days | 6% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 3417 days | 6% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 3422 days | 6% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 3431 days | 4% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 3509 days | 0% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 3511 days | 0% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3742 days | 22% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3744 days | 24% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3752 days | 24% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3786 days | 22% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3786 days | 24% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3787 days | 18% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3789 days | 24% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3790 days | 21% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3791 days | 22% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3792 days | 24% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3793 days | 24% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3794 days | 24% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3799 days | 24% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3807 days | 22% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3819 days | 24% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3819 days | 22% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3875 days | 24% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3879 days | 24% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 4088 days | 24% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 4120 days | 22% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 4121 days | 24% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 4123 days | 24% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 4126 days | 18% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 4126 days | 24% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 4128 days | 22% |
| noname | 8/10 | 4128 days | 22% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 4130 days | 24% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 4133 days | 24% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 4133 days | 21% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 4134 days | 21% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 4134 days | 24% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 4134 days | 24% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 4135 days | 24% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 4136 days | 24% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 4137 days | 24% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 4138 days | 24% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 4141 days | 24% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 4143 days | 24% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 4146 days | 24% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 4146 days | 24% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 4147 days | 24% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 4148 days | 22% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 4154 days | 24% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 4158 days | 22% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 4161 days | 24% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 4161 days | 22% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 4163 days | 18% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 4164 days | 24% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 4164 days | 21% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 4170 days | 24% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 4421 days | 24% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 4421 days | 24% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 4425 days | 24% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 4441 days | 22% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 4477 days | 22% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 4482 days | 24% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 4483 days | 24% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 4486 days | 24% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 4494 days | 24% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 4494 days | 24% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 4496 days | 24% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 4509 days | 22% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 4510 days | 24% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 4511 days | 24% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 4512 days | 24% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 4514 days | 24% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 4514 days | 18% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 4515 days | 22% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 4517 days | 24% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 4518 days | 24% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 4521 days | 22% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 4530 days | 22% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 4536 days | 22% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 4536 days | 24% |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 4541 days | 22% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 4548 days | 24% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 4591 days | 21% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 4600 days | 24% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 4621 days | 22% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4621 days | 24% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4837 days | 24% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4842 days | 22% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4842 days | 24% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4842 days | 21% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4842 days | 21% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4845 days | 22% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4951 days | 24% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4952 days | 24% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4973 days | 24% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4973 days | 24% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 5040 days | 21% |
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 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.