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
87.84%
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 | 1176 days |  |
4.84 | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1194 days | |
4.81 | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1206 days | |
4.78 | 99% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1215 days | |
4.53 | 94% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1272 days | |
4.42 | 91% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1283 days | |
4.22 | 87% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1286 days | |
4.39 | 91% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1286 days | |
4.63 | 96% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1291 days | |
4.62 | 95% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1291 days | |
4.62 | 95% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1291 days | |
4.39 | 91% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1296 days | |
4.38 | 90% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1296 days | |
4.61 | 95% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1298 days | |
4.6 | 95% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1316 days | |
4.34 | 90% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1316 days | |
4.34 | 90% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1319 days | |
4.56 | 94% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1532 days | |
4.14 | 86% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1532 days | |
4.14 | 86% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1538 days | |
4.13 | 85% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1541 days | |
4.13 | 85% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1541 days | |
4.13 | 85% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1541 days | |
3.92 | 81% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1543 days | |
3.92 | 81% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1543 days | |
4.12 | 85% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1551 days | |
3.9 | 81% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1554 days | |
3.9 | 80% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1554 days | |
4.1 | 85% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1554 days | |
4.1 | 85% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1554 days | |
4.1 | 85% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1555 days | |
3.73 | 77% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1556 days | |
4.1 | 85% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1556 days | |
3.89 | 80% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1557 days | |
3.73 | 77% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1563 days | |
3.72 | 77% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1563 days | |
4.08 | 84% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1565 days | |
4.08 | 84% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1568 days | |
4.07 | 84% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1569 days | |
4.07 | 84% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1575 days | |
4.06 | 84% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1581 days | |
4.05 | 84% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1585 days | 4.04 | 83% | |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1601 days | |
4.01 | 83% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1633 days | |
3.95 | 82% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1637 days | |
3.94 | 81% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1639 days | |
3.94 | 81% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1640 days | |
3.93 | 81% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1644 days | |
3.93 | 81% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1653 days | |
3.91 | 81% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1653 days | |
3.91 | 81% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1653 days | |
3.91 | 81% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 1912 days | |
3.4 | 70% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 1915 days | |
3.09 | 64% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 1915 days | |
3.09 | 64% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 1915 days | |
3.4 | 70% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 1959 days | |
3.14 | 65% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 1964 days | 3.3 | 68% | |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 1976 days | |
3.28 | 68% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 1998 days | |
3.23 | 67% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2257 days | |
2.59 | 53% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2257 days | |
2.73 | 56% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2261 days | |
2.47 | 51% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2261 days | |
2.09 | 43% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2282 days | |
2.68 | 55% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2282 days | |
2.44 | 50% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2291 days | |
2.66 | 55% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2291 days | |
2.66 | 55% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2296 days | |
2.65 | 55% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2296 days | |
2.65 | 55% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2301 days | |
2.51 | 52% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2301 days | |
2.64 | 55% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2305 days | |
2.63 | 54% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2305 days | |
2.63 | 54% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2306 days | |
2.39 | 49% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2306 days | |
2.5 | 52% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2307 days | |
2.5 | 52% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2309 days | |
2.49 | 51% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2309 days | |
2.49 | 51% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2309 days | |
2.49 | 51% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2309 days | |
2.39 | 49% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2309 days | |
2.39 | 49% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2315 days | |
2.61 | 54% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2316 days | |
2.48 | 51% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2316 days | |
2.61 | 54% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2321 days | |
2.16 | 45% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2337 days | |
2.34 | 48% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2337 days | |
2.44 | 50% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2339 days | |
2.57 | 53% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2339 days | |
2.57 | 53% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2341 days | |
2.56 | 53% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2344 days | |
2.56 | 53% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2349 days | 2.55 | 53% | |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2630 days | |
2.0 | 41% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2642 days | |
1.87 | 39% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2645 days | |
1.97 | 41% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2645 days | |
1.87 | 39% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2647 days | |
1.96 | 41% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2648 days | |
1.78 | 37% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2651 days | |
1.95 | 40% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2651 days | |
1.95 | 40% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2655 days | |
1.85 | 38% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2659 days | |
1.94 | 40% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2659 days | |
1.94 | 40% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2660 days | |
1.94 | 40% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2665 days | |
1.93 | 40% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 2674 days | |
1.74 | 36% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 2752 days | |
1.76 | 36% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 2754 days | |
1.75 | 36% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 2985 days | |
1.24 | 26% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 2987 days | |
1.3 | 27% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 2995 days | |
1.28 | 26% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3029 days | |
1.15 | 24% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3029 days | |
1.22 | 25% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3030 days | |
1.01 | 21% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3032 days | |
1.21 | 25% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3033 days | |
1.1 | 23% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3034 days | |
1.15 | 24% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3035 days | |
1.2 | 25% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3036 days | |
1.2 | 25% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3037 days | |
1.2 | 25% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3042 days | |
1.19 | 25% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3050 days | |
1.12 | 23% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3062 days | |
1.15 | 24% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3062 days | |
1.09 | 23% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3118 days | |
1.04 | 22% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3122 days | |
1.03 | 21% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3331 days | |
0.62 | 13% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3363 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3364 days | |
0.56 | 12% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3366 days | |
0.56 | 11% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3369 days | |
0.46 | 9% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3369 days | |
0.55 | 11% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3371 days | |
0.52 | 11% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3371 days | |
0.52 | 11% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3373 days | |
0.54 | 11% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3376 days | |
0.54 | 11% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3376 days | |
0.49 | 10% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3377 days | |
0.49 | 10% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3377 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3377 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3378 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3379 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3380 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3381 days | |
0.53 | 11% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3384 days | |
0.52 | 11% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3386 days | |
0.52 | 11% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3389 days | |
0.51 | 11% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3389 days | |
0.51 | 11% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3390 days | |
0.51 | 11% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3391 days | |
0.48 | 10% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3397 days | |
0.5 | 10% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3401 days | |
0.46 | 10% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3404 days | |
0.48 | 10% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3404 days | |
0.46 | 9% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3406 days | |
0.4 | 8% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3407 days | |
0.48 | 10% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3407 days | |
0.43 | 9% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3413 days | |
0.46 | 10% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3664 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3664 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 3668 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 3684 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 3720 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 3725 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 3726 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3729 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 3737 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 3737 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3739 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 3752 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 3753 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 3754 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 3755 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 3757 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 3757 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 3758 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 3760 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 3761 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 3764 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 3773 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 3779 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 3779 days | 0.0 | 0% | |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 3784 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 3791 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 3834 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 3843 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 3864 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 3864 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4080 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4085 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4085 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4085 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4085 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4088 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4194 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4195 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4216 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4216 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4283 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.