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
87.93%
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 | 1509 days | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1527 days | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1539 days | 98% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1548 days | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1605 days | 90% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1616 days | 85% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1619 days | 89% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1619 days | 94% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1624 days | 94% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1624 days | 94% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1624 days | 89% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1629 days | 89% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1629 days | 94% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1631 days | 94% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1649 days | 88% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1649 days | 88% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1652 days | 93% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1865 days | 82% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1865 days | 82% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1871 days | 81% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1874 days | 81% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1874 days | 81% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1874 days | 77% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1876 days | 77% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1876 days | 81% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1884 days | 76% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1887 days | 76% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1887 days | 81% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1887 days | 81% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1887 days | 81% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1888 days | 72% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1889 days | 80% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1889 days | 76% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1890 days | 72% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1896 days | 72% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1896 days | 80% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1898 days | 80% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1901 days | 80% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1902 days | 80% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1908 days | 79% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1914 days | 79% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1918 days | 79% |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1934 days | 78% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1966 days | 77% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1970 days | 76% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1972 days | 76% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1973 days | 76% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1977 days | 76% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1986 days | 75% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1986 days | 75% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1986 days | 75% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 2245 days | 62% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 2248 days | 56% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 2248 days | 56% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 2248 days | 62% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2292 days | 56% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2297 days | 60% |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2309 days | 59% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2331 days | 58% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2590 days | 42% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2590 days | 44% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2594 days | 39% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2594 days | 32% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2615 days | 43% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2615 days | 38% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2624 days | 43% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2624 days | 43% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2629 days | 42% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2629 days | 42% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2634 days | 40% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2634 days | 42% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2638 days | 42% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2638 days | 42% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2639 days | 37% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2639 days | 39% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2640 days | 39% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2642 days | 39% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2642 days | 39% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2642 days | 39% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2642 days | 37% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2642 days | 37% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2648 days | 41% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2649 days | 39% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2649 days | 41% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2654 days | 32% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2670 days | 36% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2670 days | 38% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2672 days | 40% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2672 days | 40% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2674 days | 40% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2677 days | 40% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2682 days | 40% |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2963 days | 25% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2975 days | 23% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2978 days | 25% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2978 days | 23% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2980 days | 24% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2981 days | 21% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2984 days | 24% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2984 days | 24% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2988 days | 22% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2992 days | 24% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2992 days | 24% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2993 days | 24% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2998 days | 23% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 3007 days | 20% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 3085 days | 19% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 3087 days | 19% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3318 days | 6% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3320 days | 7% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3328 days | 7% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3362 days | 4% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3362 days | 5% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3363 days | 2% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3365 days | 5% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3366 days | 3% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3367 days | 4% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3368 days | 4% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3369 days | 4% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3370 days | 4% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3375 days | 4% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3383 days | 3% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3395 days | 3% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3395 days | 2% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3451 days | 0% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3455 days | 0% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3664 days | 16% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3696 days | 15% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3697 days | 16% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3699 days | 16% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3702 days | 12% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3702 days | 16% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3704 days | 15% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3704 days | 15% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3706 days | 16% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3709 days | 16% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3709 days | 14% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3710 days | 14% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3710 days | 16% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3710 days | 16% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3711 days | 16% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3712 days | 16% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3713 days | 16% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3714 days | 16% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3717 days | 16% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3719 days | 16% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3722 days | 16% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3722 days | 16% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3723 days | 16% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3724 days | 15% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3730 days | 16% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3734 days | 15% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3737 days | 16% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3737 days | 15% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3739 days | 12% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3740 days | 16% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3740 days | 14% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3746 days | 16% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3997 days | 16% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3997 days | 16% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 4001 days | 16% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 4017 days | 15% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 4053 days | 15% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 4058 days | 16% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 4059 days | 16% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 4062 days | 16% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 4070 days | 16% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 4070 days | 16% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 4072 days | 16% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 4085 days | 15% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 4086 days | 16% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 4087 days | 16% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 4088 days | 16% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 4090 days | 16% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 4090 days | 12% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 4091 days | 15% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 4093 days | 16% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 4094 days | 16% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 4097 days | 15% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 4106 days | 15% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 4112 days | 15% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 4112 days | 16% |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 4117 days | 15% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 4124 days | 16% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 4167 days | 14% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 4176 days | 16% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 4197 days | 15% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4197 days | 16% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4413 days | 16% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4418 days | 15% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4418 days | 16% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4418 days | 14% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4418 days | 14% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4421 days | 15% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4527 days | 16% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4528 days | 16% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4549 days | 16% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4549 days | 16% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4616 days | 14% |
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.