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
87.97%
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 | 1401 days | 100% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 1419 days | 99% |
| Laureri Foster | 10/10 | 1431 days | 99% |
| Tomas Kotul | 8/10 | 1440 days | 93% |
| Dubrulle | 8/10 | 1497 days | 91% |
| Sabrina Kulikar | 7/10 | 1508 days | 87% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 8/10 | 1511 days | 90% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 1511 days | 95% |
| Elien Dauwe | 9/10 | 1516 days | 95% |
| Simon Dauwe | 9/10 | 1516 days | 95% |
| Mona Uttendorf | 8/10 | 1516 days | 90% |
| Luke | 8/10 | 1521 days | 90% |
| Kat | 9/10 | 1521 days | 95% |
| Nanda Dyke | 9/10 | 1523 days | 95% |
| Justine Langero | 8/10 | 1541 days | 89% |
| Thomas | 8/10 | 1541 days | 89% |
| Thomas Nolwenn | 9/10 | 1544 days | 94% |
| Nele Foerske | 9/10 | 1757 days | 84% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 1757 days | 84% |
| Matej Trampzer | 9/10 | 1763 days | 84% |
| Rebecca Grant | 10/10 | 1766 days | 84% |
| Sarah Grant | 9/10 | 1766 days | 84% |
| Holly Cooper | 8/10 | 1766 days | 79% |
| Josh Legge | 8/10 | 1768 days | 79% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 9/10 | 1768 days | 84% |
| Selina | 8/10 | 1776 days | 79% |
| Radim Halasz | 8/10 | 1779 days | 79% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 9/10 | 1779 days | 83% |
| Jiri Sojka | 9/10 | 1779 days | 83% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 1779 days | 83% |
| Rossella | 7/10 | 1780 days | 76% |
| Johannes Eisel | 10/10 | 1781 days | 83% |
| Alexander Mattea | 8/10 | 1781 days | 79% |
| Anouk Jongsma | 7/10 | 1782 days | 75% |
| Lukas Havlicek | 7/10 | 1788 days | 75% |
| Art Ruisenor | 10/10 | 1788 days | 83% |
| Matias Santos | 10/10 | 1790 days | 83% |
| Munne | 9/10 | 1793 days | 82% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 1794 days | 82% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1800 days | 82% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1806 days | 82% |
| magdalena gomez haedo | 10/10 | 1810 days | 82% |
| Brandon Patton | 10/10 | 1826 days | 81% |
| Anais Boileau | 10/10 | 1858 days | 80% |
| Martin Bakker | 9/10 | 1862 days | 79% |
| Kelsey Austin | 9/10 | 1864 days | 79% |
| Thomas Stuber | 9/10 | 1865 days | 79% |
| Ludo and Cha | 9/10 | 1869 days | 79% |
| Falko | 10/10 | 1878 days | 79% |
| Till | 10/10 | 1878 days | 79% |
| Alan West | 10/10 | 1878 days | 79% |
| Coralie Ambrosino | 9/10 | 2137 days | 67% |
| Katharina Block | 7/10 | 2140 days | 61% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 7/10 | 2140 days | 61% |
| Tarillon Family | 9/10 | 2140 days | 67% |
| Martin Kroek | 8/10 | 2184 days | 62% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 10/10 | 2189 days | 65% |
| Judi Gilchrist | 10/10 | 2201 days | 64% |
| Samuel Tohko | 10/10 | 2223 days | 63% |
| Nikolas Gut | 8/10 | 2482 days | 49% |
| Anja Weppler | 9/10 | 2482 days | 52% |
| Charlotte | 7/10 | 2486 days | 47% |
| Vuillermet | 3/10 | 2486 days | 40% |
| Annika Marz | 9/10 | 2507 days | 51% |
| Julian Zeissler | 7/10 | 2507 days | 46% |
| Daniel Robledo | 9/10 | 2516 days | 50% |
| Maria Camen Santos Lopez | 10/10 | 2516 days | 50% |
| Linus Larsson | 9/10 | 2521 days | 50% |
| Radana Dlouha | 10/10 | 2521 days | 50% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 8/10 | 2526 days | 47% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 2526 days | 50% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 10/10 | 2530 days | 50% |
| Marion Busch | 10/10 | 2530 days | 50% |
| Natalie Boehm | 7/10 | 2531 days | 45% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 2531 days | 47% |
| Thomas Zilio | 8/10 | 2532 days | 47% |
| Tobias Gehring | 8/10 | 2534 days | 47% |
| Felix Brettner | 8/10 | 2534 days | 47% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 2534 days | 47% |
| Max Stein | 7/10 | 2534 days | 45% |
| Simon Tanguy | 7/10 | 2534 days | 45% |
| David Krasner | 9/10 | 2540 days | 49% |
| G Ballard | 8/10 | 2541 days | 47% |
| F Ballard | 9/10 | 2541 days | 49% |
| Alexis Redor | 6/10 | 2546 days | 40% |
| Ludvig Fagerstrom | 7/10 | 2562 days | 44% |
| Johanna Bak | 8/10 | 2562 days | 46% |
| Doran Swartz | 10/10 | 2564 days | 48% |
| Guy David | 9/10 | 2564 days | 48% |
| Martin Thibaut | 10/10 | 2566 days | 48% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2569 days | 48% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2574 days | 48% |
| Omri Ifrsh | 9/10 | 2855 days | 35% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 8/10 | 2867 days | 33% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 10/10 | 2870 days | 34% |
| Luise Fuchs | 8/10 | 2870 days | 33% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2872 days | 34% |
| Christian | 7/10 | 2873 days | 31% |
| Joshua Perry | 10/10 | 2876 days | 34% |
| Molly Ladd | 9/10 | 2876 days | 34% |
| Sabisch Moritz | 8/10 | 2880 days | 32% |
| Karina Gratz | 9/10 | 2884 days | 34% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 2884 days | 34% |
| Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 2885 days | 34% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2890 days | 33% |
| Veronica and Jordi | 7/10 | 2899 days | 30% |
| Alex Laidlaw | 10/10 | 2977 days | 30% |
| Oliver Kalmbach | 9/10 | 2979 days | 29% |
| Stuart Arrol | 8/10 | 3210 days | 18% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3212 days | 19% |
| Monika Kneidl | 10/10 | 3220 days | 19% |
| Les Barnes | 8/10 | 3254 days | 16% |
| Carolee Webster | 10/10 | 3254 days | 17% |
| Beeny | 6/10 | 3255 days | 14% |
| Karin | 9/10 | 3257 days | 17% |
| Ken | 7/10 | 3258 days | 15% |
| Uwe Henze | 8/10 | 3259 days | 16% |
| John A Jerome | 9/10 | 3260 days | 17% |
| Cindy & Glen Kerunsky | 10/10 | 3261 days | 17% |
| Fannette Peyreplane | 10/10 | 3262 days | 17% |
| Nikita Sue | 9/10 | 3267 days | 17% |
| Francis Corrigan | 8/10 | 3275 days | 15% |
| Monika & Roger | 9/10 | 3287 days | 16% |
| Jackie & Ray | 8/10 | 3287 days | 15% |
| Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 3343 days | 13% |
| Berry | 9/10 | 3347 days | 13% |
| Jasmin Loeffler | 9/10 | 3556 days | 4% |
| Faith Whitcraft | 8/10 | 3588 days | 2% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3589 days | 2% |
| Sarah and Uli Glas | 10/10 | 3591 days | 2% |
| Anezka Hlavacova | 6/10 | 3594 days | 2% |
| Marii Joekalda | 10/10 | 3594 days | 2% |
| Chrissy Crebas | 8/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| noname | 8/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| Dave Lidgard | 9/10 | 3598 days | 2% |
| Martin Vitiello | 9/10 | 3601 days | 2% |
| Stefan Mudl | 7/10 | 3601 days | 1% |
| Tara Koenig | 7/10 | 3602 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Johnston | 10/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Fabrizio Consolini | 10/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Bruce & Elaine Chote | 9/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 3604 days | 2% |
| Lisa Lovebarge | 9/10 | 3605 days | 1% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3606 days | 1% |
| Alan Munday | 9/10 | 3609 days | 1% |
| Silvia Schmutz | 10/10 | 3611 days | 1% |
| Grumbach | 9/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3615 days | 1% |
| Camilla Andersson | 8/10 | 3616 days | 1% |
| Manfred & Gabi | 9/10 | 3622 days | 1% |
| Martin Current | 8/10 | 3626 days | 0% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3629 days | 0% |
| Cheryl | 8/10 | 3629 days | 0% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 6/10 | 3631 days | 0% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 3632 days | 0% |
| Ainoa Salazar Lozano | 7/10 | 3632 days | 0% |
| Doris Neuber | 10/10 | 3638 days | 0% |
| Chris | 9/10 | 3889 days | 22% |
| Sabine | 10/10 | 3889 days | 22% |
| Dud Grossmann | 10/10 | 3893 days | 22% |
| Kevin & Chris | 8/10 | 3909 days | 21% |
| philaus | 8/10 | 3945 days | 21% |
| Jess | 10/10 | 3950 days | 22% |
| Martina Pankova | 10/10 | 3951 days | 22% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3954 days | 22% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 3962 days | 22% |
| Russell & Barbara Gilmour | 9/10 | 3962 days | 22% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3964 days | 22% |
| Dutertre Annaboue | 8/10 | 3977 days | 21% |
| Nicky and Andy Prescott | 9/10 | 3978 days | 22% |
| Colby Smythe | 10/10 | 3979 days | 22% |
| Richard | 9/10 | 3980 days | 22% |
| Hans Suess | 9/10 | 3982 days | 22% |
| John Cox | 6/10 | 3982 days | 18% |
| Matthiis & Femke | 8/10 | 3983 days | 21% |
| Sheila Morgan | 9/10 | 3985 days | 22% |
| M Sicard | 9/10 | 3986 days | 22% |
| Ilst De | 8/10 | 3989 days | 21% |
| A Southwood | 8/10 | 3998 days | 21% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 4004 days | 21% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 4004 days | 22% |
| Jessica | 8/10 | 4009 days | 21% |
| Anne Heriot | 10/10 | 4016 days | 22% |
| foucherm | 7/10 | 4059 days | 20% |
| Stefan Lua | 10/10 | 4068 days | 22% |
| anne p | 8/10 | 4089 days | 21% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4089 days | 22% |
| HansH1 | 9/10 | 4305 days | 22% |
| geoffelizabeth | 8/10 | 4310 days | 21% |
| annysp | 10/10 | 4310 days | 22% |
| JasminA | 7/10 | 4310 days | 20% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 4310 days | 20% |
| Jelle | 8/10 | 4313 days | 21% |
| Dianne | 9/10 | 4419 days | 22% |
| JulianeH | 10/10 | 4420 days | 22% |
| Charlotta Halfwordson | 10/10 | 4441 days | 22% |
| Josefine | 10/10 | 4441 days | 22% |
| Sascha | 7/10 | 4508 days | 20% |
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.