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 Milford 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.
Milford Track
Valid Reviews
70 Valid Reviews
The Milford Track experience has a total of 72 reviews. There are 70 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 70 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 29 |
|
41% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 13 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
89.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Milford Track valid reviews is 89.00% and is based on 70 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
66 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 70 valid reviews, the experience has 66 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 66 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 26 |
|
39% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 12 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
88.64% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Milford Track face-to-face reviews is 88.64% and is based on 66 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.18%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben H | 10/10 | 650 days | 36.38 | 100% | |
| Julian Kihnle | 10/10 | 768 days |  |
21.94 | 60% |
| Tom | 10/10 | 1015 days | |
6.01 | 17% |
| Carly Biedul | 8/10 | 1052 days | |
5.03 | 14% |
| Rhydian Templer | 10/10 | 1084 days | |
5.02 | 14% |
| Sian Templer | 9/10 | 1084 days | |
5.02 | 14% |
| Jade Templer | 10/10 | 1084 days | |
5.02 | 14% |
| Jolien | 9/10 | 1094 days | |
5.0 | 14% |
| Rebecca Holmes | 9/10 | 1095 days | |
5.0 | 14% |
| Marc Sanivan | 7/10 | 1096 days | |
4.55 | 13% |
| Nick Lancy | 9/10 | 1379 days | |
4.44 | 12% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1396 days | |
4.41 | 12% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1402 days | |
4.4 | 12% |
| Alexis Leneveu | 8/10 | 1812 days | 3.42 | 9% | |
| Fanny DeBon | 8/10 | 1834 days | |
3.38 | 9% |
| Antoine Vernay | 6/10 | 1841 days | |
2.94 | 8% |
| Hadar | 1/10 | 2115 days | |
2.19 | 6% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 2123 days | |
2.84 | 8% |
| Lopez Anandine | 9/10 | 2128 days | |
2.98 | 8% |
| Thomas Zilio | 9/10 | 2128 days | |
2.98 | 8% |
| Gilad Itzkovitz | 6/10 | 2159 days | |
2.42 | 7% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2170 days | 2.9 | 8% | |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 2173 days | |
2.89 | 8% |
| Pete Wilson | 4/10 | 2462 days | |
1.84 | 5% |
| Michal | 10/10 | 2480 days | |
2.29 | 6% |
| Armand Poulain | 8/10 | 2482 days | |
2.17 | 6% |
| Colin and Raewyn Newton | 8/10 | 2490 days | |
2.16 | 6% |
| Tobias Sowade | 8/10 | 2504 days | |
2.13 | 6% |
| Jessica Tilly | 8/10 | 2816 days | |
1.55 | 4% |
| Alan Brady | 10/10 | 2838 days | |
1.59 | 4% |
| Tinne Cis | 10/10 | 2838 days | |
1.59 | 4% |
| Fabian Germar | 9/10 | 2846 days | |
1.57 | 4% |
| Robert & Bridget Holden | 10/10 | 2850 days | |
1.57 | 4% |
| S & J McDonald | 8/10 | 2851 days | |
1.49 | 4% |
| John & Ray Calder | 8/10 | 2853 days | |
1.48 | 4% |
| Katrawa | 9/10 | 2863 days | |
1.54 | 4% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 2941 days | |
1.39 | 4% |
| Jaime Castells | 10/10 | 2941 days | |
1.39 | 4% |
| Alita Smith | 9/10 | 3179 days | |
0.92 | 3% |
| David Brown | 10/10 | 3180 days | |
0.92 | 3% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3185 days | |
0.91 | 3% |
| Jorge Martinez Gacio | 9/10 | 3187 days | |
0.91 | 2% |
| Phil Smith | 10/10 | 3191 days | |
0.9 | 2% |
| Marquardt and Bernd | 10/10 | 3193 days | |
0.89 | 2% |
| David and Karen | 9/10 | 3199 days | |
0.88 | 2% |
| Richard Broughton | 10/10 | 3201 days | |
0.88 | 2% |
| Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3202 days | |
0.88 | 2% |
| Jol Balder | 8/10 | 3223 days | |
0.79 | 2% |
| Amanda Craig | 10/10 | 3229 days | |
0.82 | 2% |
| Dr Dorthe Bossow | 10/10 | 3231 days | |
0.82 | 2% |
| JudyandAndre | 10/10 | 3266 days | 0.75 | 2% | |
| Monica Askew | 10/10 | 3489 days | |
0.32 | 1% |
| Darrell & Michelle Lamb | 9/10 | 3489 days | |
0.32 | 1% |
| Kevin & Chris | 10/10 | 3505 days | |
0.28 | 1% |
| Ian Tainsh | 10/10 | 3554 days | |
0.19 | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 3560 days | |
0.18 | 0% |
| Angela | 7/10 | 3573 days | |
0.14 | 0% |
| Wielink | 9/10 | 3580 days | |
0.14 | 0% |
| Lynette Sal | 10/10 | 3616 days | |
0.07 | 0% |
| Bill Nash | 9/10 | 3666 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Lindsay Brown | 10/10 | 3672 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Sena | 8/10 | 3672 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| X Vogel | 10/10 | 3672 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 3685 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| SophieC | 9/10 | 3901 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Wight | 10/10 | 3904 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Viktoria Stoffel | 9/10 | 3913 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Joel | 9/10 | 3926 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Dianne | 8/10 | 4015 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Rebekka | 10/10 | 4033 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Milford Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
91%
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.