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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.
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.
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.
89.30%
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Ben H | 10/10 | 1141 days | 100% |
Julian Kihnle | 10/10 | 1259 days | 95% |
Tom | 10/10 | 1506 days | 84% |
Carly Biedul | 8/10 | 1543 days | 78% |
Rhydian Templer | 10/10 | 1575 days | 81% |
Sian Templer | 9/10 | 1575 days | 81% |
Jade Templer | 10/10 | 1575 days | 81% |
Jolien | 9/10 | 1585 days | 81% |
Rebecca Holmes | 9/10 | 1586 days | 81% |
Marc Sanivan | 7/10 | 1587 days | 72% |
Nick Lancy | 9/10 | 1870 days | 68% |
Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1887 days | 67% |
Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1893 days | 67% |
Alexis Leneveu | 8/10 | 2303 days | 46% |
Fanny DeBon | 8/10 | 2325 days | 45% |
Antoine Vernay | 6/10 | 2332 days | 38% |
Hadar | 1/10 | 2606 days | 24% |
Juliane | 8/10 | 2614 days | 33% |
Lopez Anandine | 9/10 | 2619 days | 35% |
Thomas Zilio | 9/10 | 2619 days | 35% |
Gilad Itzkovitz | 6/10 | 2650 days | 27% |
Alex | 10/10 | 2661 days | 34% |
Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 2664 days | 34% |
Pete Wilson | 4/10 | 2953 days | 15% |
Michal | 10/10 | 2971 days | 20% |
Armand Poulain | 8/10 | 2973 days | 19% |
Colin and Raewyn Newton | 8/10 | 2981 days | 18% |
Tobias Sowade | 8/10 | 2995 days | 18% |
Jessica Tilly | 8/10 | 3307 days | 5% |
Alan Brady | 10/10 | 3329 days | 4% |
Tinne Cis | 10/10 | 3329 days | 4% |
Fabian Germar | 9/10 | 3337 days | 4% |
Robert & Bridget Holden | 10/10 | 3341 days | 4% |
S & J McDonald | 8/10 | 3342 days | 3% |
John & Ray Calder | 8/10 | 3344 days | 3% |
Katrawa | 9/10 | 3354 days | 3% |
Anna Bret | 9/10 | 3432 days | 0% |
Jaime Castells | 10/10 | 3432 days | 0% |
Alita Smith | 9/10 | 3670 days | 13% |
David Brown | 10/10 | 3671 days | 13% |
R Tearle | 9/10 | 3676 days | 13% |
Jorge Martinez Gacio | 9/10 | 3678 days | 13% |
Phil Smith | 10/10 | 3682 days | 13% |
Marquardt and Bernd | 10/10 | 3684 days | 13% |
David and Karen | 9/10 | 3690 days | 13% |
Richard Broughton | 10/10 | 3692 days | 13% |
Susan Herd | 9/10 | 3693 days | 13% |
Jol Balder | 8/10 | 3714 days | 12% |
Amanda Craig | 10/10 | 3720 days | 13% |
Dr Dorthe Bossow | 10/10 | 3722 days | 13% |
JudyandAndre | 10/10 | 3757 days | 13% |
Monica Askew | 10/10 | 3980 days | 13% |
Darrell & Michelle Lamb | 9/10 | 3980 days | 13% |
Kevin & Chris | 10/10 | 3996 days | 13% |
Ian Tainsh | 10/10 | 4045 days | 13% |
Einar | 9/10 | 4051 days | 13% |
Angela | 7/10 | 4064 days | 11% |
Wielink | 9/10 | 4071 days | 13% |
Lynette Sal | 10/10 | 4107 days | 13% |
Bill Nash | 9/10 | 4157 days | 13% |
Lindsay Brown | 10/10 | 4163 days | 13% |
Sena | 8/10 | 4163 days | 12% |
X Vogel | 10/10 | 4163 days | 13% |
Peter and Dianne McKinnon | 10/10 | 4176 days | 13% |
SophieC | 9/10 | 4392 days | 13% |
Wight | 10/10 | 4395 days | 13% |
Viktoria Stoffel | 9/10 | 4404 days | 13% |
Joel | 9/10 | 4417 days | 13% |
Dianne | 8/10 | 4506 days | 12% |
Rebekka | 10/10 | 4524 days | 13% |
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.
89%
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.