Ranking Score Explained
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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 Routeburn 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.
Routeburn Track
Valid Reviews
137 Valid Reviews
The Routeburn Track experience has a total of 138 reviews. There are 137 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 137 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 43 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 26 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.80% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track valid reviews is 90.80% and is based on 137 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
131 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 137 valid reviews, the experience has 131 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 131 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 55 |
|
42% |
| 9/10 | 42 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.61% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track face-to-face reviews is 90.61% and is based on 131 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
92.16%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Christoph | 10/10 | 717 days |  |
27.64 | 100% |
| Dorothy and Graham Glen | 10/10 | 717 days | |
27.64 | 100% |
| Laura Kudo | 8/10 | 942 days | |
8.27 | 29% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 10/10 | 968 days | |
7.56 | 27% |
| Remy and Rebecca Mans | 10/10 | 971 days | |
7.44 | 26% |
| Holloway | 10/10 | 973 days | |
7.36 | 26% |
| Fi | 8/10 | 994 days | |
6.29 | 22% |
| Simon | 10/10 | 1015 days | |
6.01 | 21% |
| Mikkel Thomassen | 10/10 | 1066 days | |
5.13 | 18% |
| Jannika Cao | 10/10 | 1066 days | |
5.13 | 18% |
| Kat | 8/10 | 1067 days | |
4.87 | 17% |
| Austin Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 1092 days | |
5.0 | 18% |
| Susan H | 10/10 | 1109 days | 4.98 | 17% | |
| Hector | 9/10 | 1297 days | |
4.65 | 16% |
| Carlos | 9/10 | 1297 days | |
4.65 | 16% |
| Ivanova R | 10/10 | 1298 days | |
4.65 | 16% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 7/10 | 1310 days | |
4.21 | 15% |
| Stephen Timko | 10/10 | 1314 days | |
4.63 | 16% |
| Jeeyoung Kim | 10/10 | 1316 days | |
4.62 | 16% |
| Marie | 10/10 | 1318 days | |
4.62 | 16% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 8/10 | 1320 days | |
4.38 | 15% |
| Chao Lai | 9/10 | 1320 days | |
4.61 | 16% |
| Virginia Fradin | 8/10 | 1320 days | |
4.38 | 15% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 1321 days | |
4.61 | 16% |
| Derick Trotter | 9/10 | 1321 days | |
4.61 | 16% |
| Kathryn Nolan | 10/10 | 1323 days | |
4.61 | 16% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 10/10 | 1324 days | |
4.61 | 16% |
| Pierre Mathis | 8/10 | 1326 days | |
4.37 | 15% |
| Judy | 9/10 | 1328 days | |
4.6 | 16% |
| Lea Kisbye | 7/10 | 1329 days | |
4.19 | 15% |
| Max | 7/10 | 1331 days | |
4.18 | 15% |
| Manuel El-Amine | 8/10 | 1332 days | |
4.36 | 15% |
| Bernardo Galeazzo | 8/10 | 1336 days | 4.36 | 15% | |
| Kim | 8/10 | 1340 days | |
4.35 | 15% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1346 days | |
4.57 | 16% |
| Maike Santelmann | 9/10 | 1348 days | |
4.57 | 16% |
| Remi Lopez | 10/10 | 1349 days | |
4.57 | 16% |
| Yarden Oliva | 10/10 | 1351 days | |
4.56 | 16% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1352 days | |
4.56 | 16% |
| Lisa | 8/10 | 1353 days | |
4.33 | 15% |
| Gonne Clasen | 8/10 | 1373 days | |
4.3 | 15% |
| Samantha Heim | 10/10 | 1402 days | |
4.47 | 16% |
| Iker Peeters | 10/10 | 1421 days | |
4.44 | 15% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 1454 days | 4.39 | 15% | |
| Sue Strebe | 8/10 | 1714 days | |
3.74 | 13% |
| Elisa Felising | 10/10 | 1720 days | |
3.93 | 14% |
| David McIntosh | 9/10 | 1731 days | |
3.91 | 14% |
| Dawn Mulligan | 8/10 | 1737 days | |
3.71 | 13% |
| Karolina Gren | 9/10 | 2030 days | |
3.4 | 12% |
| Moritz Lepple | 9/10 | 2047 days | |
3.37 | 12% |
| Simon Galpin | 8/10 | 2059 days | |
3.18 | 11% |
| Andreas Jung | 9/10 | 2068 days | |
3.33 | 11% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 10/10 | 2072 days | |
3.33 | 11% |
| Bjorn Houlberg | 9/10 | 2072 days | |
3.33 | 11% |
| Marinette | 9/10 | 2076 days | |
3.32 | 11% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 2076 days | |
3.32 | 11% |
| Natalie Boehm | 10/10 | 2077 days | |
3.32 | 11% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 2077 days | |
3.02 | 10% |
| Anna Guzewiez | 7/10 | 2080 days | |
3.02 | 10% |
| David Krasner | 8/10 | 2086 days | |
3.14 | 11% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2115 days | |
3.25 | 11% |
| Trish Pope | 10/10 | 2124 days | |
3.24 | 11% |
| Philipp Haass | 10/10 | 2129 days | |
3.23 | 11% |
| Christin Woelk | 5/10 | 2390 days | |
2.25 | 7% |
| Audrey Ripoche | 9/10 | 2402 days | |
2.76 | 9% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 10/10 | 2412 days | |
2.74 | 9% |
| Tom Somers | 10/10 | 2412 days | |
2.74 | 9% |
| Andy Cummins | 10/10 | 2413 days | |
2.74 | 9% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2418 days | |
2.73 | 9% |
| Jitka Zenahlikova | 10/10 | 2418 days | |
2.73 | 9% |
| Katey Justice | 9/10 | 2421 days | |
2.73 | 9% |
| Kathryn Pisco | 10/10 | 2432 days | |
2.71 | 9% |
| Mike Pisco | 10/10 | 2432 days | |
2.71 | 9% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2436 days | |
2.7 | 9% |
| Helen and Ogi | 10/10 | 2439 days | |
2.7 | 9% |
| Francis Runge | 10/10 | 2440 days | |
2.7 | 9% |
| Peter Moederer | 8/10 | 2443 days | |
2.56 | 9% |
| Tobias Sowade | 9/10 | 2452 days | |
2.68 | 9% |
| Liam Day | 8/10 | 2502 days | |
2.46 | 8% |
| Alexandra van den Brack | 9/10 | 2513 days | |
2.57 | 9% |
| Katharina Pape | 9/10 | 2514 days | |
2.57 | 9% |
| Debbie | 10/10 | 2517 days | |
2.57 | 9% |
| Michael Neumann | 10/10 | 2778 days | |
2.12 | 7% |
| Oliver Hardt | 8/10 | 2780 days | |
2.01 | 7% |
| Val Phillips | 10/10 | 2784 days | |
2.11 | 7% |
| D Esson | 8/10 | 2785 days | |
2.0 | 7% |
| Hanna Clement | 8/10 | 2785 days | |
2.0 | 7% |
| Keith Helen | 10/10 | 2791 days | |
2.1 | 7% |
| Fleming Lauridsen | 9/10 | 2800 days | |
2.08 | 7% |
| Siegfried Richter | 8/10 | 2801 days | |
1.97 | 6% |
| Beeny | 9/10 | 2801 days | |
2.08 | 7% |
| Carolin Haas | 9/10 | 2801 days | |
2.08 | 7% |
| Vincent & Lian | 9/10 | 2801 days | |
2.08 | 7% |
| Alan Findlay | 10/10 | 2806 days | |
2.07 | 7% |
| Lynn Robinson | 10/10 | 2812 days | |
2.06 | 7% |
| Francis Corrigan | 10/10 | 2821 days | |
2.04 | 7% |
| Jackie & Ray | 9/10 | 2833 days | |
2.02 | 7% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 2851 days | 1.99 | 7% | |
| Rob O'Neill | 9/10 | 3128 days | |
1.52 | 5% |
| David Brown | 9/10 | 3130 days | |
1.52 | 5% |
| David Taylor | 6/10 | 3131 days | |
1.26 | 4% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3135 days | |
1.51 | 5% |
| Helen Evans | 6/10 | 3140 days | |
1.24 | 4% |
| Helen | 9/10 | 3147 days | |
1.49 | 5% |
| Katherine and Pete Smal | 9/10 | 3147 days | |
1.49 | 5% |
| Wouter Moui | 8/10 | 3149 days | |
1.41 | 4% |
| Ben Akin-Smith | 7/10 | 3151 days | |
1.35 | 4% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 3151 days | |
1.48 | 5% |
| Estel la Prado | 9/10 | 3151 days | |
1.48 | 5% |
| Elise van Haastert | 9/10 | 3156 days | |
1.47 | 5% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3161 days | |
1.46 | 5% |
| Carmel | 10/10 | 3161 days | |
1.46 | 5% |
| Janine Diehl | 10/10 | 3162 days | |
1.46 | 5% |
| Daniel Hammersley | 9/10 | 3162 days | |
1.46 | 5% |
| Becky Foley | 10/10 | 3171 days | |
1.45 | 5% |
| Van den Borne | 9/10 | 3171 days | |
1.45 | 5% |
| Angela Clarke | 9/10 | 3172 days | |
1.44 | 5% |
| Liz Foxwell-Canning | 10/10 | 3172 days | |
1.44 | 5% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 9/10 | 3177 days | |
1.43 | 5% |
| Sue Haward | 9/10 | 3180 days | |
1.43 | 4% |
| Christian Foerster | 9/10 | 3185 days | |
1.42 | 4% |
| dollimyxture | 10/10 | 3216 days | 1.37 | 4% | |
| mnm | 9/10 | 3216 days | 1.37 | 4% | |
| Ann Michle | 9/10 | 3442 days | |
0.98 | 3% |
| Victoria Slater | 8/10 | 3496 days | |
0.84 | 2% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3500 days | |
0.88 | 2% |
| Inbar Yizhar Barnea | 10/10 | 3510 days | |
0.86 | 2% |
| Graeme + Jane Ryan | 10/10 | 3512 days | |
0.86 | 2% |
| Peter Brown | 8/10 | 3518 days | |
0.81 | 2% |
| David Hobson | 10/10 | 3542 days | |
0.81 | 2% |
| Ross & Catherine Litherland | 8/10 | 3563 days | |
0.74 | 2% |
| Primavesi | 10/10 | 3624 days | |
0.67 | 2% |
| Tim_P | 8/10 | 3853 days | |
0.26 | 0% |
| Thomas1646 | 10/10 | 3863 days | |
0.26 | 0% |
| JuergenSchnitzer | 10/10 | 3872 days | |
0.24 | 0% |
| Gillian | 9/10 | 3876 days | |
0.24 | 0% |
| Mette | 9/10 | 3900 days | |
0.2 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Routeburn Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
92%
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.