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 Huka Falls Walkway.
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.
Nick Morrison
Rankers owner
Huka Falls Walkway
Valid Reviews
138 Valid Reviews
The Huka Falls Walkway experience has a total of 139 reviews. There are 138 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 138 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 41 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 33 |
|
24% |
| 8/10 | 38 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 20 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 6 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
86.01% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Huka Falls Walkway valid reviews is 86.01% and is based on 138 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
128 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 138 valid reviews, the experience has 128 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 128 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 37 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 28 |
|
22% |
| 8/10 | 37 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 20 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
85.47% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Huka Falls Walkway face-to-face reviews is 85.47% and is based on 128 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
86.17%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 206 days | 93.28 | 100% | |
| Amy Lord | 7/10 | 425 days |  |
85.65 | 92% |
| Liane Bausch | 8/10 | 521 days | |
68.38 | 73% |
| Julien Turpin | 10/10 | 594 days | 44.77 | 47% | |
| Michel and Susanne | 10/10 | 765 days | |
26.71 | 28% |
| Tim Fassbender | 9/10 | 803 days | |
22.21 | 23% |
| Saskia Schug | 8/10 | 844 days | |
17.98 | 18% |
| Felicity Ford | 8/10 | 846 days | |
17.79 | 18% |
| Lucy Millett | 7/10 | 851 days | |
17.32 | 18% |
| Megan Telford | 8/10 | 851 days | |
17.32 | 18% |
| Alice Frater | 9/10 | 858 days | |
16.68 | 17% |
| Jack Robinson | 10/10 | 870 days | |
15.63 | 16% |
| Sylvain Schiber | 9/10 | 875 days | 12.67 | 12% | |
| Elizabeth Braidotti | 10/10 | 942 days | 8.71 | 8% | |
| Sebastiaan | 7/10 | 1111 days | |
5.97 | 5% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 10/10 | 1137 days | |
5.93 | 5% |
| Natasha Harbinson | 6/10 | 1138 days | |
5.93 | 5% |
| Melissa Fuster | 7/10 | 1161 days | |
5.89 | 5% |
| Iris Kerbler | 7/10 | 1164 days | |
5.89 | 5% |
| Thomas Werner | 6/10 | 1168 days | |
5.88 | 5% |
| Vanesha Patel | 9/10 | 1172 days | |
5.87 | 5% |
| gita feichtingerova | 10/10 | 1197 days | |
5.83 | 5% |
| Caro G | 9/10 | 1246 days | 4.79 | 4% | |
| Fiona Hawkins | 8/10 | 1813 days | |
4.82 | 4% |
| Luisa Bach | 9/10 | 1867 days | |
4.73 | 4% |
| Jesseca Klausch | 7/10 | 1877 days | |
4.71 | 4% |
| Vincent Schaeflier | 9/10 | 1877 days | |
4.71 | 4% |
| Romina Bolz | 7/10 | 1915 days | |
4.65 | 4% |
| Elodie and jo | 10/10 | 2239 days | |
4.12 | 3% |
| Lauret Stulemeyer | 9/10 | 2294 days | |
4.03 | 3% |
| Jan Sjoerdtje | 9/10 | 2297 days | |
4.02 | 3% |
| Pietersen | 8/10 | 2317 days | |
3.99 | 3% |
| Julia Ramseier | 10/10 | 2318 days | |
3.99 | 3% |
| James Darren Tennant | 8/10 | 2318 days | |
3.99 | 3% |
| Martina Posch | 10/10 | 2320 days | |
3.99 | 3% |
| Lisa Blake | 6/10 | 2322 days | |
3.98 | 3% |
| Christop Isabella | 10/10 | 2569 days | |
3.58 | 3% |
| Jens Moller | 7/10 | 2574 days | |
3.57 | 3% |
| Peter Hart | 9/10 | 2578 days | |
3.56 | 3% |
| Tim Germany | 9/10 | 2581 days | |
3.56 | 3% |
| Dick Stewart | 6/10 | 2586 days | |
3.55 | 3% |
| Lisa Ruhfus | 9/10 | 2590 days | |
3.54 | 3% |
| Geoffrey Kuppens | 10/10 | 2590 days | |
3.54 | 3% |
| Anglea de Smit | 8/10 | 2592 days | |
3.54 | 3% |
| Moritz | 9/10 | 2594 days | |
3.54 | 3% |
| Elise Violet | 7/10 | 2594 days | |
3.54 | 3% |
| Rachel | 9/10 | 2595 days | |
3.53 | 3% |
| Farid Juillot | 8/10 | 2595 days | |
3.53 | 3% |
| Simon Fry | 8/10 | 2595 days | |
3.53 | 3% |
| Andy Bridgman | 8/10 | 2595 days | |
3.53 | 3% |
| Marilyn Mobley | 10/10 | 2596 days | |
3.53 | 3% |
| Graham Swinyard | 9/10 | 2604 days | |
3.52 | 3% |
| Samplonius | 9/10 | 2605 days | |
3.52 | 3% |
| Adam Critchley | 8/10 | 2607 days | |
3.51 | 3% |
| Corv V D Hof | 8/10 | 2607 days | |
3.51 | 3% |
| Dugald McCallum | 10/10 | 2609 days | |
3.51 | 3% |
| Peter Broosder | 7/10 | 2671 days | |
3.41 | 2% |
| Annie | 10/10 | 2672 days | |
3.41 | 2% |
| Kevin & Chris | 10/10 | 2679 days | |
3.4 | 2% |
| Konny | 10/10 | 2688 days | |
3.38 | 2% |
| Lardy | 7/10 | 2689 days | |
3.38 | 2% |
| R & M Willows | 10/10 | 2689 days | |
3.38 | 2% |
| twiddi | 9/10 | 2916 days | 2.51 | 1% | |
| Zoe Barker | 9/10 | 2921 days | |
3.0 | 2% |
| Alice Bastiman | 8/10 | 2924 days | |
2.99 | 2% |
| Natalie Maguire | 7/10 | 2930 days | |
2.98 | 2% |
| Harald Schmidt | 8/10 | 2932 days | |
2.98 | 2% |
| Guy Cohen | 10/10 | 2933 days | |
2.98 | 2% |
| Birgette Lindved | 10/10 | 2936 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Aimee Pollett | 8/10 | 2937 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Nathalie Verzeletti | 8/10 | 2937 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Steve Read | 8/10 | 2940 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Julia Hofstetter | 8/10 | 2940 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Diane Johnston | 9/10 | 2940 days | |
2.97 | 2% |
| Faye Cox | 8/10 | 2945 days | |
2.96 | 2% |
| Rachel Kent-Lawton | 10/10 | 2947 days | |
2.96 | 2% |
| Pieter & Annelies | 7/10 | 2949 days | |
2.95 | 2% |
| Ronald Lippett | 8/10 | 2952 days | |
2.95 | 2% |
| Kurmann/Kayser | 10/10 | 2953 days | |
2.95 | 2% |
| Birgette Weiner | 8/10 | 2961 days | |
2.93 | 2% |
| Tayler Gray | 9/10 | 2962 days | |
2.93 | 2% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 2968 days | |
2.92 | 2% |
| TheBigLebowski | 9/10 | 3006 days | 2.38 | 1% | |
| Matt | 10/10 | 3060 days | |
2.77 | 2% |
| Andrew Hammond | 9/10 | 3098 days | 2.26 | 1% | |
| K_and_K | 8/10 | 3159 days | 2.17 | 1% | |
| Kurt | 8/10 | 3245 days | |
2.47 | 1% |
| uceil | 9/10 | 3260 days | |
2.44 | 1% |
| Family_Thomsen | 10/10 | 3294 days | |
2.39 | 1% |
| Gerhard Kronen | 8/10 | 3309 days | |
2.36 | 1% |
| Mary | 7/10 | 3314 days | |
2.35 | 1% |
| Cecile | 9/10 | 3315 days | |
2.35 | 1% |
| Evelien Thijs | 8/10 | 3319 days | |
2.34 | 1% |
| Elisabeth Egerup | 10/10 | 3319 days | |
2.34 | 1% |
| Maria Lorentzen | 7/10 | 3319 days | |
2.34 | 1% |
| Luisa | 8/10 | 3322 days | |
2.34 | 1% |
| Mark | 10/10 | 3331 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Josy | 10/10 | 3332 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Tanja Titze | 10/10 | 3333 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Hannah Clark | 10/10 | 3333 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Nikki Wood | 10/10 | 3334 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Lisa Beauchemin | 9/10 | 3335 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Helen Power | 8/10 | 3335 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Bryan Keddie | 10/10 | 3336 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Susan | 10/10 | 3336 days | |
2.32 | 1% |
| Brenda | 8/10 | 3337 days | |
2.31 | 1% |
| Eva | 8/10 | 3338 days | |
2.31 | 1% |
| Yvonne Ing | 10/10 | 3339 days | |
2.31 | 1% |
| Coby Aalbrecht | 6/10 | 3339 days | |
2.31 | 1% |
| John-Paul | 10/10 | 3340 days | 1.92 | 1% | |
| Wolfgang G | 9/10 | 3346 days | |
2.3 | 1% |
| Veltmaat NL | 7/10 | 3346 days | |
2.3 | 1% |
| Chris Kevin | 7/10 | 3349 days | |
2.29 | 1% |
| Douglas Kirby | 8/10 | 3353 days | |
2.29 | 1% |
| deanlaw | 9/10 | 3385 days | |
2.24 | 1% |
| joannaw | 10/10 | 3387 days | |
2.23 | 1% |
| varenaee | 9/10 | 3387 days | |
2.23 | 1% |
| Anne Ford | 7/10 | 3404 days | |
2.2 | 1% |
| Stefan Lua | 9/10 | 3404 days | |
2.2 | 1% |
| Lesley Nixon | 7/10 | 3412 days | |
2.19 | 1% |
| Sena | 10/10 | 3412 days | |
2.19 | 1% |
| Stefanie Micheler | 10/10 | 3413 days | |
2.19 | 1% |
| Hennie Neeleman | 8/10 | 3414 days | |
2.19 | 1% |
| Hans Barth | 8/10 | 3422 days | |
2.17 | 1% |
| Dimitry Zonnet | 8/10 | 3428 days | |
2.16 | 1% |
| emmah | 7/10 | 3529 days | |
2.0 | 1% |
| EvertG | 9/10 | 3627 days | |
1.84 | 1% |
| Michael Maddams | 8/10 | 3644 days | |
1.81 | 1% |
| arthurwa | 10/10 | 3646 days | |
1.81 | 1% |
| gerhardm | 10/10 | 3646 days | |
1.81 | 1% |
| Kaye | 9/10 | 3646 days | |
1.81 | 1% |
| Jake1 | 8/10 | 3648 days | |
1.8 | 1% |
| DaveV | 8/10 | 3662 days | |
1.78 | 1% |
| Falk | 6/10 | 3662 days | |
1.78 | 1% |
| WiebkeS | 8/10 | 3662 days | |
1.78 | 1% |
| LosItaly | 9/10 | 3663 days | |
1.78 | 1% |
| TsjerkJ | 9/10 | 3664 days | |
1.78 | 1% |
| BrendaM | 10/10 | 4027 days | |
1.18 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Huka Falls Walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
86%
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.