Kia ora, 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 Kapowairua Campsite.
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.
Kapowairua Campsite
Valid Reviews
68 Valid Reviews
The Kapowairua Campsite experience has a total of 70 reviews. There are 68 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 68 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 29 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
28% |
| 8/10 | 10 |
|
15% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.35% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kapowairua Campsite valid reviews is 87.35% and is based on 68 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
29 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 68 valid reviews, the experience has 29 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 29 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 11 |
|
38% |
| 9/10 | 9 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
10% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
10% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
84.48% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kapowairua Campsite face-to-face reviews is 84.48% and is based on 29 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
89.11%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | 5/10 | 285 days | 77% |
| Mari from UK 🇬🇧 | 9/10 | 285 days | 100% |
| Rian Caccianiga | 9/10 | 346 days | 98% |
| Benjamin | 10/10 | 377 days | 97% |
| Candelaria | 9/10 | 377 days | 96% |
| Berthe | 10/10 | 438 days | 94% |
| Gstto | 9/10 | 681 days | 77% |
| Leet | 10/10 | 834 days | 64% |
| Dan | 8/10 | 1107 days | 36% |
| chel | 9/10 | 1290 days | 22% |
| Bluescruize | 10/10 | 1380 days | 17% |
| Sarah Coughlan | 8/10 | 1502 days | 11% |
| Robo | 10/10 | 1533 days | 10% |
| Marie | 8/10 | 1777 days | 5% |
| Adam | 8/10 | 1777 days | 5% |
| Feija | 9/10 | 1807 days | 5% |
| Lidia | 10/10 | 1868 days | 5% |
| Simon Mehana. | 10/10 | 2021 days | 5% |
| jennifer guertler | 10/10 | 2052 days | 5% |
| Paul Smith | 9/10 | 2111 days | 5% |
| Lizzie | 7/10 | 2172 days | 4% |
| Stefan Beiner | 10/10 | 2172 days | 4% |
| Georgia Gray | 6/10 | 2447 days | 3% |
| Mikayla Candido | 10/10 | 2490 days | 4% |
| Kathy Maslin | 9/10 | 2603 days | 4% |
| Laurie | 8/10 | 2938 days | 3% |
| Felix Bröder | 10/10 | 2948 days | 3% |
| Alizee Petit | 9/10 | 3045 days | 3% |
| Bill Milburn | 10/10 | 3179 days | 2% |
| D Naylor | 10/10 | 3220 days | 2% |
| Sebastian | 10/10 | 3267 days | 2% |
| Christine Slowiak | 10/10 | 3390 days | 2% |
| Katerina Hlavsova | 10/10 | 3532 days | 2% |
| Celia Nowak | 10/10 | 3546 days | 2% |
| Lea Karl | 9/10 | 3590 days | 1% |
| Sophie Huybrechts | 9/10 | 3594 days | 1% |
| Ron Clarke | 9/10 | 3663 days | 1% |
| Lagarde | 6/10 | 3845 days | 1% |
| Petra Albrchtoval | 10/10 | 3870 days | 1% |
| Maxime Ripoche | 10/10 | 3887 days | 1% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 3889 days | 1% |
| Cornelia Witte | 9/10 | 3889 days | 1% |
| Mike Leopard | 8/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Juandflow | 5/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Evian Bolz | 7/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Harel Cliad | 6/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Chen Levin | 6/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Heather Kingston | 8/10 | 3936 days | 1% |
| Audrey Ripoche | 8/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Rampon | 10/10 | 4230 days | 0% |
| Debiesse | 10/10 | 4231 days | 0% |
| Loesje | 10/10 | 4243 days | 0% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4248 days | 0% |
| Fabian Brand | 10/10 | 4264 days | 0% |
| Will and Taylor | 10/10 | 4271 days | 0% |
| Nadine and Jan | 9/10 | 4315 days | 0% |
| Richard | 10/10 | 4618 days | 1% |
| Marie Dutron | 10/10 | 4618 days | 1% |
| Paul Weidenfeld | 9/10 | 4624 days | 1% |
| Sid | 8/10 | 4729 days | 1% |
| Barbara Probert | 3/10 | 4958 days | 0% |
| Javier Munoz | 9/10 | 4967 days | 1% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 4968 days | 1% |
| Zenager | 8/10 | 4975 days | 1% |
| Julian Tiff | 9/10 | 4989 days | 1% |
| Mary | 9/10 | 5341 days | 1% |
| Yvonne German | 10/10 | 5384 days | 1% |
| Serge Yken | 2/10 | 5455 days | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kapowairua Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.12% Adjustment
Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.
You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled folk are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.
We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.
Final Ranking Score
90%
The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.