G'day, 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 Mount Maunganui Summit Walk.
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.
Mount Maunganui Summit Walk
Valid Reviews
86 Valid Reviews
The Mount Maunganui Summit Walk experience has a total of 86 valid reviews. There are no 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 86 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 26 |
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30% |
| 9/10 | 28 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 20 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 12 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
87.91% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Mount Maunganui Summit Walk valid reviews is 87.91% and is based on 86 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
79 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 86 valid reviews, the experience has 79 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 79 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 24 |
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30% |
| 9/10 | 25 |
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32% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
24% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
14% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
87.85% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Mount Maunganui Summit Walk face-to-face reviews is 87.85% and is based on 79 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
88.53%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JjLockwood | 10/10 | 2718 days | 100% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2991 days | 83% |
| Clementine | 8/10 | 3611 days | 45% |
| Micha Kuster | 7/10 | 3620 days | 42% |
| Gauthier Dournean | 9/10 | 3630 days | 44% |
| Katja Manz | 8/10 | 3653 days | 42% |
| MARK CURPHEY | 10/10 | 3670 days | 42% |
| Rachel Ram | 8/10 | 3677 days | 41% |
| Camila Capel | 10/10 | 3726 days | 39% |
| Alberto | 7/10 | 3872 days | 28% |
| Rebecca Kearns | 10/10 | 3875 days | 30% |
| Eva Neumann | 7/10 | 3875 days | 28% |
| Heike Schreiber | 7/10 | 3881 days | 27% |
| Leonie Kraft | 10/10 | 3901 days | 28% |
| Manibod Vannaphone | 9/10 | 3902 days | 28% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3904 days | 27% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3906 days | 27% |
| Rocio Lucero | 10/10 | 3912 days | 27% |
| Annalies Beard | 10/10 | 3915 days | 27% |
| Nina Krzis | 7/10 | 3916 days | 25% |
| Max von Felde | 9/10 | 3917 days | 27% |
| Aneta Hambergeroua | 9/10 | 3925 days | 26% |
| Clara Loizeil | 7/10 | 3925 days | 25% |
| Megan Lenox | 9/10 | 3927 days | 26% |
| Andy Burfoot | 10/10 | 3928 days | 26% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 7/10 | 3930 days | 24% |
| Anna Scholten | 9/10 | 3934 days | 26% |
| Sophia Harnisch | 10/10 | 3937 days | 26% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 7/10 | 3938 days | 24% |
| Rob Manson | 9/10 | 3940 days | 25% |
| Daniel Roedel | 7/10 | 3943 days | 24% |
| Edwine | 10/10 | 3952 days | 25% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 8/10 | 3959 days | 24% |
| Bryan Anders | 10/10 | 3979 days | 23% |
| Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 9/10 | 4025 days | 20% |
| Marie Schmid | 10/10 | 4292 days | 4% |
| Anne Hempelt | 8/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Claudia de Winter | 7/10 | 4607 days | 28% |
| Simon Mehlmann | 9/10 | 4613 days | 30% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 4614 days | 30% |
| Becky | 9/10 | 4614 days | 30% |
| Cathrin Wisgiekl | 10/10 | 4640 days | 30% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 10/10 | 4640 days | 30% |
| Johannes | 9/10 | 4663 days | 30% |
| Hendrik Schanz | 8/10 | 4688 days | 29% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 4940 days | 29% |
| Anton Thisted | 9/10 | 4968 days | 30% |
| Josefine Sjodin | 7/10 | 4968 days | 28% |
| Katie Fleck | 8/10 | 4968 days | 29% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4984 days | 30% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 9/10 | 4984 days | 30% |
| Selina Lott | 10/10 | 5005 days | 30% |
| Constanze | 10/10 | 5005 days | 30% |
| Kristin Denny | 10/10 | 5011 days | 30% |
| Thibault Bonenfant | 7/10 | 5097 days | 28% |
| Liz Marquart Scholtz | 8/10 | 5102 days | 29% |
| sidcupjon | 9/10 | 5366 days | 30% |
| R E Webb | 8/10 | 5378 days | 29% |
| M Neuman | 8/10 | 5387 days | 29% |
| Gary A | 8/10 | 5487 days | 29% |
| David and Karen | 8/10 | 5724 days | 29% |
| Malcolm Jones | 9/10 | 5725 days | 30% |
| Nicola Shaw | 10/10 | 5725 days | 30% |
| Hannah Roberts | 9/10 | 5729 days | 30% |
| Claudio | 10/10 | 5738 days | 30% |
| K_and_K | 9/10 | 5944 days | 30% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 6014 days | 30% |
| Grant | 9/10 | 6018 days | 30% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 6024 days | 30% |
| Elin Haggq | 9/10 | 6078 days | 30% |
| Mercedes Valera | 10/10 | 6087 days | 30% |
| Marcio Moretti | 9/10 | 6107 days | 30% |
| Mark | 9/10 | 6116 days | 30% |
| Jens Bo Rykor | 8/10 | 6138 days | 29% |
| Jorrit Bust | 8/10 | 6139 days | 29% |
| Kane Chain | 10/10 | 6142 days | 30% |
| menzel | 10/10 | 6170 days | 30% |
| warrenp | 8/10 | 6172 days | 29% |
| johnma | 10/10 | 6176 days | 30% |
| thomash | 8/10 | 6181 days | 29% |
| jennyb | 9/10 | 6185 days | 30% |
| Sibylle Locher | 9/10 | 6195 days | 30% |
| Anna | 8/10 | 6195 days | 29% |
| Sofie | 9/10 | 6426 days | 30% |
| caroldarren | 10/10 | 6431 days | 30% |
| Amelie | 8/10 | 6452 days | 29% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Mount Maunganui Summit Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.21% 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.