Ranking Score Explained

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 Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping.

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.

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Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping

Valid Reviews

97 Valid Reviews

The Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has a total of 102 reviews. There are 97 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 97 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 57
59%
9/10 24
25%
8/10 13
13%
7/10 1
1%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.71% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping valid reviews is 93.71% and is based on 97 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

4 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 97 valid reviews, the experience has 4 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 4 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
50%
9/10 0
0%
8/10 2
50%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping face-to-face reviews is 90.00% and is based on 4 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

95.97%

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
Anita Day 10/10 71 days 100%
Ailsa McIntosh 9/10 191 days 97%
Lisa 10/10 375 days 92%
Ti 9/10 405 days 90%
Felicia 9/10 405 days 90%
Marijke 10/10 526 days 84%
Bea 10/10 556 days 83%
Cam an 10/10 556 days 83%
Pat 10/10 801 days 63%
Sabine 10/10 861 days 58%
Rachel 6/10 861 days 50%
Tine Warner 10/10 892 days 55%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 892 days 55%
Fabian Ullrich 10/10 922 days 51%
Rian Caccianiga 10/10 922 days 51%
K Robertson 10/10 953 days 48%
Marie Perret 10/10 953 days 48%
Katie 10/10 1136 days 32%
James Kidston 10/10 1167 days 30%
Szilveszter 10/10 1167 days 30%
Claire Jones 10/10 1167 days 30%
Charlie 10/10 1167 days 30%
Manuel Mayer 10/10 1195 days 27%
Wayne 10/10 1195 days 27%
Arie 9/10 1195 days 27%
Kirsty 8/10 1226 days 25%
Jesper 10/10 1226 days 25%
Laura Jarry 10/10 1318 days 19%
cearon 9/10 1471 days 12%
MB 7/10 1775 days 4%
Patrícia 9/10 1866 days 5%
Ashleigh 10/10 1897 days 4%
Thomas 10/10 1956 days 4%
Finlay 10/10 2048 days 4%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 2262 days 4%
Liz Wade 8/10 2290 days 4%
Kim 8/10 2291 days 4%
James Murphy 10/10 2322 days 4%
Dil 10/10 2322 days 4%
harre medemblik 8/10 2383 days 3%
Dennis Rijbroek 10/10 2444 days 3%
Mik Jennings 9/10 2444 days 3%
Anselm 9/10 2475 days 3%
Adrian and Tanya 10/10 2506 days 3%
Kate 9/10 2567 days 3%
Tash & Laura 9/10 2656 days 3%
Fabienne&Dustin 10/10 2656 days 3%
Alis 10/10 2656 days 3%
Emma 10/10 2656 days 3%
Nik 9/10 2656 days 3%
seph 9/10 2687 days 3%
Jan Z. 10/10 2687 days 3%
Gerrit 10/10 2687 days 3%
M Elsten 10/10 2687 days 3%
Jason 10/10 2718 days 3%
Agathe 10/10 2748 days 3%
Ali 9/10 2779 days 3%
Xiaoming Guo 10/10 2779 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 10/10 2779 days 3%
Gio 10/10 2840 days 3%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2871 days 3%
C J B 10/10 2901 days 3%
L + J 10/10 2932 days 2%
Florian 10/10 2962 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 10/10 2976 days 1%
M A Pelton 9/10 3018 days 2%
UK 50-something couple 8/10 3021 days 2%
Alyson Reid 9/10 3035 days 2%
Ewan Evans 9/10 3085 days 2%
Lucy Watson 10/10 3112 days 2%
Mairead Bushe 10/10 3117 days 2%
Artemis 9/10 3330 days 2%
Naira Prudencio 10/10 3356 days 2%
Mailhos Cécile 10/10 3361 days 2%
Caryn Grosvenor 10/10 3380 days 2%
Catherine Kay 8/10 3401 days 1%
Svetlana L 10/10 3411 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 9/10 3416 days 1%
Neil Warnock 10/10 3447 days 1%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 3477 days 1%
Becky and James 10/10 3511 days 1%
Mikael Torres 9/10 3571 days 1%
Pamela Hoffman 8/10 3664 days 1%
Daniel Fuell 10/10 3671 days 1%
John-Jozef Proczka 9/10 3752 days 1%
Loic Journet 8/10 3759 days 1%
Janneke Hekhuis 8/10 3763 days 1%
Max Brunner 9/10 3806 days 1%
Ruth P 8/10 3814 days 1%
Nurul Nadia Naziron 9/10 3879 days 1%
Lotte Spors 10/10 3967 days 0%
Chiara Magelli 10/10 3980 days 0%
Philip Mattes 9/10 4052 days 0%
Claude Nobs 6/10 4148 days 0%
Simon Mehlmann 10/10 4431 days 0%
Camille Gagnant 8/10 4503 days 0%
Amanda Neall 8/10 5542 days 0%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.68% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 87 days. However the Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Juno Hall Backpackers and Camping experience has been adjusted for 47 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
44 -0.64%
45 -0.65%
46 -0.66%
47 -0.68%
48 -0.69%
49 -0.71%
50 -0.72%

Balancing Adjustment

0.41% 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 customers 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

96%

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.