Ranking Score Explained

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 Bethany Park Holiday Park.

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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Bethany Park Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

52 Valid Reviews

The Bethany Park Holiday Park experience has a total of 53 reviews. There are 52 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 52 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 23
44%
9/10 11
21%
8/10 9
17%
7/10 3
6%
6/10 4
8%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.31% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Bethany Park Holiday Park valid reviews is 87.31% and is based on 52 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

8 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 52 valid reviews, the experience has 8 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 8 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
13%
9/10 2
25%
8/10 4
50%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
13%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

81.25% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Bethany Park Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 81.25% and is based on 8 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

87.34%

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
Adrian 6/10 336 days 100%
Kelly 9/10 642 days 94%
Tracy 10/10 642 days 95%
Courtney Gearhart 9/10 670 days 91%
Arie 9/10 670 days 91%
Wayne Wayson 10/10 793 days 80%
Lach 9/10 1400 days 19%
Arlene 6/10 1462 days 13%
Idontwantaname 3/10 1462 days 8%
Shar-ron & Jim 10/10 1553 days 11%
Julia 10/10 1766 days 6%
Lauren 6/10 1797 days 5%
Niko Schachner 10/10 1797 days 6%
Sandra 10/10 1858 days 6%
Phil Her 10/10 2072 days 6%
Matt 8/10 2103 days 5%
Marie van Tol 9/10 2131 days 5%
Mike Widdall 10/10 2131 days 5%
Heather Abbott 7/10 2162 days 5%
Marilli 10/10 2193 days 5%
Rosamund Gilligan 9/10 2223 days 5%
Libby 7/10 2223 days 5%
helen reeve 10/10 2254 days 5%
Esteban 10/10 2468 days 5%
Michael Stützle 10/10 2468 days 5%
Theo Evans 6/10 2506 days 4%
Guinnifer Fuld 10/10 2542 days 4%
Nadene Wheatley 8/10 2584 days 4%
Natalie Tomlinson-Kurz 10/10 2619 days 4%
Di Bennett 10/10 2773 days 4%
Ann Le 10/10 2784 days 4%
Janet Pentelow 10/10 2794 days 4%
Aisling Burke 10/10 2799 days 4%
Jo Wigley 10/10 2923 days 3%
Robert Hunt 8/10 2933 days 3%
Ines Franck 10/10 3206 days 3%
Goni Agmon 8/10 3361 days 2%
Jan Rüegg 7/10 3623 days 2%
bzh974 9/10 3654 days 2%
Jan Legein 8/10 3906 days 1%
SC W 9/10 3929 days 1%
Fjord 9/10 4278 days 0%
Jen 9/10 4294 days 0%
Mo Downes 10/10 4308 days 0%
Doug Digstravel 9/10 4353 days 0%
Henry Howard 10/10 4353 days 0%
Thibault Bonenfant 8/10 4390 days 1%
Stefan 8/10 4673 days 1%
frans 8/10 4933 days 1%
Campmothers 10/10 5084 days 1%
Ralf Genthe 8/10 5435 days 1%
stefanz 5/10 5465 days 1%

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 Bethany Park Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.07% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 43 days. However the Bethany Park Holiday Park 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 Bethany Park Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%

Balancing Adjustment

2.19% 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

85%

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.