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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 The Barn Cabins & 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.
The Barn Cabins & Camping
Valid Reviews
160 Valid Reviews
The The Barn Cabins & Camping experience has a total of 163 reviews. There are 160 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 160 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 36 |
|
23% |
| 9/10 | 53 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 40 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 14 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 9 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
83.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the The Barn Cabins & Camping valid reviews is 83.50% and is based on 160 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
97 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 160 valid reviews, the experience has 97 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 97 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 12 |
|
12% |
| 9/10 | 35 |
|
36% |
| 8/10 | 30 |
|
31% |
| 7/10 | 10 |
|
10% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.58% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the The Barn Cabins & Camping face-to-face reviews is 82.58% and is based on 97 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
88.90%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Starý | 10/10 | 20 days | 100% |
| Robert Maslen | 10/10 | 110 days | 99% |
| Rory M | 9/10 | 171 days | 97% |
| Paul T Beisser III | 8/10 | 171 days | 96% |
| Richard Howell | 10/10 | 202 days | 98% |
| Kylee | 9/10 | 355 days | 92% |
| Nadia | 8/10 | 536 days | 82% |
| Stephan Roeder | 9/10 | 536 days | 83% |
| nssg | 8/10 | 750 days | 66% |
| Tal Tal | 9/10 | 810 days | 62% |
| Kingyclan | 8/10 | 841 days | 58% |
| Kelsie | 10/10 | 994 days | 44% |
| Victoria Wendows | 10/10 | 1175 days | 29% |
| Kristina | 9/10 | 1175 days | 29% |
| Kyle | 3/10 | 1206 days | 14% |
| Ritchie | 4/10 | 1206 days | 17% |
| Emer | 10/10 | 1451 days | 13% |
| Oonagh | 10/10 | 1571 days | 8% |
| Beth | 10/10 | 1905 days | 5% |
| Crystal | 7/10 | 1936 days | 4% |
| Daniëlle van Hal | 10/10 | 1936 days | 4% |
| Rebecca | 10/10 | 1997 days | 4% |
| Himi | 9/10 | 2058 days | 4% |
| Ju | 10/10 | 2271 days | 4% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 2271 days | 4% |
| Tanja & Sven | 10/10 | 2302 days | 4% |
| Su | 10/10 | 2333 days | 4% |
| Mrs Lounis | 10/10 | 2333 days | 4% |
| Susanne | 10/10 | 2363 days | 4% |
| Pim and Martine | 9/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 9/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Marieke | 9/10 | 2728 days | 3% |
| James & Kerry | 9/10 | 2728 days | 3% |
| Angela | 10/10 | 2759 days | 3% |
| Grizzly Girl | 8/10 | 2759 days | 3% |
| Ella | 9/10 | 2912 days | 3% |
| Bex & Jake | 10/10 | 2912 days | 3% |
| Matt | 8/10 | 2912 days | 3% |
| P Poiraa | 7/10 | 3344 days | 2% |
| Szymon Stoma | 10/10 | 3447 days | 2% |
| Maura O'Connell | 10/10 | 3473 days | 1% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3531 days | 1% |
| Nora Gutscher | 10/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Charlie Sullivan | 1/10 | 3673 days | 0% |
| T Gerhardy | 9/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Carlotta Hubner | 7/10 | 3709 days | 1% |
| Adam Stevens | 8/10 | 3726 days | 1% |
| Pieter-Jan V | 9/10 | 3732 days | 1% |
| Valerie Wee | 6/10 | 3795 days | 1% |
| Geraldine La Forge | 4/10 | 3807 days | 0% |
| Jan Mentink | 9/10 | 3921 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 8/10 | 4013 days | 0% |
| Berni Hart | 8/10 | 4040 days | 0% |
| Tarillon Family | 8/10 | 4059 days | 0% |
| Sophia Pickles | 9/10 | 4073 days | 0% |
| Averil Brown | 8/10 | 4094 days | 0% |
| Candice Bergon | 9/10 | 4165 days | 0% |
| Joanne Robertson | 9/10 | 4166 days | 0% |
| tschavalon | 9/10 | 4220 days | 0% |
| Carolin Siegert | 9/10 | 4411 days | 1% |
| Gillian Scott | 9/10 | 4432 days | 1% |
| Eva-Maria Krueger | 10/10 | 4434 days | 1% |
| Xavier | 8/10 | 4455 days | 1% |
| Carina Huhmann | 5/10 | 4498 days | 0% |
| Romina Bolz | 6/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| Dirk Sörensen | 1/10 | 4799 days | 0% |
| marypy | 9/10 | 4799 days | 1% |
| Annika | 9/10 | 4803 days | 1% |
| Fabian | 7/10 | 4803 days | 1% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 8/10 | 4803 days | 1% |
| Innes Martin | 4/10 | 4893 days | 0% |
| Stephanie Peter | 9/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Rachel | 7/10 | 5178 days | 1% |
| Siegfried Krueger | 8/10 | 5180 days | 1% |
| Balonno | 7/10 | 5224 days | 1% |
| FlyKiwiFly | 6/10 | 5224 days | 1% |
| Dean | 9/10 | 5239 days | 1% |
| Sanne Ta Stroete | 8/10 | 5244 days | 1% |
| Sarah Haskell | 6/10 | 5521 days | 1% |
| Rolf | 7/10 | 5521 days | 1% |
| Mulder & vanNistelrooij | 8/10 | 5521 days | 1% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 5523 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Cree | 8/10 | 5523 days | 1% |
| John | 8/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 9/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Faye Cox | 8/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5528 days | 1% |
| Russ White | 9/10 | 5531 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Stones | 10/10 | 5532 days | 1% |
| Pieter & Annelies | 10/10 | 5532 days | 1% |
| Wouter Teensma | 7/10 | 5534 days | 1% |
| Janine Diehl | 9/10 | 5535 days | 1% |
| Nadja | 9/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
| Hannah Watts | 6/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
| Janelie | 7/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
| Jau | 8/10 | 5548 days | 1% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 5548 days | 1% |
| Kathryn Knipe | 8/10 | 5548 days | 1% |
| Russell Stevens | 6/10 | 5548 days | 1% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 7/10 | 5550 days | 1% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 5551 days | 1% |
| Meg & Steve | 9/10 | 5828 days | 1% |
| joycevanb | 8/10 | 5834 days | 1% |
| Andy | 7/10 | 5885 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 8/10 | 5885 days | 1% |
| Graeme + Jane Ryan | 9/10 | 5885 days | 1% |
| Christine T | 10/10 | 5889 days | 1% |
| Kay Beaumont | 9/10 | 5897 days | 1% |
| Zara Leyden | 9/10 | 5897 days | 1% |
| Matthias A | 10/10 | 5897 days | 1% |
| Johan | 7/10 | 5897 days | 1% |
| Will Jemma | 9/10 | 5908 days | 1% |
| Marco | 10/10 | 5911 days | 1% |
| Johan Norregaard | 8/10 | 5915 days | 1% |
| hermine Petz | 9/10 | 5917 days | 1% |
| Huber | 10/10 | 5917 days | 1% |
| Jens van Evp | 9/10 | 5919 days | 1% |
| Max Van der Zalm | 8/10 | 5919 days | 1% |
| Hanz | 9/10 | 5919 days | 1% |
| Carolina Gonzalez | 8/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Carina Raeder | 7/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Kasper | 6/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Dersiree Moerbeek | 8/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Carol Dale | 8/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Brenda | 9/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Inga | 8/10 | 5921 days | 1% |
| Gary Judd | 5/10 | 5922 days | 0% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 5923 days | 1% |
| liddellfiona | 10/10 | 5954 days | 1% |
| ursinab | 9/10 | 5969 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5969 days | 1% |
| Marc | 8/10 | 5969 days | 1% |
| katesc | 9/10 | 5974 days | 1% |
| Marons | 6/10 | 5974 days | 1% |
| foucherm | 9/10 | 5978 days | 1% |
| richelle | 8/10 | 5978 days | 1% |
| rosalindm | 10/10 | 5979 days | 1% |
| katepat | 9/10 | 5985 days | 1% |
| Karen Raven | 8/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Aart Van Nooy | 8/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 8/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Debbie Rathbone | 10/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Bas van Schagen | 9/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Chris Leach | 8/10 | 5992 days | 1% |
| Sarah Goeckener | 6/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Zach | 9/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Martin | 9/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Lindsay Brown | 9/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| katharina | 9/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Thomas Willi | 9/10 | 5995 days | 1% |
| Jess Pasos | 9/10 | 6004 days | 1% |
| TatiamT | 9/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| VickiS | 9/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| StephC | 9/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| SamR1 | 9/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| KeziaB | 8/10 | 6262 days | 1% |
| Craig | 8/10 | 6271 days | 1% |
| Steve | 8/10 | 6273 days | 1% |
| Abigail | 8/10 | 6276 days | 1% |
| Hayley | 7/10 | 6276 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 The Barn Cabins & Camping experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-0.03% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 70 days. However the The Barn Cabins & 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 The Barn Cabins & Camping experience has been adjusted for 2 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 0 | -0.00% |
| 1 | -0.02% |
| 2 | -0.03% |
| 3 | -0.05% |
| 4 | -0.07% |
| 5 | -0.08% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
1.16% 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
88%
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.