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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
155 Valid Reviews
The The Barn Cabins & Camping experience has a total of 158 reviews. There are 155 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 155 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 32 |
|
21% |
| 9/10 | 53 |
|
34% |
| 8/10 | 39 |
|
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% |
83.10% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the The Barn Cabins & Camping valid reviews is 83.10% and is based on 155 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 155 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
85.98%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rory M | 9/10 | 49 days | 100% |
| Kylee | 9/10 | 233 days | 97% |
| Nadia | 8/10 | 414 days | 89% |
| Stephan Roeder | 9/10 | 414 days | 90% |
| nssg | 8/10 | 628 days | 77% |
| Tal Tal | 9/10 | 688 days | 73% |
| Kingyclan | 8/10 | 719 days | 70% |
| Kelsie | 10/10 | 872 days | 57% |
| Victoria Wendows | 10/10 | 1053 days | 39% |
| Kristina | 9/10 | 1053 days | 39% |
| Kyle | 3/10 | 1084 days | 20% |
| Ritchie | 4/10 | 1084 days | 24% |
| Emer | 10/10 | 1329 days | 19% |
| Oonagh | 10/10 | 1449 days | 13% |
| Beth | 10/10 | 1783 days | 5% |
| Crystal | 7/10 | 1814 days | 5% |
| Rebecca | 10/10 | 1875 days | 5% |
| Himi | 9/10 | 1936 days | 5% |
| Ju | 10/10 | 2149 days | 4% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 2149 days | 4% |
| Tanja & Sven | 10/10 | 2180 days | 4% |
| Su | 10/10 | 2211 days | 4% |
| Mrs Lounis | 10/10 | 2211 days | 4% |
| Susanne | 10/10 | 2241 days | 4% |
| Pim and Martine | 9/10 | 2545 days | 4% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 9/10 | 2545 days | 4% |
| Marieke | 9/10 | 2606 days | 3% |
| James & Kerry | 9/10 | 2606 days | 3% |
| Angela | 10/10 | 2637 days | 3% |
| Grizzly Girl | 8/10 | 2637 days | 3% |
| Ella | 9/10 | 2790 days | 3% |
| Bex & Jake | 10/10 | 2790 days | 3% |
| Matt | 8/10 | 2790 days | 3% |
| P Poiraa | 7/10 | 3222 days | 2% |
| Szymon Stoma | 10/10 | 3325 days | 2% |
| Maura O'Connell | 10/10 | 3351 days | 2% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3409 days | 2% |
| Nora Gutscher | 10/10 | 3537 days | 2% |
| Charlie Sullivan | 1/10 | 3551 days | 1% |
| T Gerhardy | 9/10 | 3584 days | 2% |
| Carlotta Hubner | 7/10 | 3587 days | 1% |
| Adam Stevens | 8/10 | 3604 days | 1% |
| Pieter-Jan V | 9/10 | 3609 days | 2% |
| Valerie Wee | 6/10 | 3673 days | 1% |
| Geraldine La Forge | 4/10 | 3685 days | 1% |
| Jan Mentink | 9/10 | 3799 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 8/10 | 3891 days | 1% |
| Berni Hart | 8/10 | 3918 days | 1% |
| Tarillon Family | 8/10 | 3937 days | 1% |
| Sophia Pickles | 9/10 | 3951 days | 1% |
| Averil Brown | 8/10 | 3972 days | 1% |
| Candice Bergon | 9/10 | 4043 days | 1% |
| Joanne Robertson | 9/10 | 4044 days | 1% |
| tschavalon | 9/10 | 4097 days | 1% |
| Carolin Siegert | 9/10 | 4289 days | 0% |
| Gillian Scott | 9/10 | 4310 days | 0% |
| Eva-Maria Krueger | 10/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Xavier | 8/10 | 4333 days | 0% |
| Carina Huhmann | 5/10 | 4376 days | 0% |
| Romina Bolz | 6/10 | 4376 days | 0% |
| Dirk Sörensen | 1/10 | 4677 days | 0% |
| marypy | 9/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Annika | 9/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Fabian | 7/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 8/10 | 4681 days | 1% |
| Innes Martin | 4/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Peter | 9/10 | 5029 days | 1% |
| Rachel | 7/10 | 5056 days | 1% |
| Siegfried Krueger | 8/10 | 5058 days | 1% |
| Balonno | 7/10 | 5102 days | 1% |
| FlyKiwiFly | 6/10 | 5102 days | 1% |
| Dean | 9/10 | 5117 days | 1% |
| Sanne Ta Stroete | 8/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
| Sarah Haskell | 6/10 | 5399 days | 1% |
| Rolf | 7/10 | 5399 days | 1% |
| Mulder & vanNistelrooij | 8/10 | 5399 days | 1% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Cree | 8/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| John | 8/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 9/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Faye Cox | 8/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Russ White | 9/10 | 5409 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Stones | 10/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| Pieter & Annelies | 10/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| Wouter Teensma | 7/10 | 5412 days | 1% |
| Janine Diehl | 9/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| Nadja | 9/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Hannah Watts | 6/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Janelie | 7/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Jau | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Tom | 9/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Kathryn Knipe | 8/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Russell Stevens | 6/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 7/10 | 5428 days | 1% |
| Martin L | 10/10 | 5429 days | 1% |
| Meg & Steve | 9/10 | 5706 days | 1% |
| joycevanb | 8/10 | 5712 days | 1% |
| Andy | 7/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 8/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Graeme + Jane Ryan | 9/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Christine T | 10/10 | 5767 days | 1% |
| Kay Beaumont | 9/10 | 5775 days | 1% |
| Zara Leyden | 9/10 | 5775 days | 1% |
| Matthias A | 10/10 | 5775 days | 1% |
| Johan | 7/10 | 5775 days | 1% |
| Will Jemma | 9/10 | 5786 days | 1% |
| Marco | 10/10 | 5789 days | 1% |
| Johan Norregaard | 8/10 | 5793 days | 1% |
| hermine Petz | 9/10 | 5795 days | 1% |
| Huber | 10/10 | 5795 days | 1% |
| Jens van Evp | 9/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Max Van der Zalm | 8/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Hanz | 9/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Carolina Gonzalez | 8/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Carina Raeder | 7/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Kasper | 6/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Dersiree Moerbeek | 8/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Carol Dale | 8/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Brenda | 9/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Inga | 8/10 | 5799 days | 1% |
| Gary Judd | 5/10 | 5800 days | 1% |
| BenH | 10/10 | 5801 days | 1% |
| liddellfiona | 10/10 | 5832 days | 1% |
| ursinab | 9/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| Marc | 8/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| katesc | 9/10 | 5852 days | 1% |
| Marons | 6/10 | 5852 days | 1% |
| foucherm | 9/10 | 5856 days | 1% |
| richelle | 8/10 | 5856 days | 1% |
| rosalindm | 10/10 | 5857 days | 1% |
| katepat | 9/10 | 5863 days | 1% |
| Karen Raven | 8/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Aart Van Nooy | 8/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 8/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Debbie Rathbone | 10/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Bas van Schagen | 9/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Chris Leach | 8/10 | 5870 days | 1% |
| Sarah Goeckener | 6/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Zach | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Martin | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Lindsay Brown | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| katharina | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Thomas Willi | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Jess Pasos | 9/10 | 5882 days | 1% |
| TatiamT | 9/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| VickiS | 9/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| StephC | 9/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| SamR1 | 9/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| KeziaB | 8/10 | 6140 days | 1% |
| Craig | 8/10 | 6149 days | 1% |
| Steve | 8/10 | 6151 days | 1% |
| Abigail | 8/10 | 6154 days | 1% |
| Hayley | 7/10 | 6154 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
-0.89% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 41 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 44 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 41 | -0.83% |
| 42 | -0.85% |
| 43 | -0.87% |
| 44 | -0.89% |
| 45 | -0.91% |
| 46 | -0.93% |
| 47 | -0.95% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
1.81% 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
87%
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.