Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Murchison Motorhome 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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Murchison Motorhome Park

Valid Reviews

128 Valid Reviews

The Murchison Motorhome Park experience has a total of 131 reviews. There are 128 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 128 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 83
65%
9/10 24
19%
8/10 11
9%
7/10 5
4%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 2
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.28% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Murchison Motorhome Park valid reviews is 93.28% and is based on 128 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

12 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 128 valid reviews, the experience has 12 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 12 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
17%
9/10 4
33%
8/10 4
33%
7/10 1
8%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
8%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

83.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Murchison Motorhome Park face-to-face reviews is 83.33% and is based on 12 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

96.72%

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
Anne 10/10 46 days 100%
Cecile 10/10 46 days 100%
VamperCan 10/10 46 days 100%
TikitouringNZ 10/10 77 days 100%
Derek Gillard 10/10 77 days 100%
Quentin Vanantino 10/10 108 days 99%
Anaïs 10/10 169 days 98%
Monika 10/10 383 days 92%
Joanna 10/10 443 days 89%
Sue 10/10 443 days 89%
Jana 10/10 443 days 89%
Celeste 10/10 474 days 87%
Jimothyhike 10/10 565 days 82%
Dee Sage 10/10 565 days 82%
Daniel 10/10 749 days 68%
Sue and Scott Collington 10/10 749 days 68%
simon 10/10 777 days 66%
Juju 6/10 808 days 54%
Jo Hopkinson 10/10 808 days 63%
PAULA WALLACE 9/10 808 days 62%
Florian S. 4/10 839 days 39%
Sophie 10/10 839 days 60%
Deb 9/10 839 days 59%
Daniel 10/10 869 days 57%
Alec 10/10 1173 days 29%
Mike Whalen 10/10 1173 days 29%
Melissa 10/10 1204 days 27%
Catherine 10/10 1448 days 13%
Helen 6/10 1448 days 11%
Jane 10/10 1507 days 10%
Sass and Pete 10/10 1538 days 9%
Mitch 10/10 1538 days 9%
ZMad 10/10 1599 days 8%
Abi 8/10 1630 days 7%
Aaron 10/10 1752 days 5%
Marika Naylor 10/10 1752 days 5%
Lisa 10/10 1844 days 5%
Paul & Alison Saunders 10/10 1844 days 5%
Neil 10/10 1873 days 5%
Hatessandflys 10/10 1873 days 5%
Sue 10/10 1873 days 5%
Sue Hempstead 10/10 1873 days 5%
Niko Schachner 4/10 1904 days 3%
Mark 10/10 1904 days 5%
Achim 10/10 1904 days 5%
Faircloughs, Auckland, NZ 10/10 1904 days 5%
Lukas 10/10 1935 days 4%
Tom McKernan 10/10 1965 days 4%
Gil 10/10 1965 days 4%
Katherine Ong 10/10 1996 days 4%
Pedro 9/10 2238 days 4%
Brian Palmer 10/10 2269 days 4%
Barry 10/10 2269 days 4%
Jill Grimwood 10/10 2269 days 4%
Macker 8/10 2330 days 4%
Guillaume 10/10 2391 days 4%
Karli18 9/10 2514 days 3%
Stephen Lindsay 10/10 2514 days 3%
Jenny 10/10 2514 days 3%
Johannes Kempf 9/10 2575 days 3%
Nat 10/10 2575 days 3%
The Weathersons 8/10 2588 days 2%
Malindi Esterhuizen 8/10 2616 days 3%
Emma Guthrie 8/10 2632 days 3%
Henry Hunter 10/10 2633 days 3%
Joanna du Toit 9/10 2665 days 3%
Edwin Bos 10/10 2675 days 3%
Nadene Chessells 10/10 2700 days 3%
Prudence Jane 10/10 2709 days 3%
Owen Dilling 10/10 2726 days 3%
Katherine Ong 10/10 2726 days 3%
Sue Armstrong 10/10 2845 days 3%
Anja Röhrich 9/10 2900 days 3%
Ann Teeters 10/10 2940 days 3%
Peter Armstrong 9/10 2968 days 2%
Alan Brown 9/10 2968 days 2%
Matthias Wohlgemuth 7/10 2982 days 2%
Amy Smith 9/10 2988 days 2%
Katie Ball 10/10 3001 days 2%
Richard and Anne Amphlett 10/10 3244 days 2%
Roland Syha 10/10 3269 days 2%
Michal Tomer 10/10 3280 days 2%
Max 7/10 3287 days 2%
Werner Langer 10/10 3305 days 2%
Barbara Dantas 10/10 3317 days 2%
Ines de la Griesbrei 9/10 3318 days 2%
Katy Knapp 10/10 3319 days 2%
Jane Louise Stokes 7/10 3319 days 2%
Steve Newton 10/10 3340 days 2%
Vibeke Pedersen 10/10 3348 days 2%
R Werder 10/10 3349 days 2%
Matthew Hallowell 10/10 3362 days 2%
Scott and Angela 10/10 3365 days 2%
David From Switzerland 10/10 3388 days 2%
Richard Kirby 9/10 3396 days 2%
Fiona Edwards 8/10 3396 days 2%
Alan White 10/10 3438 days 2%
Yann Le Gac 9/10 3595 days 1%
ct2034 10/10 3640 days 1%
Alistair Millward 9/10 3667 days 1%
Marten Nommensen 10/10 3699 days 1%
Christian Oihenart 10/10 3734 days 1%
Dieter & Lydia Schmees 10/10 3761 days 1%
Annie Butler 10/10 3822 days 1%
Tracy Armstrong 10/10 3822 days 1%
Tina Johnson 10/10 3914 days 1%
Sunny Sailing 8/10 3944 days 1%
Bob Morrison 9/10 3975 days 0%
Miro Amsalem 9/10 4036 days 0%
Monique Monique 9/10 4064 days 0%
Paul W 9/10 4064 days 0%
Michael Uebe 10/10 4067 days 0%
Helen King 9/10 4217 days 0%
Paul Taylor 9/10 4394 days 0%
Julian Roots 8/10 4401 days 1%
Tom and Jemima Rawlings 8/10 4482 days 0%
Anja and Katharina 10/10 4500 days 0%
Josef 9/10 4776 days 0%
Richard Spandonk 5/10 4783 days 0%
Arron 10/10 4795 days 1%
polzeath 7/10 4795 days 1%
richdrkt 9/10 5071 days 1%
Weez18 10/10 5101 days 1%
Helen and Graham 8/10 5116 days 0%
Mark 8/10 5139 days 0%
John 9/10 5144 days 0%
Family van Hessem 7/10 5545 days 0%
Alexis De Wilde 9/10 5597 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 Murchison Motorhome Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.63% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 58 days. However the Murchison Motorhome 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 Murchison Motorhome Park experience has been adjusted for 32 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
29 -0.57%
30 -0.59%
31 -0.61%
32 -0.63%
33 -0.65%
34 -0.67%
35 -0.69%

Balancing Adjustment

0.33% 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.