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 Amberley Beach Camping Ground.

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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Amberley Beach Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

38 Valid Reviews

The Amberley Beach Camping Ground experience has a total of 40 reviews. There are 38 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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.

Within these 38 valid reviews, the experience has 3 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 38 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
18%
9/10 7
18%
8/10 6
16%
7/10 8
21%
6/10 3
8%
5/10 3
8%
4/10 1
3%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
3%
1/10 2
5%

73.16% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Amberley Beach Camping Ground valid reviews is 73.16% and is based on 38 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

51.53%

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
Go Otago! 1/10 779 days 69%
Marlene Black 1/10 779 days 69%
Jane 6/10 992 days 100%
Justin 2/10 992 days 53%
Tomas 5/10 1022 days 83%
Steve 7/10 1418 days 35%
Michelle 7/10 1418 days 35%
Colin 7/10 1448 days 32%
Trevor 6/10 1510 days 24%
R Boyd 7/10 2056 days 11%
Jaimie 10/10 2148 days 11%
Stefan Hohmann 6/10 2391 days 9%
Cat 7/10 2453 days 9%
Steff 8/10 2453 days 9%
Katie 8/10 2453 days 9%
Melanie 9/10 2453 days 10%
Ana 7/10 2514 days 9%
Fawn Lantes 9/10 2636 days 9%
Julia 10/10 2756 days 8%
Ziggie 10/10 2756 days 8%
Melinda Pyke 10/10 2909 days 7%
annette monaghan 8/10 3093 days 6%
Annina Jarvinen 9/10 3171 days 3%
Philip Grose 7/10 3420 days 4%
Katie Marx 5/10 3458 days 3%
Thomas Foster 9/10 3738 days 3%
Debbie 10/10 3852 days 2%
Claude Nobs 10/10 4236 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 7/10 4248 days 0%
Lisa Quayle 9/10 4266 days 0%
Sina Leidig 9/10 4309 days 0%
Andrew B 10/10 4340 days 0%
Kathy Hart 9/10 4493 days 2%
Queenteen 4/10 4613 days 2%
Steve and Therese Dunne 8/10 5021 days 1%
gareth williams 8/10 5344 days 2%
John Wekking 8/10 5589 days 2%
Luc Marchand 5/10 5670 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Amberley Beach Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

20.79% 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 folk 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

72%

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.