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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 Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground.
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Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground
Valid Reviews
115 Valid Reviews
The Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground experience has a total of 119 reviews. There are 115 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 115 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 54 |
|
47% |
| 9/10 | 27 |
|
23% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
88.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground valid reviews is 88.00% and is based on 115 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
16 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 115 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 7 |
|
44% |
| 9/10 | 6 |
|
38% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
92.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 92.50% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.18%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Van | 10/10 | 31 days | 100% |
| Martin | 10/10 | 59 days | 100% |
| Jan | 9/10 | 59 days | 99% |
| Phil | 9/10 | 212 days | 97% |
| Eleanor Tresidder | 10/10 | 396 days | 91% |
| Isy | 10/10 | 455 days | 88% |
| Sabina | 10/10 | 455 days | 88% |
| Peter | 9/10 | 486 days | 86% |
| Sue Peggs | 9/10 | 516 days | 84% |
| Stu | 9/10 | 577 days | 80% |
| JD | 2/10 | 669 days | 34% |
| Marjolein | 8/10 | 730 days | 68% |
| Barry and Lesley Joy | 10/10 | 761 days | 67% |
| Amy Harwood | 9/10 | 790 days | 64% |
| HazzMatazz | 10/10 | 790 days | 64% |
| Ayla Maskey | 10/10 | 821 days | 62% |
| Anonymous | 1/10 | 821 days | 25% |
| Daniel & Michele | 10/10 | 852 days | 59% |
| Esther | 8/10 | 1155 days | 30% |
| Russell | 10/10 | 1155 days | 31% |
| Yvonne | 10/10 | 1186 days | 28% |
| Chantal D | 8/10 | 1339 days | 18% |
| Samantha Mc | 1/10 | 1551 days | 4% |
| Wishful fisherman | 7/10 | 1551 days | 9% |
| June | 10/10 | 1643 days | 7% |
| Trina | 10/10 | 1796 days | 5% |
| Mel brown | 10/10 | 1857 days | 5% |
| Brandon | 10/10 | 1947 days | 5% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 2038 days | 5% |
| Jood | 6/10 | 2222 days | 4% |
| NoFearNomads | 10/10 | 2251 days | 4% |
| Beggars | 10/10 | 2282 days | 4% |
| Monica A | 9/10 | 2313 days | 4% |
| Jono | 10/10 | 2343 days | 4% |
| Shannon | 10/10 | 2374 days | 4% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 2404 days | 4% |
| Clément | 3/10 | 2435 days | 2% |
| Tarsha | 5/10 | 2435 days | 3% |
| ben mannering | 9/10 | 2435 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2496 days | 4% |
| Andrew | 10/10 | 2588 days | 4% |
| Samuel fabien Jacquart | 1/10 | 2616 days | 1% |
| Di Murray | 10/10 | 2616 days | 3% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2647 days | 3% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 10/10 | 2647 days | 3% |
| Elin | 10/10 | 2647 days | 3% |
| Stone | 10/10 | 2647 days | 3% |
| Samantha H. | 10/10 | 2678 days | 3% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2739 days | 3% |
| Axel | 8/10 | 2739 days | 3% |
| Sophie Skinner | 10/10 | 2739 days | 3% |
| Dylan | 8/10 | 2800 days | 3% |
| Nathaniel Bond | 9/10 | 2951 days | 2% |
| Anna | 9/10 | 2953 days | 3% |
| Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2953 days | 3% |
| Clobby | 10/10 | 2981 days | 3% |
| Helen Bond | 10/10 | 3012 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 3124 days | 2% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 10/10 | 3310 days | 2% |
| David Blackley | 10/10 | 3334 days | 2% |
| Laurentius Bijsmans | 9/10 | 3337 days | 2% |
| Andrew Wardell | 10/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Peter Armstrong | 9/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 8/10 | 3399 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3418 days | 2% |
| Richard Houghton | 8/10 | 3437 days | 2% |
| Shaylene Noble | 9/10 | 3473 days | 2% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3473 days | 2% |
| Jenny Adams | 10/10 | 3662 days | 1% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3682 days | 1% |
| Gilles Andrieu | 8/10 | 3693 days | 1% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 3693 days | 1% |
| Philippa and Adam | 9/10 | 3715 days | 1% |
| Dan Bow | 10/10 | 3745 days | 1% |
| campasouth1 | 10/10 | 3748 days | 1% |
| Faye Livock | 10/10 | 3781 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 10/10 | 3796 days | 1% |
| Carly-Leanne | 10/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Sally Smith | 8/10 | 3987 days | 1% |
| Alexandre Drouet | 10/10 | 4011 days | 1% |
| Mike Merrick | 8/10 | 4047 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cruickshank | 9/10 | 4048 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 10/10 | 4051 days | 0% |
| Jurgen Moors | 8/10 | 4093 days | 1% |
| Sidney Stokkers | 9/10 | 4107 days | 1% |
| Lorna fraser | 9/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
| tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4414 days | 1% |
| Viola | 8/10 | 4441 days | 1% |
| J D | 8/10 | 4442 days | 1% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 4473 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 9/10 | 4504 days | 1% |
| Brian | 7/10 | 4534 days | 1% |
| Karen Perry | 7/10 | 4595 days | 1% |
| Jay Sorrell | 7/10 | 4595 days | 1% |
| AlanDaniel | 7/10 | 4718 days | 1% |
| Colin Webster | 10/10 | 4790 days | 1% |
| Jan Zimmerman | 10/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| Danish_family | 8/10 | 4807 days | 1% |
| Abee and Suess | 10/10 | 4886 days | 1% |
| Marjo Cousijn | 9/10 | 4886 days | 1% |
| Bandzior | 10/10 | 4930 days | 1% |
| thefresh2o | 10/10 | 5113 days | 1% |
| Dave McLeish | 9/10 | 5171 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 10/10 | 5326 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5500 days | 1% |
| Echst Daniela | 9/10 | 5533 days | 1% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 5661 days | 1% |
| deepujames | 8/10 | 5814 days | 1% |
| Graham Pullman | 10/10 | 5875 days | 1% |
| Anne Heriot | 8/10 | 5915 days | 1% |
| djrogers | 10/10 | 5958 days | 1% |
| koellner | 8/10 | 5963 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.85% 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
92%
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.