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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 Rakaia Gorge 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.
110 Valid Reviews
The Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground experience has a total of 113 reviews. There are 110 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 110 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 51 |
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46% |
9/10 | 25 |
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23% |
8/10 | 21 |
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19% |
7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
6/10 | 1 |
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1% |
5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
1/10 | 3 |
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3% |
87.64% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground valid reviews is 87.64% and is based on 110 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
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 110 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 | |
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10/10 | 7 |
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44% |
9/10 | 6 |
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38% |
8/10 | 3 |
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19% |
7/10 | 0 |
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0% |
6/10 | 0 |
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0% |
5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
1/10 | 0 |
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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.
88.79%
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 |
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Isy | 10/10 | 42 days | 100% |
Sabina | 10/10 | 42 days | 100% |
Peter | 9/10 | 73 days | 99% |
Sue Peggs | 9/10 | 103 days | 99% |
Stu | 9/10 | 164 days | 98% |
JD | 2/10 | 256 days | 44% |
Marjolein | 8/10 | 317 days | 92% |
Barry and Lesley Joy | 10/10 | 348 days | 93% |
Amy Harwood | 9/10 | 377 days | 91% |
HazzMatazz | 10/10 | 377 days | 92% |
Ayla Maskey | 10/10 | 408 days | 91% |
Anonymous | 1/10 | 408 days | 37% |
Daniel & Michele | 10/10 | 439 days | 89% |
Esther | 8/10 | 742 days | 67% |
Russell | 10/10 | 742 days | 69% |
Yvonne | 10/10 | 773 days | 66% |
Chantal D | 8/10 | 926 days | 50% |
Samantha Mc | 1/10 | 1138 days | 13% |
Wishful fisherman | 7/10 | 1138 days | 30% |
June | 10/10 | 1230 days | 25% |
Trina | 10/10 | 1383 days | 16% |
Mel brown | 10/10 | 1444 days | 13% |
Brandon | 10/10 | 1534 days | 10% |
Ying | 9/10 | 1625 days | 7% |
Jood | 6/10 | 1809 days | 4% |
NoFearNomads | 10/10 | 1838 days | 5% |
Beggars | 10/10 | 1869 days | 5% |
Monica A | 9/10 | 1900 days | 5% |
Jono | 10/10 | 1930 days | 5% |
Shannon | 10/10 | 1961 days | 5% |
Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 1991 days | 5% |
Clément | 3/10 | 2022 days | 3% |
Tarsha | 5/10 | 2022 days | 4% |
ben mannering | 9/10 | 2022 days | 5% |
ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2083 days | 4% |
Andrew | 10/10 | 2175 days | 4% |
Samuel fabien Jacquart | 1/10 | 2203 days | 2% |
Di Murray | 10/10 | 2203 days | 4% |
Jolanda | 10/10 | 2234 days | 4% |
Nadja Kampfhenkel | 10/10 | 2234 days | 4% |
Elin | 10/10 | 2234 days | 4% |
Stone | 10/10 | 2234 days | 4% |
Samantha H. | 10/10 | 2265 days | 4% |
Jolanda | 10/10 | 2326 days | 4% |
Axel | 8/10 | 2326 days | 4% |
Sophie Skinner | 10/10 | 2326 days | 4% |
Dylan | 8/10 | 2387 days | 4% |
Nathaniel Bond | 9/10 | 2538 days | 2% |
Anna | 9/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
Clobby | 10/10 | 2568 days | 4% |
Helen Bond | 10/10 | 2599 days | 3% |
Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 2711 days | 3% |
Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 2880 days | 3% |
Cathy Mead | 10/10 | 2897 days | 3% |
David Blackley | 10/10 | 2921 days | 3% |
Laurentius Bijsmans | 9/10 | 2924 days | 3% |
Andrew Wardell | 10/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
Peter Armstrong | 9/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
Stuart Gange | 8/10 | 2986 days | 3% |
Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3005 days | 3% |
Richard Houghton | 8/10 | 3024 days | 3% |
Shaylene Noble | 9/10 | 3060 days | 3% |
Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3060 days | 2% |
Jenny Adams | 10/10 | 3249 days | 2% |
Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3269 days | 2% |
Gilles Andrieu | 8/10 | 3280 days | 2% |
Kim | 9/10 | 3280 days | 1% |
Philippa and Adam | 9/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
Dan Bow | 10/10 | 3332 days | 2% |
campasouth1 | 10/10 | 3335 days | 2% |
Faye Livock | 10/10 | 3368 days | 2% |
Sarah Gurney | 10/10 | 3383 days | 2% |
Carly-Leanne | 10/10 | 3537 days | 2% |
Sally Smith | 8/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
Alexandre Drouet | 10/10 | 3598 days | 2% |
Mike Merrick | 8/10 | 3634 days | 1% |
Andrew Cruickshank | 9/10 | 3635 days | 1% |
Adam Wight | 10/10 | 3638 days | 1% |
Jurgen Moors | 8/10 | 3680 days | 1% |
Sidney Stokkers | 9/10 | 3694 days | 1% |
Lorna fraser | 9/10 | 3879 days | 1% |
Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 3964 days | 1% |
tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4001 days | 1% |
Viola | 8/10 | 4028 days | 0% |
J D | 8/10 | 4029 days | 1% |
Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 4060 days | 1% |
Adam Taniwha | 9/10 | 4091 days | 1% |
Brian | 7/10 | 4121 days | 0% |
Karen Perry | 7/10 | 4182 days | 0% |
Jay Sorrell | 7/10 | 4182 days | 0% |
AlanDaniel | 7/10 | 4305 days | 0% |
Colin Webster | 10/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
Jan Zimmerman | 10/10 | 4381 days | 1% |
Danish_family | 8/10 | 4394 days | 1% |
Abee and Suess | 10/10 | 4473 days | 1% |
Marjo Cousijn | 9/10 | 4473 days | 1% |
Bandzior | 10/10 | 4517 days | 1% |
thefresh2o | 10/10 | 4700 days | 1% |
Dave McLeish | 9/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
DJohnson | 10/10 | 4913 days | 1% |
Michael | 10/10 | 5080 days | 1% |
Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5087 days | 1% |
Echst Daniela | 9/10 | 5120 days | 1% |
Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 5248 days | 1% |
deepujames | 8/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
Graham Pullman | 10/10 | 5462 days | 1% |
Anne Heriot | 8/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
djrogers | 10/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
koellner | 8/10 | 5550 days | 1% |
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.
1.17% 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.
90%
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.