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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
112 Valid Reviews
The Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground experience has a total of 116 reviews. There are 112 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 112 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 52 |
|
46% |
| 9/10 | 26 |
|
23% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
19% |
| 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% |
87.77% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground valid reviews is 87.77% and is based on 112 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 112 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
89.81%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | 9/10 | 95 days | 100% |
| Eleanor Tresidder | 10/10 | 279 days | 97% |
| Isy | 10/10 | 338 days | 95% |
| Sabina | 10/10 | 338 days | 95% |
| Peter | 9/10 | 369 days | 93% |
| Sue Peggs | 9/10 | 399 days | 91% |
| Stu | 9/10 | 460 days | 88% |
| JD | 2/10 | 552 days | 38% |
| Marjolein | 8/10 | 613 days | 78% |
| Barry and Lesley Joy | 10/10 | 644 days | 77% |
| Amy Harwood | 9/10 | 673 days | 75% |
| HazzMatazz | 10/10 | 673 days | 75% |
| Ayla Maskey | 10/10 | 704 days | 73% |
| Anonymous | 1/10 | 704 days | 30% |
| Daniel & Michele | 10/10 | 735 days | 70% |
| Esther | 8/10 | 1038 days | 40% |
| Russell | 10/10 | 1038 days | 41% |
| Yvonne | 10/10 | 1069 days | 38% |
| Chantal D | 8/10 | 1222 days | 26% |
| Samantha Mc | 1/10 | 1434 days | 6% |
| Wishful fisherman | 7/10 | 1434 days | 13% |
| June | 10/10 | 1526 days | 10% |
| Trina | 10/10 | 1679 days | 6% |
| Mel brown | 10/10 | 1740 days | 5% |
| Brandon | 10/10 | 1830 days | 5% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Jood | 6/10 | 2105 days | 4% |
| NoFearNomads | 10/10 | 2134 days | 4% |
| Beggars | 10/10 | 2165 days | 4% |
| Monica A | 9/10 | 2196 days | 4% |
| Jono | 10/10 | 2226 days | 4% |
| Shannon | 10/10 | 2257 days | 4% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 2287 days | 4% |
| Clément | 3/10 | 2318 days | 2% |
| Tarsha | 5/10 | 2318 days | 3% |
| ben mannering | 9/10 | 2318 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2379 days | 4% |
| Andrew | 10/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Samuel fabien Jacquart | 1/10 | 2499 days | 1% |
| Di Murray | 10/10 | 2499 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 10/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Elin | 10/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Stone | 10/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Samantha H. | 10/10 | 2561 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2622 days | 3% |
| Axel | 8/10 | 2622 days | 3% |
| Sophie Skinner | 10/10 | 2622 days | 3% |
| Dylan | 8/10 | 2683 days | 3% |
| Nathaniel Bond | 9/10 | 2834 days | 2% |
| Anna | 9/10 | 2836 days | 3% |
| Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2836 days | 3% |
| Clobby | 10/10 | 2864 days | 3% |
| Helen Bond | 10/10 | 2895 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 3176 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 10/10 | 3193 days | 2% |
| David Blackley | 10/10 | 3217 days | 2% |
| Laurentius Bijsmans | 9/10 | 3220 days | 2% |
| Andrew Wardell | 10/10 | 3228 days | 2% |
| Peter Armstrong | 9/10 | 3228 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 8/10 | 3282 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Richard Houghton | 8/10 | 3320 days | 2% |
| Shaylene Noble | 9/10 | 3356 days | 2% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3356 days | 2% |
| Jenny Adams | 10/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3565 days | 2% |
| Gilles Andrieu | 8/10 | 3576 days | 2% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 3576 days | 1% |
| Philippa and Adam | 9/10 | 3598 days | 1% |
| Dan Bow | 10/10 | 3628 days | 1% |
| campasouth1 | 10/10 | 3631 days | 1% |
| Faye Livock | 10/10 | 3664 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 10/10 | 3679 days | 1% |
| Carly-Leanne | 10/10 | 3833 days | 1% |
| Sally Smith | 8/10 | 3870 days | 1% |
| Alexandre Drouet | 10/10 | 3894 days | 1% |
| Mike Merrick | 8/10 | 3930 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cruickshank | 9/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 10/10 | 3934 days | 1% |
| Jurgen Moors | 8/10 | 3976 days | 1% |
| Sidney Stokkers | 9/10 | 3990 days | 1% |
| Lorna fraser | 9/10 | 4175 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4260 days | 0% |
| tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Viola | 8/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| J D | 8/10 | 4325 days | 0% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 4356 days | 0% |
| Adam Taniwha | 9/10 | 4387 days | 1% |
| Brian | 7/10 | 4417 days | 1% |
| Karen Perry | 7/10 | 4478 days | 1% |
| Jay Sorrell | 7/10 | 4478 days | 1% |
| AlanDaniel | 7/10 | 4601 days | 1% |
| Colin Webster | 10/10 | 4673 days | 1% |
| Jan Zimmerman | 10/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Danish_family | 8/10 | 4690 days | 1% |
| Abee and Suess | 10/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
| Marjo Cousijn | 9/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
| Bandzior | 10/10 | 4813 days | 1% |
| thefresh2o | 10/10 | 4996 days | 1% |
| Dave McLeish | 9/10 | 5054 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 10/10 | 5209 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5376 days | 1% |
| Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Echst Daniela | 9/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 5544 days | 1% |
| deepujames | 8/10 | 5697 days | 1% |
| Graham Pullman | 10/10 | 5758 days | 1% |
| Anne Heriot | 8/10 | 5798 days | 1% |
| djrogers | 10/10 | 5841 days | 1% |
| koellner | 8/10 | 5846 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
1.03% 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
91%
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.