Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 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.

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Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

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
10/10 51
46%
9/10 25
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%

87.64% 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.

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 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
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

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
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%

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

1.17% 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.

Final Ranking Score

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.