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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 Wharariki Beach Walk.
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.
Wharariki Beach Walk
Valid Reviews
118 Valid Reviews
The Wharariki Beach Walk experience has a total of 118 valid reviews. There are no 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 118 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 80 |
|
68% |
| 9/10 | 21 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 11 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
94.75% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk valid reviews is 94.75% and is based on 118 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
98 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 118 valid reviews, the experience has 98 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 98 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 62 |
|
63% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
19% |
| 8/10 | 11 |
|
11% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
93.88% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk face-to-face reviews is 93.88% and is based on 98 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
96.56%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tz | 10/10 | 556 days | 100% |
| Nick | 9/10 | 3172 days | 3% |
| Mike Dw | 10/10 | 3229 days | 3% |
| Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 3235 days | 3% |
| Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 3454 days | 2% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 3481 days | 2% |
| Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 3490 days | 2% |
| Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 3528 days | 2% |
| Magdalena | 7/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Kayla | 10/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Sean | 10/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Janina | 10/10 | 3579 days | 2% |
| Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3599 days | 2% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 3816 days | 1% |
| Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3817 days | 1% |
| Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3817 days | 1% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3822 days | 1% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3823 days | 1% |
| Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3824 days | 1% |
| Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3826 days | 1% |
| Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3826 days | 1% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3837 days | 1% |
| Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3844 days | 1% |
| John and Jan | 9/10 | 3845 days | 1% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3849 days | 1% |
| Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3850 days | 1% |
| Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3851 days | 1% |
| Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3851 days | 1% |
| Horitz | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3861 days | 1% |
| Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| William Lendway | 9/10 | 3863 days | 1% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3864 days | 1% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3872 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3874 days | 1% |
| Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3875 days | 1% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3876 days | 1% |
| Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3879 days | 1% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3881 days | 1% |
| Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3883 days | 1% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3883 days | 1% |
| Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3887 days | 1% |
| Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3889 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3890 days | 1% |
| Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3892 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3892 days | 1% |
| Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3896 days | 1% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3900 days | 1% |
| Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3918 days | 1% |
| Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3967 days | 1% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 4199 days | 0% |
| Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 4209 days | 0% |
| Kristina M | 10/10 | 4237 days | 0% |
| Bes | 10/10 | 4242 days | 0% |
| Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 4296 days | 0% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 4390 days | 1% |
| Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 4542 days | 1% |
| Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 4542 days | 1% |
| Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4574 days | 1% |
| Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4574 days | 1% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 4598 days | 1% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4598 days | 1% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4633 days | 1% |
| Patrick | 8/10 | 4633 days | 1% |
| Emma | 7/10 | 4633 days | 1% |
| Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4903 days | 1% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4913 days | 1% |
| Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4925 days | 1% |
| Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4930 days | 1% |
| Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4932 days | 1% |
| Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4932 days | 1% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 4939 days | 1% |
| Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4941 days | 1% |
| Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4941 days | 1% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4941 days | 1% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4944 days | 1% |
| Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4954 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4998 days | 1% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 5015 days | 1% |
| Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 5017 days | 1% |
| Peter Adams | 9/10 | 5298 days | 1% |
| Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 5300 days | 1% |
| Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 5317 days | 1% |
| Jon Winter | 9/10 | 5319 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 5364 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 5395 days | 1% |
| Sid | 10/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Alibeare | 10/10 | 5456 days | 1% |
| Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5650 days | 1% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5668 days | 1% |
| Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5679 days | 1% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5691 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5693 days | 1% |
| Helen T | 10/10 | 6004 days | 1% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 6021 days | 1% |
| Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 6059 days | 1% |
| Pam K | 10/10 | 6062 days | 1% |
| Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 6079 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 6109 days | 1% |
| Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 6125 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 6136 days | 1% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6371 days | 1% |
| Barry Treve | 9/10 | 6376 days | 1% |
| AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 6387 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 7070 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Wharariki Beach Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.29% 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
97%
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.