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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 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
117 Valid Reviews
The Wharariki Beach Walk experience has a total of 118 reviews. There are 117 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 117 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 79 |
|
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% |
94.70% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk valid reviews is 94.70% and is based on 117 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 117 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
94.14%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | 9/10 | 2665 days | 100% |
| Mike Dw | 10/10 | 2722 days | 97% |
| Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 2728 days | 97% |
| Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 2947 days | 80% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 2974 days | 78% |
| Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 2983 days | 78% |
| Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 3002 days | 77% |
| Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 3021 days | 75% |
| Magdalena | 7/10 | 3046 days | 69% |
| Kayla | 10/10 | 3065 days | 74% |
| Sean | 10/10 | 3065 days | 74% |
| Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3067 days | 74% |
| Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3067 days | 74% |
| Janina | 10/10 | 3072 days | 73% |
| Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3073 days | 67% |
| Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3076 days | 71% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3092 days | 72% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 3309 days | 56% |
| Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3310 days | 56% |
| Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3310 days | 57% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3315 days | 56% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3316 days | 55% |
| Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3317 days | 57% |
| Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3319 days | 56% |
| Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3319 days | 56% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3325 days | 56% |
| Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3330 days | 56% |
| Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3336 days | 55% |
| Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3336 days | 55% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3337 days | 55% |
| John and Jan | 9/10 | 3338 days | 54% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3342 days | 55% |
| Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3343 days | 55% |
| Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3344 days | 55% |
| Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3344 days | 50% |
| Horitz | 10/10 | 3349 days | 54% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 3349 days | 54% |
| Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3354 days | 53% |
| Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3355 days | 54% |
| William Lendway | 9/10 | 3356 days | 53% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3357 days | 54% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3361 days | 54% |
| Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3365 days | 53% |
| Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3367 days | 44% |
| Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3368 days | 53% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3369 days | 53% |
| Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3372 days | 53% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3374 days | 52% |
| Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3376 days | 53% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3376 days | 53% |
| Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3380 days | 52% |
| Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3382 days | 52% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3383 days | 47% |
| Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3385 days | 51% |
| Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3385 days | 52% |
| Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3389 days | 52% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3393 days | 51% |
| Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3411 days | 49% |
| Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3415 days | 49% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3460 days | 47% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 3692 days | 31% |
| Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 3701 days | 30% |
| Kristina M | 10/10 | 3729 days | 28% |
| Bes | 10/10 | 3735 days | 28% |
| Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 3789 days | 24% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 3882 days | 18% |
| Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 4035 days | 7% |
| Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 4035 days | 7% |
| Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4067 days | 5% |
| Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4067 days | 5% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 4078 days | 4% |
| Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4078 days | 4% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 4091 days | 4% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4091 days | 4% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4126 days | 1% |
| Patrick | 8/10 | 4126 days | 1% |
| Emma | 7/10 | 4126 days | 0% |
| Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4396 days | 19% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4406 days | 19% |
| Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4418 days | 19% |
| Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4423 days | 18% |
| Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4425 days | 19% |
| Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4425 days | 18% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 4432 days | 19% |
| Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4434 days | 19% |
| Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4434 days | 18% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4434 days | 19% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4437 days | 19% |
| Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4447 days | 19% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4491 days | 19% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 4508 days | 19% |
| Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 4510 days | 19% |
| Peter Adams | 9/10 | 4791 days | 18% |
| Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 4793 days | 19% |
| Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 4810 days | 18% |
| Jon Winter | 9/10 | 4812 days | 18% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 4857 days | 19% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 4888 days | 19% |
| Sid | 10/10 | 4918 days | 19% |
| Alibeare | 10/10 | 4949 days | 19% |
| Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5143 days | 19% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5161 days | 19% |
| Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5172 days | 18% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5184 days | 19% |
| Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5186 days | 19% |
| Helen T | 10/10 | 5497 days | 19% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 5514 days | 19% |
| Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 5552 days | 18% |
| Pam K | 10/10 | 5555 days | 19% |
| Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 5572 days | 19% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5602 days | 19% |
| Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 5618 days | 19% |
| Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 5629 days | 18% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 5864 days | 18% |
| Barry Treve | 9/10 | 5869 days | 18% |
| AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 5880 days | 19% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 6563 days | 19% |
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
0.52% 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
95%
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.