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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
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
96.53%
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 | 537 days | 100% |
| Nick | 9/10 | 3153 days | 3% |
| Mike Dw | 10/10 | 3210 days | 3% |
| Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 3216 days | 3% |
| Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 3435 days | 2% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 3462 days | 2% |
| Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 3471 days | 2% |
| Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 3490 days | 2% |
| Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Magdalena | 7/10 | 3534 days | 2% |
| Kayla | 10/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Sean | 10/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Janina | 10/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 3797 days | 1% |
| Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3798 days | 1% |
| Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3798 days | 1% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3803 days | 1% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3805 days | 1% |
| Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3813 days | 1% |
| Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3818 days | 1% |
| Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3824 days | 1% |
| Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3824 days | 1% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3825 days | 1% |
| John and Jan | 9/10 | 3826 days | 1% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3830 days | 1% |
| Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3831 days | 1% |
| Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Horitz | 10/10 | 3837 days | 1% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 3837 days | 1% |
| Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3842 days | 1% |
| Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| William Lendway | 9/10 | 3844 days | 1% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3845 days | 1% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3849 days | 1% |
| Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3853 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3855 days | 1% |
| Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3857 days | 1% |
| Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3860 days | 1% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3864 days | 1% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3864 days | 1% |
| Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3870 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3871 days | 1% |
| Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3873 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3873 days | 1% |
| Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3877 days | 1% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3881 days | 1% |
| Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3899 days | 1% |
| Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3903 days | 1% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3948 days | 1% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 4180 days | 0% |
| Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Kristina M | 10/10 | 4217 days | 0% |
| Bes | 10/10 | 4223 days | 0% |
| Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 4277 days | 0% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
| Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 4523 days | 1% |
| Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 4523 days | 1% |
| Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4555 days | 1% |
| Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4555 days | 1% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 4566 days | 1% |
| Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4566 days | 1% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 4579 days | 1% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4579 days | 1% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4614 days | 1% |
| Patrick | 8/10 | 4614 days | 1% |
| Emma | 7/10 | 4614 days | 1% |
| Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4884 days | 1% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4894 days | 1% |
| Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4906 days | 1% |
| Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4911 days | 1% |
| Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4913 days | 1% |
| Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4913 days | 1% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 4920 days | 1% |
| Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4922 days | 1% |
| Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4922 days | 1% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4922 days | 1% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4925 days | 1% |
| Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4935 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4979 days | 1% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 4996 days | 1% |
| Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 4998 days | 1% |
| Peter Adams | 9/10 | 5279 days | 1% |
| Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 5281 days | 1% |
| Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 5298 days | 1% |
| Jon Winter | 9/10 | 5300 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 5345 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 5376 days | 1% |
| Sid | 10/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Alibeare | 10/10 | 5437 days | 1% |
| Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5631 days | 1% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5649 days | 1% |
| Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5660 days | 1% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5672 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5674 days | 1% |
| Helen T | 10/10 | 5985 days | 1% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 6002 days | 1% |
| Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 6040 days | 1% |
| Pam K | 10/10 | 6043 days | 1% |
| Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 6060 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 6090 days | 1% |
| Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 6106 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 6117 days | 1% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6352 days | 1% |
| Barry Treve | 9/10 | 6357 days | 1% |
| AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 6368 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 7050 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.