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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
96.50%
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 | 496 days | 100% |
| Nick | 9/10 | 3112 days | 3% |
| Mike Dw | 10/10 | 3169 days | 3% |
| Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 3175 days | 3% |
| Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 3394 days | 2% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 3421 days | 2% |
| Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 3430 days | 2% |
| Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 3449 days | 2% |
| Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 3468 days | 2% |
| Magdalena | 7/10 | 3493 days | 2% |
| Kayla | 10/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Sean | 10/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3514 days | 2% |
| Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3514 days | 2% |
| Janina | 10/10 | 3519 days | 2% |
| Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3520 days | 2% |
| Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3523 days | 2% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 3756 days | 1% |
| Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3757 days | 1% |
| Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3757 days | 1% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3762 days | 1% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
| Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3764 days | 1% |
| Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3766 days | 1% |
| Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3766 days | 1% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3772 days | 1% |
| Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3783 days | 1% |
| Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3783 days | 1% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3784 days | 1% |
| John and Jan | 9/10 | 3785 days | 1% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3789 days | 1% |
| Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3790 days | 1% |
| Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3791 days | 1% |
| Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3791 days | 1% |
| Horitz | 10/10 | 3796 days | 1% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 3796 days | 1% |
| Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3801 days | 1% |
| Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3802 days | 1% |
| William Lendway | 9/10 | 3803 days | 1% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3808 days | 1% |
| Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3812 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3814 days | 1% |
| Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3815 days | 1% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3816 days | 1% |
| Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3819 days | 1% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3821 days | 1% |
| Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3823 days | 1% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3823 days | 1% |
| Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3827 days | 1% |
| Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3829 days | 1% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3830 days | 1% |
| Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3836 days | 1% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3840 days | 1% |
| Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3858 days | 1% |
| Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3907 days | 1% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 4139 days | 0% |
| Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 4149 days | 0% |
| Kristina M | 10/10 | 4177 days | 0% |
| Bes | 10/10 | 4182 days | 0% |
| Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 4236 days | 0% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 4330 days | 0% |
| Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 4482 days | 1% |
| Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 4482 days | 1% |
| Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4514 days | 1% |
| Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4514 days | 1% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 4525 days | 1% |
| Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4525 days | 1% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4573 days | 1% |
| Patrick | 8/10 | 4573 days | 1% |
| Emma | 7/10 | 4573 days | 1% |
| Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4843 days | 1% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4853 days | 1% |
| Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4865 days | 1% |
| Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4870 days | 1% |
| Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4872 days | 1% |
| Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4872 days | 1% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 4879 days | 1% |
| Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4884 days | 1% |
| Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4894 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4938 days | 1% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 4955 days | 1% |
| Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 4957 days | 1% |
| Peter Adams | 9/10 | 5238 days | 1% |
| Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 5240 days | 1% |
| Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 5257 days | 1% |
| Jon Winter | 9/10 | 5259 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 5304 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 5335 days | 1% |
| Sid | 10/10 | 5365 days | 1% |
| Alibeare | 10/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5608 days | 1% |
| Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5619 days | 1% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5631 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5633 days | 1% |
| Helen T | 10/10 | 5944 days | 1% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 5961 days | 1% |
| Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 5999 days | 1% |
| Pam K | 10/10 | 6002 days | 1% |
| Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 6019 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 6049 days | 1% |
| Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 6065 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 6076 days | 1% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6311 days | 1% |
| Barry Treve | 9/10 | 6316 days | 1% |
| AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 6327 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 7010 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
0.30% 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.