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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 Roys Peak Track.
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.
Roys Peak Track
Valid Reviews
115 Valid Reviews
The Roys Peak Track experience has a total of 115 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 115 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 50 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 40 |
|
35% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
14% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track valid reviews is 91.13% and is based on 115 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
105 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 115 valid reviews, the experience has 105 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 105 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 42 |
|
40% |
| 9/10 | 38 |
|
36% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
15% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.48% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track face-to-face reviews is 90.48% and is based on 105 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
93.45%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 911 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 1277 days | 41% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2707 days | 6% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2950 days | 5% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 3102 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 3188 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3484 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3486 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3487 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3491 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3491 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3496 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3507 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3512 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3514 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3519 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3528 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3528 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3542 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3548 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3549 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3551 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3570 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3573 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3573 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3573 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3573 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3585 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3588 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3591 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3591 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3597 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3597 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3600 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3604 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3604 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3614 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3623 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3630 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3834 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3834 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3836 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3842 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3843 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3844 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3844 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3848 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3848 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3849 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3850 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3852 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3852 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3854 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3854 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3859 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3859 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3859 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3863 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3865 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3865 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3868 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3868 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3871 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3873 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3882 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3889 days | 1% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3895 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3900 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3902 days | 1% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3905 days | 1% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3913 days | 1% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3916 days | 1% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3917 days | 1% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3939 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3951 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 4217 days | 0% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 4217 days | 0% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 4245 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4561 days | 2% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4561 days | 2% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4561 days | 2% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4563 days | 2% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4579 days | 2% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4579 days | 2% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4595 days | 2% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4614 days | 2% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4642 days | 2% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4946 days | 1% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 5035 days | 2% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 5037 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 5041 days | 2% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 5055 days | 2% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5335 days | 2% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5348 days | 2% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5678 days | 2% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5689 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5692 days | 2% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5695 days | 2% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5719 days | 2% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 6044 days | 2% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 6050 days | 2% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 6060 days | 2% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 6066 days | 2% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 6170 days | 2% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6412 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6412 days | 2% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Roys Peak Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.59% 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
94%
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.