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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
93.47%
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 | 850 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 1216 days | 44% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2647 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2889 days | 5% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 3042 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 3127 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3423 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3425 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3426 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3430 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3430 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3435 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3446 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3451 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3453 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3458 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3467 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3467 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3481 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3487 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3487 days | 2% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3488 days | 2% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3490 days | 2% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3512 days | 2% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3524 days | 2% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3524 days | 2% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3524 days | 2% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3524 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3527 days | 2% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3530 days | 2% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3530 days | 2% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3532 days | 2% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3543 days | 2% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3543 days | 2% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3569 days | 2% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3773 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3773 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3775 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3781 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3782 days | 1% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3783 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3783 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3787 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3787 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3788 days | 1% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3789 days | 1% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3791 days | 1% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3791 days | 1% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3793 days | 1% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3793 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3795 days | 1% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3798 days | 1% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3798 days | 1% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3798 days | 1% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3802 days | 1% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3810 days | 1% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3812 days | 1% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3821 days | 1% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3827 days | 1% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3828 days | 1% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3834 days | 1% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3839 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3841 days | 1% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3844 days | 1% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3852 days | 1% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3855 days | 1% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3856 days | 1% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3878 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3890 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 4156 days | 0% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 4156 days | 0% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 4184 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4242 days | 0% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4500 days | 1% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4500 days | 1% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4500 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4502 days | 1% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4518 days | 1% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4518 days | 1% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4534 days | 1% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4553 days | 1% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4581 days | 1% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4974 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4976 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4980 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4994 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5274 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5287 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5617 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5628 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5631 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5634 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5658 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5983 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5989 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5999 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 6005 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 6109 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6351 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6351 days | 1% |
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.