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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
93.43%
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 | 931 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 1297 days | 41% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2727 days | 6% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2970 days | 5% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 3122 days | 5% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 3208 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3504 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3506 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3507 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3511 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3511 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3516 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3527 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3532 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3534 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3539 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3548 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3548 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3562 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3568 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3569 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3571 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3590 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3593 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3605 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3605 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3605 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3605 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3608 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3611 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3611 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3613 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3617 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3617 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3620 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3624 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3624 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3634 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3643 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3650 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3854 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3854 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3856 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3862 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3863 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3864 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3864 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3868 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3868 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3869 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3870 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3872 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3872 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3874 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3874 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3876 days | 1% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3879 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3879 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3879 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3883 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3885 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3885 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3891 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3893 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3902 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3908 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3909 days | 1% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3915 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3922 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3925 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3933 days | 1% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3936 days | 1% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3937 days | 1% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3959 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3971 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 4237 days | 0% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 4237 days | 0% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 4265 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4323 days | 0% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4581 days | 2% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4581 days | 2% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4581 days | 2% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4583 days | 2% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4599 days | 2% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4599 days | 2% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4615 days | 2% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4634 days | 2% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4662 days | 2% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4966 days | 2% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 5055 days | 2% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 5057 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 5061 days | 2% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 5075 days | 2% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5355 days | 2% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5368 days | 2% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5698 days | 2% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5709 days | 2% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5712 days | 2% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5715 days | 2% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5739 days | 2% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 6064 days | 2% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 6070 days | 2% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 6080 days | 2% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 6086 days | 2% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 6190 days | 2% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6432 days | 2% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6432 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.