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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 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
93.46%
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 | 891 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 1257 days | 42% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2687 days | 6% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2930 days | 5% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 3082 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 3168 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3464 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3466 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3467 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3471 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3471 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3476 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3487 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3492 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3494 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3499 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3508 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3508 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3522 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3528 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3528 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3529 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3531 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3550 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3553 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3553 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3553 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3553 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3565 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3565 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3565 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3565 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3568 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3571 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3571 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3573 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3577 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3577 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3584 days | 2% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3584 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3594 days | 2% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3814 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3814 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3816 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3822 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3823 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3824 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3824 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3828 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3828 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3829 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3830 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3832 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3834 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3834 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3836 days | 1% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3839 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3839 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3839 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3843 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3845 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3845 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3848 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3848 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3848 days | 1% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3851 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3853 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3869 days | 1% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3875 days | 1% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3880 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3882 days | 1% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3893 days | 1% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3896 days | 1% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3897 days | 1% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3919 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 4197 days | 0% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 4197 days | 0% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 4225 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4283 days | 0% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4541 days | 1% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4541 days | 1% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4541 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4543 days | 1% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4559 days | 1% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4559 days | 1% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4575 days | 1% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4594 days | 1% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4622 days | 1% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4926 days | 1% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 5015 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 5017 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 5035 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5315 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5328 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5658 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5669 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5672 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5675 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5699 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 6024 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 6030 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 6040 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 6046 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 6150 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6392 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6392 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.