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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
93.42%
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 | 951 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 1317 days | 40% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2747 days | 6% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2990 days | 5% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 3142 days | 5% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 3228 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3524 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3526 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3527 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3531 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3531 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3536 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3547 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3552 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3554 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3559 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3568 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3568 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3582 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3588 days | 3% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3588 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3589 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3591 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3610 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3613 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3613 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3613 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3613 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3625 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3625 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3625 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3625 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3628 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3631 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3631 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3633 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3637 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3637 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3640 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3644 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3644 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3654 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3663 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3670 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3874 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3874 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3876 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3882 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3883 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3884 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3884 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3888 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3889 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3890 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3892 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3892 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3894 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3894 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3896 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3899 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3899 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3899 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3903 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3905 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3905 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3908 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3908 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3908 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3911 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3913 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3922 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3928 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3929 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3935 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3940 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3942 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3945 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3953 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3956 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3957 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3979 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3991 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 4257 days | 0% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 4257 days | 0% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 4285 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4601 days | 2% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4601 days | 2% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4601 days | 2% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4603 days | 2% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4619 days | 2% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4619 days | 2% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4635 days | 2% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4654 days | 2% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4682 days | 2% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4986 days | 2% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 5075 days | 2% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 5077 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 5081 days | 2% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 5095 days | 2% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5375 days | 2% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5388 days | 2% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5718 days | 2% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5729 days | 2% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5732 days | 2% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5735 days | 2% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5759 days | 2% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 6084 days | 2% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 6090 days | 2% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 6100 days | 2% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 6106 days | 2% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 6210 days | 2% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6452 days | 2% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6452 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.