Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

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 Haumoana Domain.

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.

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Haumoana Domain

Valid Reviews

36 Valid Reviews

The Haumoana Domain experience has a total of 38 reviews. There are 36 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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.

Within these 36 valid reviews, the experience has 3 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 36 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 15
42%
9/10 12
33%
8/10 4
11%
7/10 1
3%
6/10 2
6%
5/10 2
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.61% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Haumoana Domain valid reviews is 88.61% and is based on 36 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

92.08%

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
Viktoria 10/10 201 days 100%
Nick 7/10 293 days 91%
Pensioners on tour 9/10 352 days 94%
Rachel Shankland 10/10 352 days 95%
Jo and Neipa 10/10 474 days 89%
Rosie 9/10 658 days 76%
Paul 10/10 718 days 72%
Janet and Kevin 10/10 718 days 72%
Sue 10/10 1114 days 35%
Kelly 5/10 1144 days 24%
BerryD 10/10 1205 days 28%
J and C 5/10 1267 days 18%
Jo and Neipa 10/10 1358 days 18%
Mike&Fe 10/10 1358 days 18%
Lisa 9/10 1417 days 15%
Laura E 9/10 1509 days 11%
Hannah 9/10 1601 days 8%
Keybags 10/10 1632 days 7%
Alice 10/10 1874 days 5%
Janine 10/10 1905 days 5%
Murray 9/10 1935 days 5%
Tedy 10/10 1997 days 5%
Jennifer 10/10 2148 days 4%
Bill Johnson 10/10 2454 days 4%
Clarke family 6/10 2850 days 3%
Rob Edlin 8/10 3169 days 2%
Debbie 6/10 3609 days 1%
Christina L 9/10 3862 days 1%
GN100 8/10 4005 days 1%
Jurgen Moors 8/10 4040 days 1%
Margreth Lydie 9/10 4342 days 0%
Mike and Caroline 9/10 4645 days 1%
David Restell 9/10 4676 days 1%
rich kiimmii 8/10 4735 days 1%
Ramon Keller 9/10 4756 days 1%
Anezka Hlavacova 9/10 5390 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Haumoana Domain does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.74% 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

93%

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.