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 Abbey Caves.

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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Abbey Caves

Valid Reviews

38 Valid Reviews

The Abbey Caves experience has a total of 38 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 38 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 20
53%
9/10 9
24%
8/10 4
11%
7/10 5
13%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.58% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Abbey Caves valid reviews is 91.58% and is based on 38 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

35 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 38 valid reviews, the experience has 35 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 35 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 18
51%
9/10 9
26%
8/10 3
9%
7/10 5
14%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.43% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Abbey Caves face-to-face reviews is 91.43% and is based on 35 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.42%

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
Sophie Kemp 10/10 2817 days 100%
Robin 9/10 2847 days 97%
Richard Fox 9/10 2936 days 91%
Larissa 7/10 3172 days 71%
Birthe 9/10 3188 days 75%
Lara Vogt 10/10 3194 days 75%
Madeleine Panholzer 9/10 3195 days 74%
Floren Hoenschler 9/10 3211 days 73%
Johanna 9/10 3211 days 73%
Josef Biller 10/10 3221 days 73%
Friederike East 10/10 3222 days 73%
Steph 8/10 3225 days 71%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3229 days 72%
Christine Schtenker 8/10 3233 days 71%
Michele Winzig 10/10 3233 days 72%
Anat Yossef 10/10 3242 days 72%
Monika Dippel 10/10 3271 days 70%
Malin Meier 10/10 3280 days 69%
Paul McDermott 10/10 3290 days 69%
Lars Hobrecht 8/10 3299 days 67%
Jose Coehlo 10/10 3515 days 54%
Daniela Wall 9/10 3552 days 51%
Emilie Normand 10/10 3602 days 48%
Dawn Mulligan 10/10 3604 days 48%
Anne Hempelt 10/10 3654 days 44%
Pelletier 7/10 3895 days 26%
Doreen Gendel 10/10 3907 days 28%
Roy Matthieu 7/10 3939 days 23%
Bernhard Fulterer 10/10 3944 days 25%
Joy Lambez 10/10 3953 days 25%
Elise Boinnot 10/10 3955 days 24%
Jan & Jile 10/10 4298 days 2%
Courtney Quintrell 7/10 4300 days 1%
Jonas Schelbert 10/10 4301 days 1%
Lis Bon 8/10 4321 days 0%
Claudia & Julian 9/10 4685 days 30%
David Boyle 7/10 5052 days 28%
John N 10/10 5383 days 30%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.70% 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.