Hi, 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 Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground.

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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Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

67 Valid Reviews

The Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground experience has a total of 68 reviews. There are 67 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 67 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 29
43%
9/10 18
27%
8/10 12
18%
7/10 4
6%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 2
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

89.25% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground valid reviews is 89.25% and is based on 67 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

13 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 67 valid reviews, the experience has 13 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 13 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
54%
9/10 3
23%
8/10 2
15%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
8%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.77% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 90.77% and is based on 13 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

84.62%

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
Marit 9/10 302 days 100%
Toni 8/10 393 days 95%
@saltyskin 7/10 1247 days 24%
Emmy 6/10 1367 days 15%
Peter menzies 9/10 1367 days 18%
ElizabethE 7/10 1367 days 17%
Daniel 9/10 1428 days 15%
Jak 10/10 1612 days 8%
Paul Costelloe 9/10 1732 days 6%
Loaf 10/10 1916 days 5%
Wendy. 10/10 2038 days 5%
Kyje 8/10 2038 days 5%
Bonbons 10/10 2066 days 5%
Danielle Pegge 9/10 2066 days 5%
Rob 10/10 2097 days 5%
Clara 5/10 2097 days 3%
Vicky 8/10 2189 days 4%
Amy Larkin 9/10 2432 days 4%
Eloïse Cook 10/10 2432 days 4%
Javier Williams 9/10 2524 days 4%
Richard and Anne Amphlett 8/10 2555 days 4%
Charlotte 8/10 2647 days 3%
Sarah 10/10 2797 days 3%
Ralph Gleek 7/10 2797 days 3%
Paul Smith 8/10 2797 days 3%
MaryCC 9/10 2859 days 3%
Sarah 6/10 3103 days 2%
Jakub Horner 9/10 3124 days 2%
Robin Heels 10/10 3155 days 2%
Amy Lord 9/10 3169 days 2%
Gordon Otte 9/10 3183 days 2%
Annina Jarvinen 5/10 3212 days 1%
Lukas Kuratko 10/10 3251 days 2%
Haley Everitt 8/10 3421 days 2%
Martin Badley 9/10 3430 days 2%
carter Kedzlie 10/10 3438 days 2%
Rian Talen 8/10 3447 days 2%
Ally Rowe 10/10 3519 days 2%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 3558 days 2%
Emanresu 10/10 3619 days 1%
midlife crisis 10/10 3650 days 1%
Philippa and Adam 9/10 3879 days 1%
Linda Frank 10/10 3905 days 1%
Lucilo Del Castillo 10/10 3911 days 1%
Kiria Logtenberg 9/10 3926 days 1%
Chloe Grand 10/10 3927 days 1%
Christine Slowiak 10/10 4107 days 0%
Christian Jenny 9/10 4177 days 0%
Julia 10/10 4230 days 0%
Felix Holm 9/10 4301 days 0%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 4381 days 1%
tim winders 10/10 4503 days 1%
Leeann Newton 10/10 4621 days 1%
Jason MacLeod 9/10 4654 days 1%
arnaud paquet 10/10 4685 days 1%
Helene & Peter 10/10 4715 days 1%
GN100 9/10 4746 days 1%
David Restell 10/10 4838 days 1%
Cloarec Guillaume 10/10 4955 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4955 days 1%
Phil & Laura 7/10 4988 days 1%
Morayfm 10/10 4988 days 1%
Danish_family 8/10 4988 days 1%
Jennifer 10/10 5336 days 1%
Stefan 10/10 5339 days 1%
Susannah Eduart 10/10 5671 days 1%
Craig 8/10 6432 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.90% 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

87%

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.