Hey, 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 Caroline Bay.

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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Caroline Bay

Valid Reviews

65 Valid Reviews

The Caroline Bay experience has a total of 65 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.

Within these 65 valid reviews, the experience has 2 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 65 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
20%
9/10 12
18%
8/10 14
22%
7/10 8
12%
6/10 6
9%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 2
3%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 5
8%

73.08% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Caroline Bay valid reviews is 73.08% and is based on 65 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

66.55%

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
Anne Joly 2/10 240 days 55%
Josie 6/10 363 days 100%
Filip Vorech 8/10 577 days 100%
Debyron 7/10 636 days 90%
Elise 1/10 636 days 39%
Niels 3/10 636 days 52%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 636 days 39%
Ellen 10/10 667 days 94%
Vivi 5/10 667 days 71%
Jamp pollock 1/10 667 days 38%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 667 days 38%
Alex 5/10 667 days 71%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 697 days 89%
Sebastian 7/10 728 days 81%
Glenda 1/10 758 days 34%
Ann 9/10 942 days 61%
Tom B 8/10 971 days 57%
Drew 3/10 971 days 32%
Tine Warner 10/10 1002 days 55%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 1002 days 55%
Carolyn 9/10 1033 days 51%
tortuga 8/10 1063 days 47%
Susan 9/10 1186 days 35%
Daisy 8/10 1308 days 25%
Matthew 10/10 1308 days 25%
AMR 10/10 1367 days 21%
Tom 9/10 1367 days 21%
Rugby 8/10 1459 days 15%
Cem P T 8/10 1551 days 11%
Jenny 8/10 1642 days 8%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1763 days 6%
EvaBelle 6/10 1763 days 5%
Felipe 5/10 1916 days 4%
Dr.A 10/10 2038 days 5%
Ray 8/10 2066 days 5%
Daniel 10/10 2189 days 5%
Karin 6/10 2432 days 4%
Lua 10/10 2494 days 4%
FZ 8/10 2494 days 4%
EmStems 7/10 2585 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2616 days 3%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2616 days 4%
Arndt 9/10 2647 days 4%
Aaron 10/10 2708 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2769 days 3%
Therese 10/10 2797 days 4%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2828 days 3%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2920 days 3%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 3012 days 3%
Cefa 8/10 3073 days 3%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 3154 days 1%
Jo Dawson 7/10 3393 days 2%
Greg 9/10 3435 days 2%
Harriet Smith 9/10 3490 days 2%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3633 days 1%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3723 days 1%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3810 days 1%
Jan mentink 7/10 4057 days 0%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 4070 days 0%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 4229 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 4534 days 1%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4746 days 1%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4966 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 5203 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 5294 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

9.14% 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

76%

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.