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 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

67.17%

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 2/10 179 days 54%
Josie 6/10 302 days 98%
Filip Vorech 8/10 516 days 100%
Debyron 7/10 575 days 91%
Elise 1/10 575 days 39%
Niels 3/10 575 days 53%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 575 days 39%
Ellen 10/10 606 days 95%
Vivi 5/10 606 days 72%
Jamp pollock 1/10 606 days 38%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 606 days 38%
Alex 5/10 606 days 72%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 636 days 91%
Sebastian 7/10 667 days 83%
Glenda 1/10 697 days 35%
Ann 9/10 881 days 66%
Tom B 8/10 910 days 62%
Drew 3/10 910 days 34%
Tine Warner 10/10 941 days 59%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 941 days 59%
Carolyn 9/10 972 days 55%
tortuga 8/10 1002 days 51%
Susan 9/10 1125 days 39%
Daisy 8/10 1247 days 28%
Matthew 10/10 1247 days 29%
AMR 10/10 1306 days 24%
Tom 9/10 1306 days 24%
Rugby 8/10 1398 days 18%
Cem P T 8/10 1490 days 13%
Jenny 8/10 1581 days 9%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1702 days 7%
EvaBelle 6/10 1702 days 6%
Felipe 5/10 1855 days 4%
Dr.A 10/10 1977 days 5%
Ray 8/10 2005 days 5%
Daniel 10/10 2128 days 5%
Karin 6/10 2371 days 4%
Lua 10/10 2433 days 4%
FZ 8/10 2433 days 4%
EmStems 7/10 2524 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2555 days 3%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2555 days 4%
Arndt 9/10 2586 days 4%
Aaron 10/10 2647 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2708 days 3%
Therese 10/10 2736 days 3%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2767 days 3%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2859 days 3%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 2951 days 3%
Cefa 8/10 3012 days 3%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 3093 days 1%
Jo Dawson 7/10 3332 days 2%
Greg 9/10 3374 days 2%
Harriet Smith 9/10 3429 days 2%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3572 days 1%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3662 days 1%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3749 days 1%
Jan mentink 7/10 3996 days 0%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 4009 days 0%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 4168 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 4473 days 1%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4685 days 1%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4905 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 5142 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 5233 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

8.72% 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.