Ranking Score Explained

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 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

62 Valid Reviews

The Caroline Bay experience has a total of 62 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 62 valid reviews, the experience has 2 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 62 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
21%
9/10 12
19%
8/10 13
21%
7/10 8
13%
6/10 5
8%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 2
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 5
8%

74.03% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Caroline Bay valid reviews is 74.03% and is based on 62 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

73.33%

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
Debyron 7/10 25 days 93%
Elise 1/10 25 days 41%
Niels 3/10 25 days 55%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 25 days 41%
Ellen 10/10 56 days 100%
Vivi 5/10 56 days 76%
Jamp pollock 1/10 56 days 41%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 56 days 41%
Alex 5/10 56 days 76%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 86 days 98%
Sebastian 7/10 117 days 93%
Glenda 1/10 147 days 40%
Ann 9/10 331 days 93%
Tom B 8/10 360 days 91%
Drew 3/10 360 days 50%
Tine Warner 10/10 391 days 91%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 391 days 91%
Carolyn 9/10 422 days 89%
tortuga 8/10 452 days 87%
Susan 9/10 575 days 80%
Daisy 8/10 697 days 71%
Matthew 10/10 697 days 72%
AMR 10/10 756 days 68%
Tom 9/10 756 days 67%
Rugby 8/10 848 days 58%
Cem P T 8/10 940 days 49%
Jenny 8/10 1031 days 40%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1152 days 31%
EvaBelle 6/10 1152 days 27%
Felipe 5/10 1305 days 16%
Dr.A 10/10 1427 days 14%
Ray 8/10 1455 days 13%
Daniel 10/10 1578 days 8%
Karin 6/10 1821 days 4%
Lua 10/10 1883 days 5%
FZ 8/10 1883 days 5%
EmStems 7/10 1974 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2005 days 4%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2005 days 5%
Arndt 9/10 2036 days 5%
Aaron 10/10 2097 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2158 days 4%
Therese 10/10 2186 days 4%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2217 days 4%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2309 days 4%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 2401 days 4%
Cefa 8/10 2462 days 4%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 2543 days 2%
Jo Dawson 7/10 2782 days 3%
Greg 9/10 2824 days 3%
Harriet Smith 9/10 2879 days 3%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3022 days 3%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3112 days 2%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3199 days 2%
Jan mentink 7/10 3446 days 2%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 3459 days 2%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3618 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 3923 days 1%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4135 days 0%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4355 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 4592 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 4683 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

5.34% 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

79%

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.