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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 McLaren Falls Camping Area.
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.
McLaren Falls Camping Area
Valid Reviews
86 Valid Reviews
The McLaren Falls Camping Area experience has a total of 90 reviews. There are 86 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 86 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 52 |
|
60% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
22% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
7% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
91.63% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area valid reviews is 91.63% and is based on 86 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
34 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 86 valid reviews, the experience has 34 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 34 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
62% |
| 9/10 | 7 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
92.94% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area face-to-face reviews is 92.94% and is based on 34 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
86.34%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | 7/10 | 449 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 784 days | 78% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 874 days | 68% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 905 days | 64% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 966 days | 56% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1270 days | 11% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1423 days | 17% |
| ML | 10/10 | 1818 days | 6% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 1910 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 1970 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 1970 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2396 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2396 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2427 days | 2% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2457 days | 3% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2457 days | 4% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2641 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2641 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2647 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2666 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2803 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 2824 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 2894 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 2928 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 2971 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 2979 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 2988 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3029 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3041 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3064 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3107 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3107 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3123 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3134 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3159 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3295 days | 2% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3309 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3312 days | 2% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3341 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3356 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3357 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3360 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3360 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3369 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3370 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3370 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3378 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3406 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3412 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3417 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3425 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3430 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3437 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3535 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3692 days | 2% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3710 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3733 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3768 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3770 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3788 days | 1% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 3835 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4010 days | 1% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4080 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4080 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4084 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4084 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4106 days | 0% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4108 days | 0% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4108 days | 0% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4128 days | 0% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4130 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4133 days | 0% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4161 days | 0% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4192 days | 0% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4283 days | 0% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4345 days | 0% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4450 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4450 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4467 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4471 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4500 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4526 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4548 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 4953 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5495 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. McLaren Falls Camping Area does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.57% 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
88%
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.