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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 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
88 Valid Reviews
The McLaren Falls Camping Area experience has a total of 92 reviews. There are 88 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 88 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 54 |
|
61% |
| 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% |
91.82% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area valid reviews is 91.82% and is based on 88 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 88 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
92.01%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | 10/10 | 5 days | 100% |
| Natalie | 10/10 | 64 days | 100% |
| Beth | 7/10 | 766 days | 62% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 1101 days | 34% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 1191 days | 28% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 1222 days | 25% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 1283 days | 21% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1587 days | 3% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1740 days | 5% |
| ML | 10/10 | 2135 days | 4% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 2227 days | 4% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 2287 days | 4% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 2287 days | 4% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2713 days | 3% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2713 days | 3% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2744 days | 2% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2774 days | 2% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2774 days | 3% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2958 days | 3% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2958 days | 3% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2964 days | 3% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2983 days | 2% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 3120 days | 2% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 3141 days | 2% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 3211 days | 2% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 3245 days | 2% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 3296 days | 2% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3346 days | 2% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3358 days | 2% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3382 days | 2% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3424 days | 2% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3424 days | 2% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3440 days | 2% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3451 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3476 days | 2% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3612 days | 1% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3629 days | 1% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3658 days | 1% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3673 days | 1% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3674 days | 1% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3677 days | 1% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3677 days | 1% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3686 days | 1% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3687 days | 1% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3687 days | 1% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3695 days | 1% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3723 days | 1% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3734 days | 1% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3742 days | 1% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3748 days | 1% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3754 days | 1% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3852 days | 1% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 4009 days | 1% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 4027 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 4050 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 4085 days | 0% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 4087 days | 0% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 4105 days | 0% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 4152 days | 0% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4327 days | 0% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4397 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4397 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4423 days | 1% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4425 days | 1% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4425 days | 1% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4445 days | 1% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4447 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4450 days | 1% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4478 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4509 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4600 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4662 days | 1% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4784 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4788 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4817 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4843 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4865 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 5270 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5812 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
0.75% 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
91%
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.