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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
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
86.35%
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 | 681 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 1016 days | 61% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 1106 days | 50% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 1137 days | 46% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 1198 days | 39% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1502 days | 6% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1655 days | 10% |
| ML | 10/10 | 2050 days | 7% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 2142 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 2202 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 2202 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2628 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2628 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2659 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2689 days | 4% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2689 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2873 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2873 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2879 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2898 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 3035 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 3056 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 3126 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 3160 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 3203 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 3211 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 3220 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3261 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3273 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3339 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3339 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3355 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3366 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3391 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3527 days | 2% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3541 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3544 days | 2% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3588 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3589 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3601 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3638 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3644 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3649 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3657 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3662 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3669 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3767 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3800 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3924 days | 1% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3942 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3965 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 4002 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 4020 days | 1% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 4067 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4242 days | 0% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4316 days | 0% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4316 days | 0% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4338 days | 0% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4360 days | 0% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4365 days | 0% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4393 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4424 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4515 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4577 days | 1% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4682 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4682 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4699 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4703 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4732 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4780 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 5185 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5727 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.