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 Port Motueka Beach Reserve.

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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Port Motueka Beach Reserve

Valid Reviews

109 Valid Reviews

The Port Motueka Beach Reserve experience has a total of 114 reviews. There are 109 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 109 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 27
25%
9/10 24
22%
8/10 26
24%
7/10 10
9%
6/10 7
6%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 8
7%

76.88% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Motueka Beach Reserve valid reviews is 76.88% and is based on 109 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

9 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 109 valid reviews, the experience has 9 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 9 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
11%
9/10 2
22%
8/10 2
22%
7/10 1
11%
6/10 3
33%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

76.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Motueka Beach Reserve face-to-face reviews is 76.67% and is based on 9 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

80.56%

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 2/10 110 days 46%
Gerrit 3/10 110 days 55%
Clement 9/10 138 days 100%
Kirsty 1/10 138 days 41%
Nerida 1/10 138 days 41%
Sol 8/10 200 days 98%
Julie 7/10 230 days 92%
Melanie Franssens 4/10 261 days 64%
Claire 1/10 261 days 40%
Christina 10/10 383 days 94%
Jas 9/10 475 days 88%
James 8/10 503 days 86%
Morgane 9/10 534 days 85%
Wohoo 9/10 565 days 83%
Mladen Savov 10/10 565 days 83%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 595 days 80%
Ellen 9/10 595 days 81%
Morgane 9/10 626 days 78%
Mike Fricker 10/10 779 days 67%
Sabrina K 10/10 809 days 64%
Jorian 9/10 840 days 60%
Pauline 10/10 869 days 58%
Ann 10/10 869 days 58%
Britta 8/10 869 days 57%
Eva 1/10 900 days 22%
Sam H 10/10 931 days 52%
Nina 10/10 961 days 49%
Cholly 9/10 992 days 45%
Marie Perret 10/10 1022 days 43%
Henry 7/10 1053 days 37%
Christa 9/10 1114 days 34%
Zuzana 10/10 1114 days 34%
Matthew 9/10 1114 days 34%
Basil 9/10 1145 days 32%
Dani 8/10 1175 days 29%
Julierose19 10/10 1206 days 27%
Chantel 9/10 1206 days 27%
Willow 10/10 1234 days 25%
Alex 8/10 1265 days 23%
Blandine 8/10 1265 days 23%
Lara 8/10 1357 days 17%
Har 6/10 1571 days 8%
Alanna 10/10 1599 days 8%
AC 9/10 1630 days 7%
Jenna 8/10 1691 days 6%
Soul 10/10 1722 days 6%
La Vie 1/10 1936 days 2%
Britt 7/10 1964 days 4%
Kathryn 10/10 1964 days 5%
Leon 10/10 1964 days 5%
Rebecca 10/10 2056 days 5%
Felix 8/10 2148 days 4%
Katie 1/10 2179 days 2%
Ian & Wendy 2/10 2330 days 2%
Lærke 10/10 2330 days 4%
JACKIE EHRHARDT 9/10 2392 days 4%
Ritravel 9/10 2422 days 4%
Lua 10/10 2422 days 4%
Piluki 9/10 2453 days 4%
Benjamin Wegenstein 7/10 2453 days 3%
Geoff Walker 9/10 2453 days 4%
Ambs 9/10 2483 days 4%
Becca 8/10 2575 days 3%
Andy and Julia 10/10 2636 days 3%
Lena 10/10 2726 days 3%
Ymke Huisman 10/10 2757 days 3%
Mike Fricker 10/10 2818 days 3%
Harriet Kelly 1/10 2818 days 1%
Lance 5/10 2818 days 2%
Stephen Lindsay 8/10 2971 days 3%
Mike 8/10 3001 days 3%
Nathalie 1/10 3032 days 1%
Jean 8/10 3032 days 3%
Mallory 8/10 3032 days 3%
The Farrs 6/10 3032 days 2%
S Weslake 6/10 3032 days 2%
Oceane Imber 10/10 3086 days 2%
Axel Kite 7/10 3097 days 2%
Michael Pitman 9/10 3104 days 2%
Silvia 8/10 3128 days 2%
Rogier Kavelaars 8/10 3138 days 2%
Vander Plancke Julien 10/10 3144 days 2%
Jacki Janetzki 5/10 3183 days 2%
Jo Dawson 8/10 3285 days 2%
Grace White 3/10 3353 days 1%
Duncan 7/10 3376 days 2%
deborah cooper 7/10 3397 days 2%
Johanna Dorner 8/10 3411 days 2%
Rogina de Jong 9/10 3446 days 2%
Trent O'Keeffe 8/10 3446 days 2%
Irene 8/10 3731 days 1%
Marina 8/10 3788 days 1%
Ron Web 10/10 3883 days 1%
Kate Voss 9/10 4043 days 1%
Sarrob Sarrob 7/10 4128 days 0%
Manuela 9/10 4214 days 0%
Alexandre Moleiro 8/10 4218 days 0%
Benoit Fricaudet 9/10 4226 days 0%
Moudry Vojtech 10/10 4233 days 0%
rachaelandryan 9/10 4279 days 0%
Daniel Jarrett 6/10 4309 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4462 days 1%
Garry Renton 6/10 4469 days 0%
Susan 8/10 4518 days 0%
Dan Lawson 6/10 4533 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 6/10 4533 days 0%
Kellie 7/10 4557 days 0%
K S 7/10 4858 days 1%
Aurelie Morin 8/10 4939 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Port Motueka Beach Reserve does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

2.85% 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

83%

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.