Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground.

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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Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

72 Valid Reviews

The Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground experience has a total of 73 reviews. There are 72 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 72 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 30
42%
9/10 14
19%
8/10 13
18%
7/10 5
7%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 3
4%
4/10 2
3%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 2
3%
1/10 0
0%

84.31% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground valid reviews is 84.31% and is based on 72 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

16 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 72 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
13%
9/10 5
31%
8/10 3
19%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 2
13%
4/10 2
13%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 2
13%
1/10 0
0%

69.38% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 69.38% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

89.14%

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
Adeline 8/10 39 days 100%
Thomas 8/10 39 days 100%
Viktoria 10/10 253 days 98%
Duncan Mitchell 10/10 314 days 96%
jolly 6/10 373 days 81%
Emily 8/10 434 days 89%
Dalton 10/10 495 days 88%
Jorian 10/10 679 days 75%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 679 days 75%
Kate 10/10 708 days 73%
Michael 9/10 831 days 61%
gazza 7/10 861 days 55%
Max 9/10 1014 days 43%
Jess Cullen 8/10 1045 days 40%
Julia 10/10 1104 days 35%
Josie 10/10 1196 days 28%
gazza 5/10 1288 days 17%
Vicki 10/10 1349 days 18%
Emer 9/10 1349 days 18%
Rach 10/10 1379 days 17%
Kbee 10/10 1561 days 9%
Amber 10/10 1803 days 5%
Mel 10/10 1834 days 5%
Teesh K 10/10 1865 days 5%
Nadia 10/10 1865 days 5%
Kim 10/10 1865 days 5%
Jo 10/10 1926 days 5%
Jenna 10/10 1956 days 5%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 2169 days 4%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 2231 days 4%
Katie 8/10 2231 days 4%
Martin Hansen 10/10 2292 days 4%
Mystery van 10/10 2384 days 4%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 2414 days 4%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2475 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2534 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2534 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2565 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2565 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2596 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2626 days 3%
Kenza 8/10 2657 days 3%
Kim 7/10 2718 days 3%
Anna 7/10 2871 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2909 days 3%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2931 days 3%
Susan Boyton 8/10 3175 days 2%
Kaisu 9/10 3202 days 2%
Brandon 9/10 3225 days 2%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 3373 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3630 days 1%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3916 days 1%
James Webster 9/10 3944 days 1%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3959 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3967 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 4001 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 4001 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 4044 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 4118 days 0%
Claudia 10/10 4148 days 0%
Helen Olsson 10/10 4308 days 0%
Igor 9/10 4332 days 0%
Alexis Redor 4/10 4363 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 4367 days 0%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 4374 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 4374 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 4389 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4692 days 1%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4701 days 1%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4701 days 1%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4711 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4715 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

1.12% 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

90%

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.