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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 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

73 Valid Reviews

The Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground experience has a total of 74 reviews. There are 73 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 73 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 30
41%
9/10 14
19%
8/10 14
19%
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%

84.25% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground valid reviews is 84.25% and is based on 73 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 73 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

87.87%

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
Jan 8/10 280 days 100%
Adeline 8/10 342 days 98%
Thomas 8/10 342 days 98%
Viktoria 10/10 556 days 88%
Duncan Mitchell 10/10 617 days 84%
jolly 6/10 676 days 68%
Emily 8/10 737 days 72%
Dalton 10/10 798 days 68%
Jorian 10/10 982 days 49%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 982 days 49%
Kate 10/10 1011 days 46%
Michael 9/10 1134 days 34%
gazza 7/10 1164 days 30%
Max 9/10 1317 days 21%
Jess Cullen 8/10 1348 days 19%
Julia 10/10 1407 days 16%
Josie 10/10 1499 days 12%
gazza 5/10 1591 days 7%
Vicki 10/10 1652 days 7%
Emer 9/10 1652 days 7%
Rach 10/10 1682 days 7%
Kbee 10/10 1864 days 5%
Amber 10/10 2106 days 5%
Mel 10/10 2137 days 5%
Teesh K 10/10 2168 days 5%
Nadia 10/10 2168 days 5%
Kim 10/10 2168 days 5%
Jo 10/10 2229 days 4%
Jenna 10/10 2259 days 4%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 2472 days 4%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 2534 days 4%
Katie 8/10 2534 days 4%
Martin Hansen 10/10 2595 days 4%
Mystery van 10/10 2687 days 3%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 2717 days 3%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2778 days 3%
Ceri 9/10 2837 days 3%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2837 days 3%
Doug 10/10 2868 days 3%
Renske 8/10 2868 days 3%
Sally 10/10 2899 days 3%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2929 days 3%
Kenza 8/10 2960 days 3%
Kim 7/10 3021 days 3%
Anna 7/10 3174 days 2%
Alyson Reid 10/10 3212 days 2%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 3234 days 2%
Susan Boyton 8/10 3478 days 2%
Kaisu 9/10 3505 days 2%
Brandon 9/10 3528 days 2%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 3676 days 1%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3933 days 1%
Steffen Paul 9/10 4219 days 0%
James Webster 9/10 4247 days 0%
Katherine Britten 9/10 4262 days 0%
Miguel 7/10 4270 days 0%
Kamil Benes 9/10 4304 days 0%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 4304 days 0%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 4347 days 0%
margaret rose 3/10 4421 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 4451 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 4611 days 1%
Igor 9/10 4635 days 1%
Alexis Redor 4/10 4666 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 4670 days 1%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 4677 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 4677 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 4692 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4995 days 1%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 5004 days 1%
Lea Bulle 8/10 5004 days 1%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 5014 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 5018 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

1.31% 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

89%

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.