Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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

66 Valid Reviews

The Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground experience has a total of 67 reviews. There are 66 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 66 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 28
42%
9/10 14
21%
8/10 10
15%
7/10 5
8%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 3
5%
4/10 2
3%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 2
3%
1/10 0
0%

84.39% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground valid reviews is 84.39% and is based on 66 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 66 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

92.45%

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
Dalton 10/10 71 days 100%
Jorian 10/10 255 days 97%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 255 days 97%
Kate 10/10 284 days 96%
Michael 9/10 407 days 90%
gazza 7/10 437 days 83%
Max 9/10 590 days 80%
Jess Cullen 8/10 621 days 77%
Julia 10/10 680 days 74%
Josie 10/10 772 days 66%
gazza 5/10 864 days 44%
Vicki 10/10 924 days 51%
Emer 9/10 925 days 51%
Rach 10/10 955 days 48%
Kbee 10/10 1137 days 32%
Amber 10/10 1379 days 16%
Mel 10/10 1410 days 15%
Teesh K 10/10 1441 days 13%
Nadia 10/10 1441 days 13%
Kim 10/10 1441 days 13%
Jo 10/10 1502 days 11%
Jenna 10/10 1532 days 10%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 1745 days 5%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 1807 days 5%
Katie 8/10 1807 days 5%
Martin Hansen 10/10 1868 days 5%
Mystery van 10/10 1960 days 5%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 1990 days 5%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2051 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2110 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2110 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2140 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2141 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2172 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2202 days 4%
Kenza 8/10 2233 days 4%
Kim 7/10 2294 days 4%
Anna 7/10 2447 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2485 days 4%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2507 days 4%
Susan Boyton 8/10 2750 days 3%
Kaisu 9/10 2778 days 3%
Brandon 9/10 2801 days 3%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 2949 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3206 days 2%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3492 days 2%
James Webster 9/10 3520 days 2%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3535 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3542 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 3577 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 3577 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 3620 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 3693 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 3723 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 3884 days 1%
Igor 9/10 3908 days 1%
Alexis Redor 4/10 3939 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 3943 days 1%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 3950 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 3950 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 3965 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4268 days 0%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4277 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4277 days 0%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4287 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4291 days 0%

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

0.70% 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

93%

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.