Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Lake Ōkāreka Campsite.

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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Lake Ōkāreka Campsite

Valid Reviews

65 Valid Reviews

The Lake Ōkāreka Campsite experience has a total of 66 reviews. There are 65 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 65 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 19
29%
9/10 14
22%
8/10 13
20%
7/10 11
17%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 2
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 3
5%

80.77% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Ōkāreka Campsite valid reviews is 80.77% and is based on 65 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

26 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 65 valid reviews, the experience has 26 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 26 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 8
31%
9/10 7
27%
8/10 6
23%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 1
4%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.54% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Ōkāreka Campsite face-to-face reviews is 86.54% and is based on 26 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

73.43%

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
Ike 8/10 39 days 98%
Christopher 10/10 100 days 100%
Ruby 8/10 100 days 98%
Marijng 1/10 313 days 38%
Jakub Matyszczak 5/10 313 days 72%
Morgane 7/10 375 days 86%
Broos 7/10 709 days 67%
Brigit Pratt 1/10 1288 days 9%
Emer 9/10 1439 days 13%
Josiah 9/10 1805 days 5%
Izzy 7/10 1866 days 5%
Jenny 9/10 1866 days 5%
Julianne McKie 8/10 1897 days 5%
Loretta 10/10 1958 days 5%
Andrea 1/10 2231 days 2%
Matt MacD 3/10 2415 days 2%
Thomas Syesha 10/10 2540 days 4%
Alisa Makkaveeva 7/10 2547 days 3%
deborah cooper 7/10 2840 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 10/10 2847 days 3%
Laura David 9/10 2918 days 2%
Nic 10/10 3083 days 2%
Michelle Smit 9/10 3083 days 2%
Gordon Lee 10/10 3141 days 2%
Pamela Hoffman 9/10 3147 days 2%
Russell Opland 8/10 3154 days 2%
S Scott 9/10 3256 days 2%
Bryant Faaola 8/10 3265 days 2%
Jan B 10/10 3306 days 2%
Michael 10/10 3331 days 2%
Carsten Philipp 10/10 3351 days 2%
Ben Apellido 8/10 3387 days 2%
Christina L 10/10 3488 days 2%
K C Costonis 10/10 3510 days 2%
Michael Stibor 9/10 3563 days 1%
Dene 9/10 3571 days 1%
Ines 7/10 3603 days 1%
Daniel Jarrett 8/10 3752 days 1%
Mattias 8/10 3908 days 1%
Guillaume Yedoux 8/10 3908 days 1%
Janek Belcher 8/10 3914 days 1%
Christoph Betten 6/10 3915 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 3963 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 3963 days 1%
David Haines-Hanham 7/10 3971 days 1%
Sally Haines 8/10 3971 days 1%
Roland Beer 10/10 3984 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 3984 days 1%
David Esner 9/10 3985 days 1%
Pioter Jurkowski 10/10 3996 days 1%
Thi Baut 7/10 4001 days 1%
Steffi and Phil 6/10 4027 days 0%
Sam Garret 5/10 4180 days 0%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4210 days 0%
Anton Thisted 9/10 4269 days 0%
Josefine Sjodin 9/10 4269 days 0%
Katie Fleck 9/10 4269 days 0%
Thomas 10/10 4300 days 0%
Neele & Philipp 10/10 4312 days 0%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4325 days 0%
nl 9/10 4404 days 1%
Lars 8/10 4676 days 1%
Briulier 10/10 4680 days 1%
Luis Valenzuela 8/10 4689 days 1%
Johanna & Mark 10/10 5015 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Ōkāreka Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

5.30% 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

78%

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.