Ranking Score Explained

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 Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours.

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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Valid Reviews

70 Valid Reviews

The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has a total of 70 valid reviews. There are no 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 70 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 61
87%
9/10 8
11%
8/10 1
1%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

98.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours valid reviews is 98.57% and is based on 70 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

98.61%

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
Minesh Govenji 10/10 2323 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2323 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2384 days 95%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2415 days 94%
Mariano 10/10 2507 days 88%
Océane 10/10 2568 days 84%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2629 days 80%
Nir 10/10 2657 days 79%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2749 days 73%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2780 days 71%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2994 days 57%
John M 10/10 3052 days 53%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 3083 days 50%
Stephen Forte 10/10 3113 days 49%
Christian 10/10 3723 days 10%
gloria tseng 10/10 4424 days 1%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4483 days 1%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4483 days 0%
David McLemore 10/10 4483 days 1%
Carrie 10/10 4483 days 1%
Ed 10/10 4514 days 1%
reviewer 10/10 4545 days 1%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4575 days 1%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4575 days 1%
Christian 10/10 4575 days 1%
anton prawira 9/10 4667 days 0%
june isono 9/10 4698 days 0%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4698 days 1%
angeline_ang 9/10 4728 days 0%
Alex London 8/10 4820 days 0%
Sharon K 10/10 4820 days 1%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4848 days 1%
Philips 10/10 4879 days 1%
scott 10/10 4910 days 1%
Courtney1 10/10 4971 days 1%
aurbanes 10/10 5032 days 1%
joanhsieh 10/10 5063 days 1%
Varda Mehta 10/10 5063 days 1%
raminderrayar 10/10 5124 days 1%
PegTraveller 10/10 5124 days 1%
Shaunhk 10/10 5154 days 1%
arlenemattera 10/10 5154 days 1%
MBaum735 10/10 5185 days 1%
terig 10/10 5214 days 1%
tfeng 9/10 5214 days 0%
james09173 10/10 5306 days 1%
Lei 10/10 5367 days 1%
shlomo iager 10/10 5367 days 1%
gigirup 10/10 5367 days 1%
pinecliffs 10/10 5579 days 1%
GiancarloB 10/10 5579 days 1%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5579 days 1%
gtspencer 10/10 5610 days 1%
dgreddy 10/10 5641 days 1%
nancy33 10/10 5702 days 1%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5732 days 1%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5824 days 1%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5885 days 1%
clive903 10/10 6006 days 1%
Carlos 10/10 6006 days 1%
Jody 10/10 6067 days 1%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6281 days 1%
Irina 10/10 6340 days 1%
franz_renate 10/10 6401 days 1%
harpal 10/10 6585 days 1%
enngee 10/10 6767 days 1%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6859 days 1%
primarosa 10/10 7102 days 1%
gilluncles 9/10 7163 days 0%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7346 days 1%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.87% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 88 days. However the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -2.82%
198 -2.84%
199 -2.85%
200 -2.87%
201 -2.88%
202 -2.90%
203 -2.91%

Balancing Adjustment

0.36% 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 customers 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

96%

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.