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 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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Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours

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

98.60%

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 2504 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2504 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2565 days 94%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2596 days 93%
Mariano 10/10 2688 days 87%
Océane 10/10 2749 days 83%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2810 days 78%
Nir 10/10 2838 days 76%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2930 days 70%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2961 days 67%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 3175 days 52%
John M 10/10 3234 days 48%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 3265 days 45%
Stephen Forte 10/10 3295 days 44%
Christian 10/10 3905 days 0%
gloria tseng 10/10 4605 days 3%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4664 days 3%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4664 days 2%
David McLemore 10/10 4664 days 3%
Carrie 10/10 4664 days 3%
Ed 10/10 4695 days 3%
reviewer 10/10 4726 days 3%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4756 days 3%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4756 days 3%
Christian 10/10 4756 days 3%
anton prawira 9/10 4848 days 2%
june isono 9/10 4879 days 2%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4879 days 3%
angeline_ang 9/10 4909 days 2%
Alex London 8/10 5001 days 2%
Sharon K 10/10 5001 days 3%
Terry Bryk 10/10 5029 days 3%
Philips 10/10 5060 days 3%
scott 10/10 5091 days 3%
Courtney1 10/10 5152 days 3%
aurbanes 10/10 5213 days 3%
joanhsieh 10/10 5244 days 3%
Varda Mehta 10/10 5244 days 3%
raminderrayar 10/10 5305 days 3%
PegTraveller 10/10 5305 days 3%
Shaunhk 10/10 5335 days 3%
arlenemattera 10/10 5335 days 3%
MBaum735 10/10 5366 days 3%
terig 10/10 5395 days 3%
tfeng 9/10 5395 days 2%
james09173 10/10 5487 days 3%
Lei 10/10 5548 days 3%
shlomo iager 10/10 5548 days 3%
gigirup 10/10 5548 days 3%
pinecliffs 10/10 5760 days 3%
GiancarloB 10/10 5760 days 3%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5760 days 3%
gtspencer 10/10 5791 days 3%
dgreddy 10/10 5822 days 3%
nancy33 10/10 5883 days 3%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5913 days 3%
NawshirMirza 10/10 6005 days 3%
barbarakburtb 10/10 6066 days 3%
clive903 10/10 6187 days 3%
Carlos 10/10 6187 days 3%
Jody 10/10 6248 days 3%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6462 days 3%
Irina 10/10 6521 days 3%
franz_renate 10/10 6582 days 3%
harpal 10/10 6766 days 3%
enngee 10/10 6948 days 3%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 7040 days 3%
primarosa 10/10 7283 days 3%
gilluncles 9/10 7344 days 2%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7527 days 3%

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

-3.95% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 47 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 -3.89%
198 -3.91%
199 -3.93%
200 -3.95%
201 -3.97%
202 -3.99%
203 -4.01%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

0.47% 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

95%

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.