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 Brighton Domain.
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.
Brighton Domain
Valid Reviews
71 Valid Reviews
The Brighton Domain experience has a total of 73 reviews. There are 71 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 71 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 15 |
|
21% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
24% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
41% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.82% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Brighton Domain valid reviews is 82.82% and is based on 71 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
5 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 71 valid reviews, the experience has 5 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 5 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 9/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 8/10 | 4 |
|
80% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
20% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
78.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Brighton Domain face-to-face reviews is 78.00% and is based on 5 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
89.76%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capucine | 10/10 | 201 days | 100% |
| Jacqueline | 10/10 | 291 days | 97% |
| Kirsty | 10/10 | 291 days | 97% |
| Charlotte F | 8/10 | 322 days | 94% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 352 days | 95% |
| Jakub | 8/10 | 383 days | 92% |
| Nicolas | 9/10 | 748 days | 69% |
| Phoebe | 10/10 | 931 days | 51% |
| Hugo | 8/10 | 962 days | 47% |
| Nina S. Larsen | 9/10 | 991 days | 45% |
| Cholly | 8/10 | 1114 days | 34% |
| Marie Perret | 8/10 | 1144 days | 31% |
| Lea | 3/10 | 1297 days | 11% |
| Kelsey Fisher | 9/10 | 1328 days | 19% |
| Gt | 9/10 | 1356 days | 17% |
| Meaghan | 8/10 | 1418 days | 14% |
| Colin | 9/10 | 1479 days | 11% |
| Lucy | 10/10 | 1540 days | 9% |
| Jrod | 7/10 | 1662 days | 6% |
| Alex Geraghty | 10/10 | 2027 days | 4% |
| Alydia | 8/10 | 2086 days | 4% |
| Jase | 8/10 | 2117 days | 4% |
| Brendon | 6/10 | 2209 days | 3% |
| Linda | 6/10 | 2452 days | 3% |
| Javier Williams | 8/10 | 2544 days | 3% |
| Elaine | 8/10 | 2605 days | 3% |
| Alice Anderson | 10/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| Hannah Barnes | 8/10 | 2758 days | 3% |
| Pat Burns | 8/10 | 2789 days | 3% |
| Dirk Taubner | 10/10 | 2848 days | 2% |
| Babyinplug | 8/10 | 2848 days | 2% |
| Allie | 5/10 | 2848 days | 2% |
| Mazz | 9/10 | 2879 days | 2% |
| Martin | 10/10 | 2879 days | 2% |
| Ave | 8/10 | 2940 days | 2% |
| Sue | 8/10 | 3032 days | 2% |
| Stephen Lindsay | 7/10 | 3093 days | 2% |
| Owen | 9/10 | 3123 days | 2% |
| Julie Crawshaw | 8/10 | 3123 days | 2% |
| Steve Warndahl | 10/10 | 3154 days | 2% |
| Katherine | 9/10 | 3154 days | 2% |
| Rikke Hessellund, Denmark | 8/10 | 3154 days | 2% |
| Marken Marike | 10/10 | 3159 days | 2% |
| Sophie Keltie | 5/10 | 3180 days | 1% |
| Michael Jayaranjan | 8/10 | 3194 days | 2% |
| Andrew Furphy | 2/10 | 3229 days | 0% |
| Sophie Nightingale | 8/10 | 3272 days | 2% |
| corinne bossat | 8/10 | 3273 days | 2% |
| Joe Trigg | 9/10 | 3292 days | 2% |
| Suzanne Halfpenny | 10/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Jayraj Rau | 9/10 | 3365 days | 1% |
| Chloe Watson | 8/10 | 3400 days | 1% |
| Jo Dawson | 9/10 | 3413 days | 1% |
| Greg | 10/10 | 3454 days | 1% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 3462 days | 1% |
| Jo Gittins | 9/10 | 3516 days | 1% |
| Josephine Ayvadian | 8/10 | 3519 days | 1% |
| Rogina de Jong | 9/10 | 3568 days | 1% |
| Trent O'Keeffe | 9/10 | 3568 days | 1% |
| Jos Tolboom | 9/10 | 3581 days | 1% |
| Marina | 8/10 | 3910 days | 0% |
| Sarah Gurney | 5/10 | 3983 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 8/10 | 4066 days | 0% |
| Sheila Galpin | 8/10 | 4613 days | 0% |
| Ann Barrett | 7/10 | 4614 days | 0% |
| Malcolm & Susan | 9/10 | 4614 days | 0% |
| tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4615 days | 0% |
| Michael Uebe | 8/10 | 4646 days | 0% |
| Andrea Hiemer | 8/10 | 4650 days | 0% |
| Jean Batiste Le meur | 8/10 | 4663 days | 0% |
| Karen Bailey | 10/10 | 4674 days | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Brighton Domain does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.03% 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
91%
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.