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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 Taupo Information Centre.
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.
Taupo Information Centre
Valid Reviews
87 Valid Reviews
The Taupo Information Centre experience has a total of 88 reviews. There are 87 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 87 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 22 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 18 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 24 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.34% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Taupo Information Centre valid reviews is 80.34% and is based on 87 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
86 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 87 valid reviews, the experience has 86 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 86 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 18 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 24 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.12% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Taupo Information Centre face-to-face reviews is 80.12% and is based on 86 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
82.96%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Jacobs | 10/10 | 3143 days | 100% |
| Johanna Lidel | 10/10 | 4075 days | 12% |
| Amelie Eschenbach | 10/10 | 4075 days | 12% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 7/10 | 4078 days | 10% |
| Michael Stibor | 9/10 | 4079 days | 12% |
| Nicol | 4/10 | 4116 days | 0% |
| Marie Weber | 10/10 | 4122 days | 8% |
| Sue Hempstead | 8/10 | 4123 days | 7% |
| Lukas Dost | 8/10 | 4135 days | 6% |
| Sophie Huybrechts | 9/10 | 4169 days | 3% |
| Bram and Laura | 6/10 | 4178 days | 0% |
| Cecilia Anderson | 3/10 | 4424 days | 10% |
| Mattias | 4/10 | 4424 days | 15% |
| Doreen Gendel | 10/10 | 4432 days | 32% |
| Christina | 10/10 | 4435 days | 32% |
| Kathrin Lerch | 8/10 | 4435 days | 31% |
| Meredith Griffiths | 8/10 | 4441 days | 31% |
| Philippe Chiasson | 8/10 | 4441 days | 31% |
| Stephen Revah | 9/10 | 4450 days | 31% |
| Hadler | 9/10 | 4454 days | 31% |
| Christine Helleiner | 10/10 | 4454 days | 32% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 4456 days | 31% |
| Sergey Pronkin | 9/10 | 4456 days | 31% |
| Nina Helmling | 8/10 | 4456 days | 31% |
| Tobias Thull | 9/10 | 4456 days | 31% |
| Sara Clausen | 8/10 | 4459 days | 31% |
| Marieke Feyteres | 8/10 | 4459 days | 31% |
| Isabelle Bohle | 10/10 | 4463 days | 32% |
| Ian Garner | 9/10 | 4466 days | 31% |
| Steven Lotrian | 7/10 | 4467 days | 28% |
| Marvin Koever | 10/10 | 4467 days | 32% |
| Max Meternich | 10/10 | 4467 days | 32% |
| Philip Donachie | 10/10 | 4469 days | 32% |
| Luisa Bach | 10/10 | 4469 days | 32% |
| Sophia | 8/10 | 4470 days | 31% |
| Lopez Anandine | 6/10 | 4470 days | 25% |
| Ruth Watkin | 8/10 | 4477 days | 31% |
| Matthias Freiling | 8/10 | 4479 days | 31% |
| Jesseca Klausch | 5/10 | 4479 days | 20% |
| Vincent Schaeflier | 9/10 | 4479 days | 31% |
| Thomas Dequidt | 8/10 | 4480 days | 31% |
| Florian Littmann | 9/10 | 4483 days | 31% |
| Victor Herranz | 8/10 | 4484 days | 31% |
| Andreas Brodhaeker | 6/10 | 4495 days | 25% |
| Marius Buseh | 6/10 | 4495 days | 25% |
| Benedict Seite | 7/10 | 4495 days | 28% |
| Valerio Penita | 8/10 | 4495 days | 31% |
| Julia Bonisch | 2/10 | 4496 days | 6% |
| Luca Willensrock | 6/10 | 4497 days | 25% |
| Mathias Butterlin | 8/10 | 4499 days | 31% |
| Alexia Greasbaum | 9/10 | 4500 days | 31% |
| Petra Kurcova | 10/10 | 4501 days | 32% |
| Adam Balcar | 10/10 | 4501 days | 32% |
| Josefina Tassone | 10/10 | 4502 days | 32% |
| Camille Gagnant | 10/10 | 4502 days | 32% |
| Anne Collet | 10/10 | 4505 days | 32% |
| Alexandra Kupper | 7/10 | 4515 days | 28% |
| Carina Huhmann | 9/10 | 4517 days | 31% |
| Romina Bolz | 4/10 | 4517 days | 15% |
| Kellie | 10/10 | 4517 days | 32% |
| Anja | 9/10 | 4519 days | 31% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 7/10 | 4801 days | 28% |
| Debiesse | 8/10 | 4806 days | 31% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 9/10 | 4811 days | 31% |
| Clodec | 7/10 | 4813 days | 28% |
| Molly Ladd | 6/10 | 4814 days | 25% |
| Sebastian | 9/10 | 4822 days | 31% |
| Sebastian | 10/10 | 4822 days | 32% |
| Fabian | 9/10 | 4822 days | 31% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 8/10 | 4822 days | 31% |
| Jonas Schelbert | 7/10 | 4826 days | 28% |
| Missy and Chaz | 9/10 | 4828 days | 31% |
| Dani Wallinger | 8/10 | 4840 days | 31% |
| Kyle Guffei | 10/10 | 4841 days | 32% |
| Reinier Timmer | 9/10 | 4890 days | 31% |
| Michal | 10/10 | 4894 days | 32% |
| Ralph and Leonie | 8/10 | 4900 days | 31% |
| Stephan Olivier | 8/10 | 4912 days | 31% |
| Stephan Olivier | 8/10 | 4912 days | 31% |
| Doan | 8/10 | 4913 days | 31% |
| Thibault Bonenfant | 2/10 | 4914 days | 6% |
| Lutz Huuemorder | 7/10 | 4914 days | 28% |
| Shannon Taylor | 6/10 | 4917 days | 25% |
| Harald Prinz | 9/10 | 4919 days | 31% |
| Martina Posch | 8/10 | 4922 days | 31% |
| Megan Child | 3/10 | 4925 days | 10% |
| Jessica Marling | 10/10 | 5192 days | 32% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Taupo Information Centre does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
2.26% 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
85%
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.