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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
83.15%
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 | 2664 days | 100% |
| Johanna Lidel | 10/10 | 3596 days | 45% |
| Amelie Eschenbach | 10/10 | 3596 days | 45% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 7/10 | 3599 days | 42% |
| Michael Stibor | 9/10 | 3600 days | 44% |
| Nicol | 4/10 | 3637 days | 28% |
| Marie Weber | 10/10 | 3643 days | 42% |
| Sue Hempstead | 8/10 | 3644 days | 41% |
| Lukas Dost | 8/10 | 3656 days | 41% |
| Sophie Huybrechts | 9/10 | 3690 days | 39% |
| Bram and Laura | 6/10 | 3699 days | 33% |
| Cecilia Anderson | 3/10 | 3945 days | 13% |
| Mattias | 4/10 | 3945 days | 16% |
| Doreen Gendel | 10/10 | 3953 days | 24% |
| Christina | 10/10 | 3956 days | 24% |
| Kathrin Lerch | 8/10 | 3956 days | 23% |
| Meredith Griffiths | 8/10 | 3962 days | 23% |
| Philippe Chiasson | 8/10 | 3962 days | 23% |
| Stephen Revah | 9/10 | 3971 days | 23% |
| Hadler | 9/10 | 3975 days | 23% |
| Christine Helleiner | 10/10 | 3975 days | 23% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 3977 days | 22% |
| Sergey Pronkin | 9/10 | 3977 days | 22% |
| Nina Helmling | 8/10 | 3977 days | 22% |
| Tobias Thull | 9/10 | 3977 days | 22% |
| Sara Clausen | 8/10 | 3980 days | 22% |
| Marieke Feyteres | 8/10 | 3980 days | 22% |
| Isabelle Bohle | 10/10 | 3984 days | 22% |
| Ian Garner | 9/10 | 3987 days | 22% |
| Steven Lotrian | 7/10 | 3988 days | 20% |
| Marvin Koever | 10/10 | 3988 days | 22% |
| Max Meternich | 10/10 | 3988 days | 22% |
| Philip Donachie | 10/10 | 3990 days | 22% |
| Luisa Bach | 10/10 | 3990 days | 22% |
| Sophia | 8/10 | 3991 days | 21% |
| Lopez Anandine | 6/10 | 3991 days | 19% |
| Ruth Watkin | 8/10 | 3998 days | 21% |
| Matthias Freiling | 8/10 | 4000 days | 21% |
| Jesseca Klausch | 5/10 | 4000 days | 16% |
| Vincent Schaeflier | 9/10 | 4000 days | 21% |
| Thomas Dequidt | 8/10 | 4001 days | 21% |
| Florian Littmann | 9/10 | 4004 days | 21% |
| Victor Herranz | 8/10 | 4005 days | 21% |
| Andreas Brodhaeker | 6/10 | 4016 days | 17% |
| Marius Buseh | 6/10 | 4016 days | 17% |
| Benedict Seite | 7/10 | 4016 days | 19% |
| Valerio Penita | 8/10 | 4016 days | 20% |
| Julia Bonisch | 2/10 | 4017 days | 9% |
| Luca Willensrock | 6/10 | 4018 days | 17% |
| Mathias Butterlin | 8/10 | 4020 days | 20% |
| Alexia Greasbaum | 9/10 | 4021 days | 20% |
| Petra Kurcova | 10/10 | 4022 days | 20% |
| Adam Balcar | 10/10 | 4022 days | 20% |
| Josefina Tassone | 10/10 | 4023 days | 20% |
| Camille Gagnant | 10/10 | 4023 days | 20% |
| Anne Collet | 10/10 | 4026 days | 20% |
| Alexandra Kupper | 7/10 | 4036 days | 18% |
| Carina Huhmann | 9/10 | 4038 days | 19% |
| Romina Bolz | 4/10 | 4038 days | 12% |
| Kellie | 10/10 | 4038 days | 19% |
| Anja | 9/10 | 4040 days | 19% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 7/10 | 4322 days | 2% |
| Debiesse | 8/10 | 4327 days | 2% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 9/10 | 4332 days | 2% |
| Clodec | 7/10 | 4334 days | 1% |
| Molly Ladd | 6/10 | 4335 days | 1% |
| Sebastian | 9/10 | 4343 days | 1% |
| Sebastian | 10/10 | 4343 days | 1% |
| Fabian | 9/10 | 4343 days | 1% |
| Jonas Herrmann | 8/10 | 4343 days | 1% |
| Jonas Schelbert | 7/10 | 4347 days | 1% |
| Missy and Chaz | 9/10 | 4349 days | 1% |
| Dani Wallinger | 8/10 | 4361 days | 0% |
| Kyle Guffei | 10/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Reinier Timmer | 9/10 | 4411 days | 29% |
| Michal | 10/10 | 4415 days | 29% |
| Ralph and Leonie | 8/10 | 4421 days | 28% |
| Stephan Olivier | 8/10 | 4433 days | 28% |
| Stephan Olivier | 8/10 | 4433 days | 28% |
| Doan | 8/10 | 4434 days | 28% |
| Thibault Bonenfant | 2/10 | 4435 days | 13% |
| Lutz Huuemorder | 7/10 | 4435 days | 27% |
| Shannon Taylor | 6/10 | 4438 days | 25% |
| Harald Prinz | 9/10 | 4440 days | 29% |
| Martina Posch | 8/10 | 4443 days | 28% |
| Megan Child | 3/10 | 4446 days | 15% |
| Jessica Marling | 10/10 | 4713 days | 29% |
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
2.21% 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.