Ranking Score Explained

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 Wairau Diversion Reserve.

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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Wairau Diversion Reserve

Valid Reviews

82 Valid Reviews

The Wairau Diversion Reserve experience has a total of 97 reviews. There are 82 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 15 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 82 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 26
32%
9/10 19
23%
8/10 23
28%
7/10 8
10%
6/10 3
4%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

85.24% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wairau Diversion Reserve valid reviews is 85.24% and is based on 82 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

83.62%

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
Reanne 7/10 48 days 94%
Biddy 8/10 79 days 99%
Kirsty 9/10 107 days 100%
Mel S 8/10 138 days 99%
Shan 10/10 199 days 99%
Ben 6/10 199 days 86%
Vera 7/10 230 days 92%
Charlie 8/10 413 days 90%
Mindy 8/10 444 days 88%
Lena 10/10 534 days 85%
Ellie 10/10 534 days 85%
Cucamest 8/10 595 days 79%
Len Cons 8/10 656 days 75%
Matt 10/10 687 days 74%
BonnieBE 7/10 1295 days 20%
Dana 10/10 1418 days 15%
Cymen Crick 7/10 1630 days 7%
Alicia 7/10 1630 days 7%
EvaBelle 9/10 1630 days 7%
Marianne 2/10 1630 days 3%
Vanessa 8/10 1844 days 5%
Adventure B4 Dementia 7/10 1905 days 4%
Valg 7/10 1905 days 4%
La Vie 10/10 1905 days 5%
Felix 8/10 1964 days 5%
Susan 9/10 1964 days 5%
Liv 9/10 1964 days 5%
Shalamar 8/10 1995 days 4%
Tammy & Nigel 10/10 2025 days 4%
Kevin and Dorothy 8/10 2056 days 4%
Shar-ron & Jim 8/10 2086 days 4%
Shans 8/10 2178 days 4%
Jack Moxon 9/10 2270 days 4%
Cody 9/10 2270 days 4%
Gini 8/10 2270 days 4%
Salkinnoma 9/10 2330 days 4%
Richard & Chris, UK 9/10 2330 days 4%
A smith 10/10 2361 days 4%
Mark 10/10 2361 days 4%
Dennis Rijbroek 6/10 2452 days 3%
Michael 3/10 2575 days 2%
Rick’d 10/10 2605 days 3%
Emma & Tom 9/10 2605 days 3%
Georgia 8/10 2636 days 3%
Hope 8/10 2664 days 3%
Aisling 9/10 2664 days 3%
Ceri 10/10 2664 days 3%
Gareth Jones 8/10 2664 days 3%
Glen Marshall UK 10/10 2664 days 3%
Dan 9/10 2695 days 3%
Marinette Kegels 5/10 2695 days 2%
Flatlanders 9/10 2695 days 3%
Martin 10/10 2726 days 3%
Sian 10/10 2726 days 3%
Ymke Huisman 9/10 2726 days 3%
Maëlle Salmon 9/10 2726 days 3%
Angela 8/10 2787 days 3%
Axel 9/10 2787 days 3%
N&V 8/10 2787 days 3%
Mischa 10/10 2787 days 3%
Lilith Prins 10/10 3071 days 2%
Lucie B 6/10 3321 days 2%
Tracey Leyston 10/10 3376 days 2%
Florence Boinay 10/10 3401 days 2%
Katie Ball 10/10 3427 days 2%
Vanessa Moutic 10/10 3479 days 2%
Mathieu Quintard 10/10 3501 days 2%
Jessica Stokes 7/10 3600 days 1%
Jessica Powell 10/10 3622 days 1%
Michael Quinn 10/10 3658 days 1%
renee verwey 10/10 3754 days 1%
Zdenda Barvinek 8/10 3783 days 1%
Jean-Michel Sautter 8/10 3787 days 1%
Ana Guimaraes 8/10 3831 days 1%
leo lionheart 10/10 3945 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 9/10 4036 days 0%
Ian 9/10 4126 days 0%
David Cowling 8/10 4206 days 0%
kim 10/10 4278 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4431 days 1%
Cymen Crick 9/10 4521 days 1%
Mary Carter 9/10 4674 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Wairau Diversion Reserve does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

2.11% 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

86%

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.