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 National Army Museum.

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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National Army Museum

Valid Reviews

45 Valid Reviews

The National Army Museum experience has a total of 45 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 45 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 11
24%
9/10 17
38%
8/10 8
18%
7/10 7
16%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the National Army Museum valid reviews is 86.00% and is based on 45 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

88.00%

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
Marine 8/10 251 days 100%
Liam S 10/10 310 days 100%
Kii 9/10 555 days 86%
Joel Fryett 9/10 676 days 77%
Voro 9/10 707 days 75%
Steph 7/10 707 days 70%
Annalena 10/10 737 days 73%
Jonathan Bedford 8/10 768 days 69%
Henry 7/10 829 days 60%
Penelope 10/10 860 days 61%
Dumytru Horda 9/10 1010 days 45%
Lucie 9/10 1041 days 42%
Rich T 10/10 1041 days 42%
Paige Hayward 8/10 1072 days 39%
Dave 9/10 1072 days 39%
Paul Tayler 9/10 1072 days 39%
Mylène 7/10 1102 days 34%
vwvanlife 9/10 1133 days 34%
Alex 10/10 1225 days 27%
Terry 10/10 1347 days 19%
Mike&Fe 9/10 1375 days 17%
Hannah 9/10 1406 days 16%
Tourist in my own country 9/10 1771 days 5%
Gia 8/10 2137 days 4%
D&R 5/10 2259 days 3%
Chulses 9/10 2321 days 4%
Alison 9/10 2351 days 4%
Nadia 8/10 2443 days 4%
Marion & Leonie 10/10 2471 days 4%
Michael S 9/10 2471 days 4%
Tim Bartlett 10/10 2502 days 4%
Dan 10/10 2502 days 4%
Jude 8/10 2563 days 4%
Steffi 6/10 2563 days 3%
Jess 10/10 2716 days 3%
Julien Turpin 9/10 3012 days 3%
Judy Aspinall 8/10 3127 days 2%
Anh Huynh 7/10 3229 days 2%
Marina 7/10 3564 days 1%
Chris Whittington 9/10 3955 days 1%
Mathieu Flechelle 8/10 3962 days 1%
Lois Moreland 9/10 3993 days 1%
John Treasure 7/10 4297 days 0%
GN100 7/10 4481 days 1%
L P 10/10 4512 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. National Army Museum does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.29% 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

89%

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.