Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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

87.94%

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 8/10 375 days 100%
Liam S 10/10 434 days 99%
Kii 9/10 679 days 81%
Joel Fryett 9/10 800 days 70%
Voro 9/10 831 days 66%
Steph 7/10 831 days 62%
Annalena 10/10 861 days 64%
Jonathan Bedford 8/10 892 days 59%
Henry 7/10 953 days 50%
Penelope 10/10 984 days 50%
Dumytru Horda 9/10 1134 days 35%
Lucie 9/10 1165 days 32%
Rich T 10/10 1165 days 33%
Paige Hayward 8/10 1196 days 30%
Dave 9/10 1196 days 30%
Paul Tayler 9/10 1196 days 30%
Mylène 7/10 1226 days 26%
vwvanlife 9/10 1257 days 25%
Alex 10/10 1349 days 19%
Terry 10/10 1471 days 13%
Mike&Fe 9/10 1499 days 12%
Hannah 9/10 1530 days 10%
Tourist in my own country 9/10 1895 days 5%
Gia 8/10 2261 days 4%
D&R 5/10 2383 days 3%
Chulses 9/10 2445 days 4%
Alison 9/10 2475 days 4%
Nadia 8/10 2567 days 3%
Marion & Leonie 10/10 2595 days 3%
Michael S 9/10 2595 days 3%
Tim Bartlett 10/10 2626 days 3%
Dan 10/10 2626 days 3%
Jude 8/10 2687 days 3%
Steffi 6/10 2687 days 3%
Jess 10/10 2840 days 3%
Julien Turpin 9/10 3136 days 2%
Judy Aspinall 8/10 3251 days 2%
Anh Huynh 7/10 3353 days 2%
Marina 7/10 3688 days 1%
Chris Whittington 9/10 4079 days 0%
Mathieu Flechelle 8/10 4086 days 0%
Lois Moreland 9/10 4117 days 0%
John Treasure 7/10 4421 days 0%
GN100 7/10 4605 days 0%
L P 10/10 4636 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

1.30% 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.