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 Waiomu Domain Beachfront 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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Waiomu Domain Beachfront Reserve

Valid Reviews

47 Valid Reviews

The Waiomu Domain Beachfront Reserve experience has a total of 49 reviews. There are 47 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 47 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 24
51%
9/10 14
30%
8/10 5
11%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 2
4%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.85% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Waiomu Domain Beachfront Reserve valid reviews is 90.85% and is based on 47 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

87.43%

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
Alfred 4/10 79 days 65%
Jonathan Buckley 10/10 141 days 100%
Marco B. 9/10 355 days 93%
Little 6/10 385 days 80%
Aaron 8/10 475 days 86%
Tartan Tui 8/10 506 days 84%
Maria 9/10 506 days 85%
Stephane 10/10 567 days 82%
Joseph Dunn 9/10 567 days 82%
FRANDS 9/10 628 days 77%
Rya 10/10 810 days 63%
Valeria 9/10 810 days 62%
Mereti 5/10 810 days 48%
Catie 10/10 841 days 60%
Lucy 8/10 841 days 59%
Dillon 10/10 902 days 54%
Mayla 10/10 902 days 54%
Josie 10/10 933 days 50%
Tim 10/10 963 days 47%
Gerwin Witte 10/10 1116 days 33%
andrea cameron 10/10 1175 days 29%
Arie 8/10 1175 days 28%
Linda 10/10 1206 days 26%
Flo 9/10 1237 days 24%
BerryD 9/10 1328 days 18%
PRB 6/10 1481 days 9%
Mike&Fe 10/10 1512 days 10%
Sharlene 9/10 1571 days 8%
Alex 10/10 1936 days 4%
Vanessa 9/10 1936 days 4%
Roy Swan 10/10 2089 days 3%
Kate 9/10 2120 days 3%
Celeste 9/10 2242 days 3%
Kat Rolls & Debbie Hamill 10/10 2363 days 3%
Sophie 10/10 2363 days 3%
Soph 9/10 2424 days 3%
Dydee 10/10 2942 days 2%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 3091 days 1%
Jo Dawson 10/10 3210 days 1%
Cyril Marques 9/10 3376 days 1%
Louise Duncan 10/10 3461 days 1%
Anke Steinwandel 10/10 3490 days 1%
Eric Pollard 10/10 3524 days 1%
Lyn Pobke 10/10 3593 days 0%
Jon Puttick 10/10 3699 days 0%
Christina Sperling 9/10 3794 days 0%
Zoe 10/10 3802 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

1.38% 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.