Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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

87.60%

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 38 days 65%
Jonathan Buckley 10/10 100 days 100%
Marco B. 9/10 314 days 94%
Little 6/10 344 days 81%
Aaron 8/10 434 days 88%
Tartan Tui 8/10 465 days 86%
Maria 9/10 465 days 87%
Stephane 10/10 526 days 85%
Joseph Dunn 9/10 526 days 84%
FRANDS 9/10 587 days 80%
Rya 10/10 769 days 66%
Valeria 9/10 769 days 66%
Mereti 5/10 769 days 50%
Catie 10/10 800 days 63%
Lucy 8/10 800 days 62%
Dillon 10/10 861 days 58%
Mayla 10/10 861 days 58%
Josie 10/10 892 days 54%
Tim 10/10 922 days 51%
Gerwin Witte 10/10 1075 days 37%
andrea cameron 10/10 1134 days 32%
Arie 8/10 1134 days 31%
Linda 10/10 1165 days 29%
Flo 9/10 1196 days 27%
BerryD 9/10 1287 days 20%
PRB 6/10 1440 days 11%
Mike&Fe 10/10 1471 days 11%
Sharlene 9/10 1530 days 9%
Alex 10/10 1895 days 4%
Vanessa 9/10 1895 days 4%
Roy Swan 10/10 2048 days 3%
Kate 9/10 2079 days 3%
Celeste 9/10 2201 days 3%
Kat Rolls & Debbie Hamill 10/10 2322 days 3%
Sophie 10/10 2322 days 3%
Soph 9/10 2383 days 3%
Dydee 10/10 2901 days 2%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 3050 days 1%
Jo Dawson 10/10 3169 days 1%
Cyril Marques 9/10 3335 days 1%
Louise Duncan 10/10 3420 days 1%
Anke Steinwandel 10/10 3449 days 1%
Eric Pollard 10/10 3483 days 1%
Lyn Pobke 10/10 3552 days 0%
Jon Puttick 10/10 3658 days 0%
Christina Sperling 9/10 3753 days 0%
Zoe 10/10 3761 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

1.36% 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.