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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 Rafting New Zealand.

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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Rafting New Zealand

Valid Reviews

259 Valid Reviews

The Rafting New Zealand experience has a total of 267 reviews. There are 259 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 8 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 259 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 245
95%
9/10 10
4%
8/10 3
1%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 1
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

99.23% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rafting New Zealand valid reviews is 99.23% and is based on 259 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

10 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 259 valid reviews, the experience has 10 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 10 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
40%
9/10 5
50%
8/10 1
10%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rafting New Zealand face-to-face reviews is 93.00% and is based on 10 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

99.38%

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
Darryll Eliason 10/10 1930 days 100%
Jordan Kapinga 10/10 1992 days 97%
Chelsie Robertson 10/10 1992 days 97%
Tanea Eru 10/10 1992 days 97%
Rose Ransfield 10/10 1992 days 97%
Kerry 10/10 1992 days 97%
Sarah 10/10 1992 days 97%
Hannah 10/10 2235 days 87%
Peter Parker 10/10 2327 days 84%
ELAINE GORDON 10/10 2449 days 79%
Andrew Taylor 10/10 2480 days 77%
Lino 9/10 2570 days 73%
Jordan Bell 10/10 2631 days 71%
Master Bell 10/10 2631 days 71%
Poppy 10/10 2631 days 71%
Te Wai 10/10 2631 days 71%
Storm 10/10 2631 days 71%
James 10/10 2661 days 70%
TB 10/10 2661 days 70%
Damian 10/10 2661 days 70%
Paora 10/10 2723 days 67%
Suzette 10/10 2814 days 64%
Aaron 10/10 2814 days 64%
Arizona 10/10 2814 days 64%
Blake 10/10 2814 days 64%
Mark Brabyn 10/10 2814 days 64%
Erica 10/10 2814 days 64%
Victoria 10/10 2814 days 64%
Heather 10/10 2845 days 62%
Wikitoria Tangihaere 10/10 2904 days 60%
Tulip Te Whata 10/10 2935 days 59%
Kahui 10/10 2996 days 56%
Vicki Mayo 10/10 3026 days 55%
JessicaAnne 10/10 3088 days 52%
amanda pritchard 10/10 3088 days 52%
Tiwana Tibble 9/10 3118 days 51%
Nancy Milligan 10/10 3149 days 50%
KC B 10/10 3238 days 46%
Brandon Cassidy 9/10 3242 days 27%
Nicole Murphy 10/10 3269 days 45%
Sharon Madsen 10/10 3269 days 45%
Bullet 10/10 3300 days 44%
Sarah H 10/10 3391 days 40%
Shadae Gibson 10/10 3391 days 40%
Rain Ruan 10/10 3453 days 37%
liang wan 10/10 3453 days 37%
Leila Martley 10/10 3453 days 37%
Sassan 10/10 3514 days 35%
Oliver Glosby 10/10 3514 days 35%
Jo Lee 10/10 3544 days 34%
Rish Balejko 10/10 3544 days 34%
David Julius 10/10 3544 days 34%
Matt Lee 10/10 3544 days 34%
Miroslav Bazala 10/10 3575 days 32%
Judah Wikeepa 10/10 3575 days 32%
Torran Lepper 10/10 3575 days 32%
Anders Hauke 10/10 3601 days 19%
Mr Bubbles 10/10 3604 days 31%
Rani Smallman 10/10 3604 days 31%
Therese and Matthias 10/10 3621 days 18%
Suzy Danko 10/10 3635 days 30%
Sue Pagura 10/10 3635 days 30%
evan huang 10/10 3635 days 30%
Selina You 8/10 3666 days 28%
Kyla Russell 10/10 3666 days 29%
Jackie Russell 10/10 3666 days 29%
Tash Paora 10/10 3666 days 29%
Anna Thrift 10/10 3696 days 27%
Sven Koch 10/10 3696 days 27%
Kerri Butler 10/10 3727 days 26%
Michelle & Mark Forte 10/10 3727 days 26%
Ashley Wehi 10/10 3727 days 26%
Tony Bennet 10/10 3788 days 24%
Dana Calvin 10/10 3788 days 24%
fran neal 10/10 3880 days 20%
Sharee Lane 10/10 3880 days 20%
dannielle porteous 10/10 3880 days 20%
Jethro Cooke 10/10 3910 days 19%
Michael Bowie 10/10 3910 days 19%
lillyonsod@gmail.com Onsod 10/10 3969 days 16%
Bernd Heimhuber 10/10 4000 days 15%
Loz Picen 10/10 4031 days 14%
Nico Duval 10/10 4092 days 11%
Anahera Whaanga 10/10 4245 days 5%
Adam Burden 10/10 4275 days 4%
Laura Pugh 10/10 4275 days 4%
Andreas Efstathiou 10/10 4275 days 4%
Danley Vince 10/10 4275 days 4%
Tony Holden 10/10 4275 days 4%
Lacey Hollins 10/10 4306 days 2%
yuk lynn chen 10/10 4306 days 2%
Kimberley Thomas 10/10 4306 days 2%
Georgia Macfarlane 10/10 4306 days 2%
Jordan Putt 10/10 4306 days 2%
rafting5664xxqwerty 10/10 4306 days 2%
Sarah Portas 10/10 4306 days 2%
Shay Moon 10/10 4334 days 1%
Tony Billett 10/10 4365 days 0%
Keith Nelson 10/10 4365 days 0%
Dee 10/10 4426 days 20%
Jess Perry 10/10 4426 days 20%
Lisa Kemp 10/10 4426 days 20%
Callum Learmonth 10/10 4457 days 20%
Glen Liu 10/10 4457 days 20%
Aly Learmonth 10/10 4457 days 20%
Tamar Learmonth 10/10 4457 days 20%
Bindi Thomas 10/10 4518 days 20%
Raj Paul 10/10 4579 days 20%
Melissa Ward 10/10 4640 days 20%
Quintin Hislop 10/10 4640 days 20%
Jasmine Hall 10/10 4640 days 20%
Gabrielle & Shawn Scott 10/10 4699 days 20%
isharpe 10/10 4699 days 20%
Mungy 8/10 4730 days 20%
eddieslee 10/10 4730 days 20%
maureen slee 10/10 4730 days 20%
David Butler 10/10 4730 days 20%
Jake Sommers 10/10 4761 days 20%
WendyRae 9/10 4822 days 20%
annette7B 10/10 4822 days 20%
Emma White 9/10 4822 days 20%
justinstewart 10/10 4852 days 20%
Emilydodo 10/10 4852 days 20%
shackni 10/10 4914 days 20%
PihaIndy 10/10 4914 days 20%
Kirsty 10/10 4914 days 20%
Kiz 10/10 4914 days 20%
willmack 10/10 4914 days 20%
stella71 10/10 4944 days 20%
BNZ_NewPlymouth 10/10 4975 days 20%
Abbott 10/10 4975 days 20%
Arizona8 10/10 4975 days 20%
Binnsie 10/10 5005 days 20%
nsalter05 10/10 5005 days 20%
joauer 10/10 5005 days 20%
lizy_t01 10/10 5036 days 20%
hottine 10/10 5036 days 20%
georger 10/10 5036 days 20%
cravedesign 10/10 5036 days 20%
Deez 10/10 5036 days 20%
sam26 10/10 5036 days 20%
ffitz1 10/10 5036 days 20%
banana2879 10/10 5065 days 20%
monni 10/10 5096 days 20%
adebortoli 10/10 5096 days 20%
Brewgardner 10/10 5096 days 20%
jackson78 6/10 5096 days 17%
nscalder 10/10 5096 days 20%
Niccastle 10/10 5096 days 20%
mike3950 10/10 5096 days 20%
Kiana 10/10 5096 days 20%
sway 10/10 5096 days 20%
mazandbaz4eva 10/10 5096 days 20%
JosieMP 10/10 5096 days 20%
JoBullock 10/10 5096 days 20%
SJMJTL 10/10 5127 days 20%
hetheringtons 10/10 5127 days 20%
Ganga 10/10 5127 days 20%
Maca 10/10 5127 days 20%
Katiepettigrew 10/10 5127 days 20%
Mueveese21 10/10 5127 days 20%
shague 10/10 5157 days 20%
andreal 10/10 5157 days 20%
lucyw 10/10 5157 days 20%
Caro954 10/10 5157 days 20%
scubafaris 10/10 5157 days 20%
Xenathedog 10/10 5188 days 20%
sandwa22 10/10 5188 days 20%
Tennantm 10/10 5188 days 20%
mrsteed 10/10 5218 days 20%
vtribello 10/10 5218 days 20%
LucyM 10/10 5218 days 20%
Bretherton 10/10 5249 days 20%
kathryn_mildon 10/10 5249 days 20%
Georgia_and_Paul 10/10 5249 days 20%
potplantman 10/10 5249 days 20%
TommyT 10/10 5249 days 20%
Deloitte_ERS_NZ 10/10 5249 days 20%
Robyn88 10/10 5280 days 20%
aryav 10/10 5280 days 20%
gems 9/10 5280 days 20%
EmmaKara 10/10 5310 days 20%
Karlabalfour 10/10 5310 days 20%
taritabaquie 10/10 5310 days 20%
Naez 10/10 5310 days 20%
janeti 10/10 5310 days 20%
josh 10/10 5341 days 20%
kiwiguy 10/10 5341 days 20%
Pitbull 10/10 5341 days 20%
the_catalpa 10/10 5371 days 20%
sscharlott 10/10 5371 days 20%
Khipperson 10/10 5371 days 20%
TarshKTM125 10/10 5371 days 20%
dnlpry 10/10 5371 days 20%
jessid 10/10 5371 days 20%
Juls 10/10 5371 days 20%
hammyp 10/10 5371 days 20%
Adrian Beckett 9/10 5398 days 12%
Carolin 9/10 5401 days 12%
PFA 10/10 5402 days 20%
lycrawford85 10/10 5402 days 20%
richardjrussell 10/10 5402 days 20%
matineeidol74 10/10 5402 days 20%
zxangel 10/10 5402 days 20%
Stefan Morris 9/10 5421 days 12%
Jessie Currie 9/10 5421 days 12%
Daniel Lang 8/10 5423 days 12%
erikp13 10/10 5430 days 20%
wannaraft 10/10 5430 days 20%
hakim0101 10/10 5430 days 20%
Scd44 10/10 5430 days 20%
Fiona Page 10/10 5461 days 20%
marriners 10/10 5461 days 20%
bigL 10/10 5461 days 20%
KarenKennedy 10/10 5461 days 20%
thebouzaids 10/10 5461 days 20%
austin5 10/10 5461 days 20%
bentley_hewitts 10/10 5461 days 20%
pamaho 10/10 5461 days 20%
Lizard 10/10 5461 days 20%
ewok74 10/10 5461 days 20%
Canty35 10/10 5461 days 20%
Rustyd 10/10 5492 days 20%
caprius 10/10 5522 days 20%
fleurtie 10/10 5522 days 20%
Tanja 10/10 5553 days 20%
katiec82 10/10 5614 days 20%
Kyle88 10/10 5614 days 20%
gemmamalpas 10/10 5614 days 20%
Nelli 10/10 5614 days 20%
tuyphon 10/10 5675 days 20%
Sam Bishop 10/10 5767 days 20%
Nikki Brown 10/10 5767 days 20%
Andreas Backes 10/10 5767 days 20%
Anna 10/10 5795 days 20%
anaru 10/10 5795 days 20%
Jazman 10/10 5826 days 20%
stroalki 10/10 5826 days 20%
Sam Jones 10/10 5826 days 20%
saswoo 10/10 5857 days 20%
Hmabch 10/10 5857 days 20%
Andre Peklaj 10/10 5857 days 20%
Jane 10/10 5857 days 20%
liz 10/10 5857 days 20%
fridays 10/10 5857 days 20%
kiwifamily 10/10 5887 days 20%
zenzen 10/10 5887 days 20%
Emz 10/10 5918 days 20%
Cayla Perry 10/10 5918 days 20%
Dudley 10/10 5948 days 20%
Jason Wood 10/10 5948 days 20%
Siobhain O'Shea 10/10 6040 days 20%
Cat 10/10 6101 days 20%
Kate 10/10 6127 days 20%
Caron Dzermajko 10/10 6139 days 20%
Kelly 10/10 6168 days 12%
Leanne 10/10 6232 days 20%
scott ross 10/10 6236 days 20%
Andrew 10/10 6285 days 12%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Rafting New Zealand experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.06% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Rafting New Zealand experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Rafting New Zealand experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
197 -4.00%
198 -4.02%
199 -4.04%
200 -4.06%
201 -4.08%
202 -4.10%
203 -4.12%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

0.40% 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 customers 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

96%

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.