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 Government Gardens Thermal Area.

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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Government Gardens Thermal Area

Valid Reviews

85 Valid Reviews

The Government Gardens Thermal Area experience has a total of 88 reviews. There are 85 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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.

Within these 85 valid reviews, the experience has 1 face-to-face review collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 85 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 8
9%
9/10 13
15%
8/10 17
20%
7/10 21
25%
6/10 12
14%
5/10 6
7%
4/10 2
2%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 5
6%
1/10 0
0%

70.94% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Government Gardens Thermal Area valid reviews is 70.94% and is based on 85 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

69.98%

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
Kiara Hamis 2/10 40 days 46%
Westysdownunder 6/10 71 days 88%
Natalia 8/10 130 days 100%
Anna 2/10 130 days 46%
Kaitlyn Lieschke 9/10 191 days 100%
Jiri 7/10 222 days 93%
Laure 2/10 222 days 45%
Laura (UK) 10/10 344 days 96%
Elodie 7/10 344 days 89%
Lotto 10/10 375 days 95%
sylas 4/10 464 days 59%
Kaylee 8/10 495 days 87%
Kathy from Australia 9/10 495 days 88%
Camper 4/10 495 days 58%
Berdien 6/10 526 days 74%
Charlotte 6/10 556 days 73%
Freeze 2/10 556 days 38%
rosairwinclark@hotmail.co.uk 6/10 556 days 73%
Walvins 5/10 587 days 63%
El and Em 9/10 679 days 75%
Mel. 7/10 770 days 63%
Paula 5/10 801 days 49%
Rya 10/10 830 days 62%
KERL-travelers 7/10 830 days 58%
Jan 7/10 892 days 52%
tortuga 8/10 892 days 55%
Becks 5/10 922 days 40%
Henry 9/10 1014 days 43%
Marg Dale 7/10 1045 days 38%
D&S 9/10 1045 days 40%
Taylor Russell 5/10 1106 days 26%
erica 6/10 1136 days 28%
Clem 6/10 1136 days 28%
Katie 7/10 1136 days 30%
Sarah 8/10 1167 days 29%
Weronika 9/10 1167 days 30%
Helen E 8/10 1167 days 29%
Suzanne p 9/10 1167 days 30%
Gilles 6/10 1226 days 22%
Terry 8/10 1287 days 21%
BonnieBE 5/10 1318 days 15%
RosieW 6/10 1410 days 12%
Rachel Leghorn 7/10 1501 days 10%
Sharlene 9/10 1622 days 7%
Ashleigh 7/10 1897 days 4%
Rick Percival 10/10 1956 days 4%
Rebecca 10/10 2048 days 4%
Lisa J 9/10 2078 days 4%
sharon armstrong 10/10 2078 days 4%
Roy Swan 10/10 2109 days 4%
Kate 9/10 2140 days 4%
Lucy 8/10 2140 days 4%
Celeste 8/10 2262 days 3%
Serena 6/10 2291 days 3%
Emily 7/10 2291 days 3%
Mike Smith 7/10 2322 days 3%
Almudena 3/10 2322 days 1%
Stuart 7/10 2353 days 3%
Isadora 8/10 2353 days 3%
Bert 7/10 2353 days 3%
Silly American 9/10 2353 days 3%
Luis Vigil Vidal 6/10 2383 days 3%
Lianne 8/10 2414 days 3%
Sven 7/10 2444 days 3%
Steve Mac 7/10 2444 days 3%
Alison 10/10 2536 days 3%
Becca 7/10 2567 days 3%
David Wilson 8/10 2567 days 3%
Lucy751 7/10 2628 days 2%
Matthias 8/10 2656 days 3%
Courtney 8/10 2656 days 3%
Johnston’s 8/10 2779 days 2%
The Flip Flop Family 5/10 2809 days 2%
Tiago 7/10 2840 days 2%
Claudia 8/10 2840 days 2%
jarren Verbeek 9/10 2871 days 2%
A Brad in a van 7/10 2901 days 2%
ascotandanaussie 6/10 2962 days 2%
jofa972 8/10 2962 days 2%
Luis Vigil Vidal 6/10 3035 days 0%
Debbie Lesurf 9/10 3090 days 2%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 3105 days 2%
Jasmine Andrew 7/10 3139 days 1%
Diana Fuenco 7/10 3159 days 1%
Matthias Wohlgemuth 2/10 3400 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Government Gardens Thermal Area does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

7.01% 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

77%

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.