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 Ruakaka Beach 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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Ruakaka Beach Reserve

Valid Reviews

37 Valid Reviews

The Ruakaka Beach Reserve experience has a total of 40 reviews. There are 37 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.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 37 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
16%
9/10 11
30%
8/10 10
27%
7/10 5
14%
6/10 2
5%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
3%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 2
5%

78.92% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ruakaka Beach Reserve valid reviews is 78.92% and is based on 37 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

85.96%

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
Ruby 9/10 103 days 99%
Marius 10/10 134 days 100%
Lewis Welburn 10/10 226 days 98%
S.e 10/10 256 days 97%
Elise 8/10 256 days 95%
Paula 9/10 287 days 95%
Max 9/10 287 days 95%
Doriane 9/10 347 days 93%
Ryan Cox 8/10 622 days 76%
Sarah 9/10 653 days 75%
Nicole Beilmann 1/10 773 days 25%
Dave 8/10 804 days 61%
Sanne 9/10 896 days 53%
PRB 9/10 1018 days 40%
James 7/10 1046 days 35%
Gordon 1/10 1046 days 13%
Laura D 6/10 1076 days 30%
Ramona 9/10 1077 days 35%
Marg Dale 10/10 1261 days 21%
Louise 9/10 1261 days 21%
Tessie 8/10 1411 days 12%
Debbie 4/10 1442 days 6%
John Russell 8/10 1442 days 10%
Asia 7/10 2083 days 1%
Ashleigh 8/10 2142 days 1%
Michael S 10/10 2142 days 1%
Dan 9/10 2173 days 1%
Sarah 10/10 2204 days 1%
Steve Hirst 9/10 2204 days 1%
Amy 8/10 2295 days 1%
Jane Wilkinson 6/10 2448 days 0%
Olivia McConaghie 8/10 2448 days 0%
Jaap Kuik 7/10 2479 days 0%
Patty 8/10 2479 days 0%
Jennifer Apps 8/10 2495 days 0%
Natacha Demange 7/10 2501 days 0%
Martin Krchnak 7/10 2542 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

1.64% 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

88%

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.