Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 Edwards Stream.

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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Edwards Stream

Valid Reviews

50 Valid Reviews

The Edwards Stream experience has a total of 51 reviews. There are 50 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 50 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 5
10%
9/10 9
18%
8/10 20
40%
7/10 12
24%
6/10 4
8%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

79.80% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Edwards Stream valid reviews is 79.80% and is based on 50 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

79.34%

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
David Rydevik 8/10 74 days 100%
Rory M 8/10 74 days 100%
Laura 8/10 257 days 96%
Paul 7/10 288 days 90%
Dan Gleebles 6/10 316 days 82%
Charlie 10/10 347 days 95%
Mladen Savov 8/10 378 days 92%
Max 7/10 408 days 86%
Pauline 8/10 408 days 90%
Lea 9/10 439 days 90%
Lea 9/10 439 days 90%
Aaron 7/10 439 days 84%
Glenda 8/10 469 days 87%
Zoe Grimshaw 7/10 469 days 83%
Susan 8/10 500 days 85%
YP 8/10 653 days 75%
Tom B 7/10 682 days 69%
Linda 8/10 713 days 70%
Steve 6/10 774 days 56%
Marie Perret 8/10 805 days 62%
Henry 9/10 866 days 56%
Jerry & Catherine 6/10 988 days 37%
Basil 9/10 988 days 43%
Holly 10/10 1019 days 41%
Niff 8/10 1019 days 40%
Josh 8/10 1019 days 40%
Arie 8/10 1078 days 34%
Romy De Bruin 8/10 1139 days 29%
Corrine 8/10 1139 days 29%
Maria Bidirinis 9/10 1200 days 24%
Jrod 10/10 1353 days 15%
Jenny 9/10 1353 days 14%
Denise Philpott 7/10 1443 days 9%
Erna 8/10 1565 days 5%
Helen 8/10 1688 days 2%
Kirsty 7/10 1808 days 1%
Laura 9/10 1808 days 1%
Arlene 10/10 1839 days 1%
Vladislav Kubalek 6/10 1839 days 0%
Lydia 8/10 1869 days 1%
keri 8/10 1900 days 1%
Benny 7/10 1900 days 0%
Damen Golding 9/10 1900 days 1%
Mike Dennehy 9/10 1900 days 1%
Julia Lima 10/10 1930 days 1%
Felix 7/10 1961 days 0%
A & D 7/10 2022 days 0%
David 8/10 2022 days 0%
Gini 7/10 2114 days 0%
Daniel 7/10 2143 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

3.19% 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

83%

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.