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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 Whale Watch Kaikoura.

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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Whale Watch Kaikoura

Valid Reviews

677 Valid Reviews

The Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has a total of 680 reviews. There are 677 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 677 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 169
25%
9/10 174
26%
8/10 148
22%
7/10 97
14%
6/10 40
6%
5/10 24
4%
4/10 9
1%
3/10 8
1%
2/10 4
1%
1/10 4
1%

81.99% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Whale Watch Kaikoura valid reviews is 81.99% and is based on 677 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

605 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 677 valid reviews, the experience has 605 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 605 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 144
24%
9/10 157
26%
8/10 134
22%
7/10 94
16%
6/10 36
6%
5/10 20
3%
4/10 8
1%
3/10 7
1%
2/10 3
0%
1/10 2
0%

81.98% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Whale Watch Kaikoura face-to-face reviews is 81.98% and is based on 605 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

83.41%

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.

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Lois 1/10 198 days 41%
Jane 10/10 227 days 100%
Annie Penetito 10/10 868 days 59%
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Christian 9/10 5764 days 1%
Julia 8/10 5776 days 1%
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Bernhard 7/10 5778 days 1%
Mary 8/10 5780 days 1%
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Stephanie Schikora 10/10 5789 days 1%
Hanna 7/10 5791 days 1%
nsmith 10/10 5798 days 1%
Lorna 8/10 5809 days 1%
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Paul 9/10 5813 days 1%
Celina 8/10 5820 days 1%
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Robin 10/10 5836 days 1%
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Marie 7/10 5864 days 1%
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Lisette Snippe 6/10 5878 days 1%
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Sue Stewart 10/10 5896 days 1%
Tim 9/10 5898 days 1%
Martin 7/10 5913 days 1%
Rhys Howell 8/10 5980 days 1%
Helen 4/10 5996 days 1%
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Ben 9/10 6017 days 1%
Franz 10/10 6017 days 1%
Camilla 10/10 6022 days 1%
John 10/10 6022 days 1%
Chris 9/10 6023 days 1%
Rob Poels 8/10 6023 days 1%
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Daniel 10/10 6026 days 1%
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Yayami Kimura 10/10 6029 days 1%
Mariah 5/10 6030 days 1%
Mikel 9/10 6030 days 1%
Richard 8/10 6030 days 1%
Sam 8/10 6032 days 1%
Ben Ackland 10/10 6033 days 1%
River 7/10 6035 days 1%
Maria Fahlander 10/10 6036 days 1%
Kathrin 10/10 6037 days 1%
Klaus 9/10 6037 days 1%
Jo and Tony 9/10 6038 days 1%
Phil Connelly 8/10 6038 days 1%
Anja 10/10 6039 days 1%
Ellie 10/10 6039 days 1%
Sanne 10/10 6039 days 1%
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Christian Schwerdt 9/10 6047 days 1%
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Erwin de Kleijn 5/10 6051 days 1%
Vaclaf 5/10 6057 days 1%
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Jim Curley 10/10 6058 days 1%
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Thomas 9/10 6060 days 1%
Reina Lohaye 8/10 6061 days 1%
John Howlett 10/10 6062 days 1%
paulonline 8/10 6064 days 1%
Vicki Cook 9/10 6073 days 1%
Bex 6/10 6073 days 1%
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Carola Haaparinne 10/10 6074 days 1%
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Van Hoof 8/10 6086 days 1%
Stephanie Jones 8/10 6086 days 1%
Tim 8/10 6086 days 1%
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Alex 4/10 6088 days 1%
Nick and Barbara 10/10 6089 days 1%
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Kara Della Groce 10/10 6092 days 1%
Rob 8/10 6093 days 1%
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Patrick 9/10 6094 days 1%
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Killerblow 9/10 6143 days 1%
Kate and Dave 8/10 6248 days 1%
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Julie 9/10 6332 days 1%
Andrew 7/10 6333 days 1%
Caroline 10/10 6352 days 1%
Lauren 7/10 6353 days 1%
JanKovar 5/10 6364 days 1%
Michael 8/10 6364 days 1%
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Phillipe 7/10 6364 days 1%
Stefan 9/10 6367 days 1%
Shin 9/10 6369 days 1%
Sophie 6/10 6369 days 1%
Paul 8/10 6369 days 1%
Hazel 7/10 6370 days 1%
Beth 9/10 6373 days 1%
Martjn 8/10 6374 days 1%
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Fred 8/10 6376 days 1%
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Raul 8/10 6381 days 1%
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Chatin Perrier 6/10 6383 days 1%
Sue Robertson 10/10 6385 days 1%
Denise Nick 9/10 6385 days 1%
Mike 9/10 6388 days 1%
Fenke 8/10 6388 days 1%
Michael 4/10 6388 days 1%
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Elke 6/10 6401 days 1%
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John 7/10 6411 days 1%
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Gordon 7/10 6423 days 1%
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Deirdre 8/10 6424 days 1%
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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 Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.75% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 78 days. However the Whale Watch Kaikoura 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 Whale Watch Kaikoura experience has been adjusted for 187 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
… …
184 -2.70%
185 -2.72%
186 -2.73%
187 -2.75%
188 -2.76%
189 -2.78%
190 -2.79%
… …

Balancing Adjustment

2.82% 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

84%

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.