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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 Hooker Valley Track.

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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Hooker Valley Track

Valid Reviews

314 Valid Reviews

The Hooker Valley Track experience has a total of 314 valid reviews. There are no 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 314 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 127
40%
9/10 104
33%
8/10 61
19%
7/10 18
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track valid reviews is 90.57% and is based on 314 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

289 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 314 valid reviews, the experience has 289 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 289 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 112
39%
9/10 98
34%
8/10 59
20%
7/10 16
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.31% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track face-to-face reviews is 90.31% and is based on 289 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.26%

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
Mike Fricker 10/10 780 days 100%
Terrence 10/10 1693 days 9%
Guru 8/10 2180 days 6%
Melanie Bunch 10/10 2393 days 5%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 2454 days 5%
Davina 7/10 2666 days 4%
Cynthia Liew 10/10 2758 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 3003 days 4%
Hannibal Winther 9/10 3128 days 3%
Jayni L'Azou 9/10 3137 days 3%
Roland Eggli 10/10 3345 days 3%
Moe Bouchard 10/10 3360 days 3%
Lois and Gary Hampton 10/10 3371 days 2%
Sevi 8/10 3372 days 2%
Gilbert Keiser 10/10 3373 days 2%
Fritsi and Flo 10/10 3382 days 2%
Katie and Rob 10/10 3383 days 2%
Patrick and Valerie 8/10 3385 days 2%
Car R 9/10 3396 days 2%
Taylor Doolittle 10/10 3404 days 2%
Bruce Steadman 10/10 3404 days 2%
Sarah Doolittle 10/10 3404 days 2%
Barb Steadman 10/10 3404 days 2%
Jasmin Thuess 8/10 3405 days 2%
James Macguire 9/10 3409 days 2%
Orane Lefebuee 10/10 3409 days 2%
Ingrid Maple 8/10 3410 days 2%
Daniel Nanjh 10/10 3414 days 2%
Breanna Alexander 10/10 3416 days 2%
Emma Millett 8/10 3418 days 2%
Ilona Roeters 9/10 3439 days 2%
Loic Besson 10/10 3440 days 2%
Jerome Cluzel 10/10 3440 days 2%
Natasha 8/10 3441 days 2%
Oliver Francis 8/10 3441 days 2%
Adam Pullinger 7/10 3444 days 2%
Vallee Manon 10/10 3446 days 2%
Rebecca Holmes 9/10 3448 days 2%
Ruden Perez 10/10 3449 days 2%
Manu Liberta 10/10 3456 days 2%
Carole Schwab 10/10 3456 days 2%
Moreno 8/10 3457 days 2%
Sigrid Duus 10/10 3458 days 2%
Mads Nielsen 10/10 3458 days 2%
Olde Vogel 8/10 3460 days 2%
Lieke vol Velde 8/10 3460 days 2%
Bob 10/10 3462 days 2%
Yee How 7/10 3464 days 2%
Marc Perales 8/10 3465 days 2%
Mikkel Thomassen 9/10 3469 days 2%
Jannika Cao 9/10 3469 days 2%
Maarten 6/10 3469 days 2%
Jakob Lovdahl 8/10 3473 days 2%
Lina Kiellamn 10/10 3473 days 2%
Sarah 10/10 3483 days 2%
Simon Mueller 10/10 3483 days 2%
Karine Dransart 8/10 3492 days 2%
Thomas Nolwenn 10/10 3493 days 2%
Cat Johnston 10/10 3498 days 2%
James Jackson 10/10 3499 days 2%
Meghan Maloney 9/10 3519 days 2%
Moni Basuki 10/10 3549 days 2%
Matilda 8/10 3700 days 1%
Katharina Schick 8/10 3702 days 1%
Cecile 10/10 3706 days 1%
Patricia 9/10 3709 days 1%
Sam Creecy 9/10 3712 days 1%
Mathilde 10/10 3714 days 1%
Phlippe 9/10 3714 days 1%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3715 days 1%
Arthur Tymins 9/10 3715 days 1%
Sophia and Karen 10/10 3715 days 1%
Helene Christensen 9/10 3716 days 1%
Sofie Madson 9/10 3716 days 1%
Laurine 9/10 3717 days 1%
Sonya Grimm 10/10 3718 days 1%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 3719 days 1%
Jeeyoung Kim 7/10 3719 days 1%
Kim Rasun 9/10 3719 days 1%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3719 days 1%
Alvaro Rodriguez 9/10 3719 days 1%
Lisa Fenzl 9/10 3721 days 1%
Cori Schultz 8/10 3723 days 1%
Jill Stebbing 10/10 3723 days 1%
Nico Neubauer 10/10 3723 days 1%
Michael L 10/10 3725 days 1%
Celine 10/10 3725 days 1%
Kathryn Nolan 7/10 3726 days 1%
Jeroen 8/10 3727 days 1%
Lucy Mulvin 10/10 3728 days 1%
Michael Menrath 10/10 3730 days 1%
Alexandre Roche 8/10 3730 days 1%
Diane Toupaine 9/10 3730 days 1%
Anouk Jongsma 9/10 3731 days 1%
Lucy Murray 9/10 3732 days 1%
Elisabet 10/10 3735 days 1%
Lisa 10/10 3735 days 1%
Cecile Seramis 10/10 3739 days 1%
Alex 10/10 3741 days 1%
Kathi 10/10 3741 days 1%
Jacob Winchester 10/10 3741 days 1%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3741 days 1%
Sandra 9/10 3743 days 1%
Kim 8/10 3743 days 1%
Selina Frankenberger 10/10 3743 days 1%
Isaliner and Mathieu 6/10 3744 days 1%
Riviere 8/10 3744 days 1%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3745 days 1%
Paul and Astrid 10/10 3745 days 1%
Nadav Knoll 8/10 3754 days 1%
Rachel Aspinall 10/10 3755 days 1%
Levin Stuers 9/10 3756 days 1%
Laurent Petit 7/10 3757 days 1%
Cindy Rizzo 10/10 3764 days 1%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3766 days 1%
Peter Hodgson 10/10 3767 days 1%
Leanna Wyer 10/10 3769 days 1%
Eric Hertort 8/10 3770 days 1%
Brendon Rudland 9/10 3772 days 1%
Sven and Annie 10/10 3775 days 1%
Fiona and Matthew 9/10 3780 days 1%
Philip 10/10 3780 days 1%
Hannes Puediger 9/10 3781 days 1%
Bonnie Krautz 10/10 3782 days 1%
Veronika and Radovan 10/10 3783 days 1%
Sabina Carney 10/10 3784 days 1%
Chloe 9/10 3790 days 1%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3810 days 1%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3853 days 1%
Suzanne Vermeulen 10/10 3854 days 1%
Rachel S 10/10 4068 days 0%
Nurlaily Abu Bakar 10/10 4099 days 0%
Maria Schober 10/10 4115 days 0%
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer 9/10 4120 days 0%
Annika Funk 9/10 4124 days 0%
Thomas Blom 10/10 4127 days 0%
Tobias Becker 8/10 4141 days 0%
Laura and Marie 9/10 4150 days 0%
Corinna Fallenbuchel 10/10 4174 days 0%
Logan Leduc 9/10 4195 days 0%
Caroline Hennache 9/10 4432 days 1%
Calvin Becker 7/10 4432 days 1%
Jacques Revel 10/10 4434 days 1%
Karen Garvin 10/10 4434 days 1%
Claudia Hillebrand 8/10 4437 days 1%
Marek Heiurich 10/10 4442 days 1%
Te-Ana and Mark 10/10 4443 days 1%
Mark 7/10 4446 days 1%
Wouter Vanmoz 8/10 4448 days 1%
Laure Cops 8/10 4448 days 1%
Agathe Dupuis 8/10 4461 days 1%
Linda Wainman 10/10 4461 days 1%
Chris Wainman 10/10 4461 days 1%
jefft 8/10 4464 days 1%
Mara 9/10 4466 days 1%
Andrea Morello 8/10 4466 days 1%
Denise Ewbank 9/10 4479 days 1%
Antton Vappula 7/10 4482 days 1%
Xavier 10/10 4485 days 1%
Bjoern 7/10 4491 days 1%
Lena Jensen 9/10 4499 days 1%
Jesper Andersen 9/10 4499 days 1%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4505 days 1%
Julien de la lande 7/10 4505 days 1%
Wouter Bosch 8/10 4505 days 1%
Aude Moulin 8/10 4505 days 1%
Claire Lieval 10/10 4511 days 1%
Andrea Beck 6/10 4523 days 1%
Marc Greeve 10/10 4531 days 1%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 9/10 4531 days 1%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4533 days 1%
Kim Maertens 9/10 4533 days 1%
Clarissa Hanck 10/10 4804 days 1%
Marco Schmidt 8/10 4808 days 1%
Patrick 9/10 4813 days 1%
Lisa 10/10 4813 days 1%
Brandon Wells 8/10 4816 days 1%
Marcel 7/10 4822 days 1%
Maria 8/10 4822 days 1%
Billy Koichopolos 10/10 4822 days 1%
James Young 10/10 4831 days 1%
Eric 7/10 4834 days 1%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4834 days 1%
Kathryn Pisco 8/10 4835 days 1%
Raquel 9/10 4836 days 1%
Fernando Martin 7/10 4836 days 1%
Kristin Denny 9/10 4839 days 1%
Enna Keet 9/10 4841 days 1%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4870 days 1%
Mathieu Brias 9/10 4875 days 1%
Loesje 8/10 4888 days 1%
Mark and Eefie 9/10 4904 days 1%
Karin Genyn 10/10 4905 days 1%
Steven Switsers 9/10 4909 days 1%
Natalie Nubler 10/10 4911 days 1%
Annie 8/10 4912 days 1%
Jacquemard 9/10 4924 days 1%
Barbara Berkhout 9/10 5179 days 1%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 8/10 5180 days 1%
Sally Gordie 10/10 5181 days 1%
Def Fem 9/10 5189 days 1%
Alex Ross 10/10 5190 days 1%
M Robinson 10/10 5190 days 1%
Alan Brady 10/10 5191 days 1%
Richard and Janet 9/10 5197 days 1%
Laura Diepeveen 8/10 5199 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 8/10 5201 days 1%
Siegfried Richter 9/10 5204 days 1%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 9/10 5205 days 1%
Ed & Katie Riches 9/10 5206 days 1%
Tom Pratt 7/10 5206 days 1%
Beat Kindler 8/10 5206 days 1%
Seth & Carla 9/10 5208 days 1%
Houter 9/10 5208 days 1%
Butz 10/10 5209 days 1%
Marilyn Mobley 10/10 5209 days 1%
David & Sue Lokkerbol 9/10 5209 days 1%
Helen Chilton 9/10 5211 days 1%
Domroes 9/10 5215 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 5217 days 1%
Chris Marsh 10/10 5220 days 1%
Jessica Lane 10/10 5220 days 1%
Dave McLeish 8/10 5221 days 1%
Thyg Lingdal 10/10 5222 days 1%
Nicole van Bergen 8/10 5222 days 1%
Mike1952 9/10 5223 days 1%
Allison Meyoz 9/10 5505 days 1%
Fontvieille 10/10 5512 days 1%
Stephane Lebel 10/10 5533 days 1%
Gertz 10/10 5533 days 1%
Faith Whitcraft 10/10 5537 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 5542 days 1%
Sophia Kelly 9/10 5544 days 1%
Judith 9/10 5546 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 5546 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5547 days 1%
Kauzta 9/10 5548 days 1%
Tricia Goggin 8/10 5552 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5553 days 1%
Michael Long 9/10 5553 days 1%
Harry Hammond 10/10 5553 days 1%
Gerstmann 6/10 5554 days 1%
E C Frans 9/10 5558 days 1%
Martin 10/10 5558 days 1%
Jessica Vogels 9/10 5558 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5559 days 1%
Gert Vogelaers 9/10 5563 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 9/10 5564 days 1%
Jesper Hassel 9/10 5565 days 1%
Rian Bach 9/10 5566 days 1%
Dieter Uhlmann 8/10 5571 days 1%
Laura Hayes 8/10 5575 days 1%
Teum and Orselien 8/10 5576 days 1%
Cheryl 8/10 5578 days 1%
Ruben and Jetske 9/10 5578 days 1%
Dave and Lin Mungham 9/10 5581 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 5583 days 1%
Sue Haward 10/10 5583 days 1%
Rissa W 9/10 5588 days 1%
dollimyxture 10/10 5619 days 1%
Mikeminch 9/10 5680 days 1%
Pete & Judy McChesney 10/10 5857 days 1%
BelindaT 10/10 5872 days 1%
Martina Pankova 10/10 5900 days 1%
Agnes 9/10 5904 days 1%
Russ Turner 9/10 5911 days 1%
Ingrid Zell 10/10 5916 days 1%
Jana Steve 10/10 5919 days 1%
Bert Meuleuorijks 9/10 5921 days 1%
johnandgin 8/10 5925 days 1%
Schlaepfer 10/10 5927 days 1%
Horst 9/10 5928 days 1%
Don & Alice 7/10 5929 days 1%
Hans Suess 9/10 5931 days 1%
Yssel de Schepper 8/10 5931 days 1%
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow 7/10 5931 days 1%
Chris Glasg 8/10 5933 days 1%
Nicola 9/10 5934 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 9/10 5934 days 1%
Max Mareen 10/10 5934 days 1%
Dieter Groscurth 9/10 5935 days 1%
Ronny 9/10 5939 days 1%
Jamie 10/10 5945 days 1%
Christian 7/10 5945 days 1%
Schygulla 9/10 5945 days 1%
Loleit 10/10 5946 days 1%
Harmann Volker 9/10 5947 days 1%
Susan Hitchins 9/10 5949 days 1%
Dick Rosman 9/10 5949 days 1%
Sinjc Grude 10/10 5950 days 1%
Carl Diehl 9/10 5951 days 1%
Kevin and Teresa 8/10 5953 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5962 days 1%
mariak 9/10 6001 days 1%
Marons 9/10 6004 days 1%
koellner 8/10 6013 days 1%
Melanie Bielefeld 10/10 6017 days 1%
Louis Duhaime 9/10 6026 days 1%
Chris Bulman 10/10 6026 days 1%
Katrin Wennin 10/10 6026 days 1%
Sara Reekmans 10/10 6038 days 1%
harryb 10/10 6124 days 1%
brianp 10/10 6131 days 1%
simonsandra 9/10 6132 days 1%
andriesk 8/10 6141 days 1%
jessica 9/10 6180 days 1%
DustyLaptop 10/10 6198 days 1%
HermannR 10/10 6247 days 1%
DanielGermany 10/10 6251 days 1%
Nathalie 8/10 6256 days 1%
annysp 8/10 6259 days 1%
johnst 9/10 6259 days 1%
Barry Smith 9/10 6279 days 1%
Robert 9/10 6303 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.72% 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

93%

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.