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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 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

92.87%

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 10/10 382 days 100%
Terrence 10/10 1295 days 23%
Guru 8/10 1782 days 5%
Melanie Bunch 10/10 1995 days 5%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 2056 days 5%
Davina 7/10 2268 days 4%
Cynthia Liew 10/10 2360 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2605 days 3%
Hannibal Winther 9/10 2730 days 3%
Jayni L'Azou 9/10 2739 days 3%
Roland Eggli 10/10 2947 days 3%
Moe Bouchard 10/10 2962 days 3%
Lois and Gary Hampton 10/10 2973 days 3%
Sevi 8/10 2974 days 2%
Gilbert Keiser 10/10 2975 days 3%
Fritsi and Flo 10/10 2984 days 3%
Katie and Rob 10/10 2985 days 3%
Patrick and Valerie 8/10 2987 days 2%
Car R 9/10 2998 days 2%
Taylor Doolittle 10/10 3006 days 2%
Bruce Steadman 10/10 3006 days 2%
Sarah Doolittle 10/10 3006 days 2%
Barb Steadman 10/10 3006 days 2%
Jasmin Thuess 8/10 3007 days 2%
James Macguire 9/10 3011 days 2%
Orane Lefebuee 10/10 3011 days 2%
Ingrid Maple 8/10 3012 days 2%
Daniel Nanjh 10/10 3016 days 2%
Breanna Alexander 10/10 3018 days 2%
Emma Millett 8/10 3020 days 2%
Ilona Roeters 9/10 3041 days 2%
Loic Besson 10/10 3042 days 2%
Jerome Cluzel 10/10 3042 days 2%
Natasha 8/10 3043 days 2%
Oliver Francis 8/10 3043 days 2%
Adam Pullinger 7/10 3046 days 2%
Vallee Manon 10/10 3048 days 2%
Rebecca Holmes 9/10 3050 days 2%
Ruden Perez 10/10 3051 days 2%
Manu Liberta 10/10 3058 days 2%
Carole Schwab 10/10 3058 days 2%
Moreno 8/10 3059 days 2%
Sigrid Duus 10/10 3060 days 2%
Mads Nielsen 10/10 3060 days 2%
Olde Vogel 8/10 3062 days 2%
Lieke vol Velde 8/10 3062 days 2%
Bob 10/10 3064 days 2%
Yee How 7/10 3066 days 2%
Marc Perales 8/10 3067 days 2%
Mikkel Thomassen 9/10 3071 days 2%
Jannika Cao 9/10 3071 days 2%
Maarten 6/10 3071 days 2%
Jakob Lovdahl 8/10 3075 days 2%
Lina Kiellamn 10/10 3075 days 2%
Sarah 10/10 3085 days 2%
Simon Mueller 10/10 3085 days 2%
Karine Dransart 8/10 3094 days 2%
Thomas Nolwenn 10/10 3095 days 2%
Cat Johnston 10/10 3100 days 2%
James Jackson 10/10 3101 days 2%
Meghan Maloney 9/10 3121 days 2%
Moni Basuki 10/10 3151 days 2%
Matilda 8/10 3302 days 2%
Katharina Schick 8/10 3304 days 2%
Cecile 10/10 3308 days 2%
Patricia 9/10 3311 days 2%
Sam Creecy 9/10 3314 days 2%
Mathilde 10/10 3316 days 2%
Phlippe 9/10 3316 days 2%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3317 days 2%
Arthur Tymins 9/10 3317 days 2%
Sophia and Karen 10/10 3317 days 2%
Helene Christensen 9/10 3318 days 2%
Sofie Madson 9/10 3318 days 2%
Laurine 9/10 3319 days 2%
Sonya Grimm 10/10 3320 days 2%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 3321 days 2%
Jeeyoung Kim 7/10 3321 days 2%
Kim Rasun 9/10 3321 days 2%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3321 days 2%
Alvaro Rodriguez 9/10 3321 days 2%
Lisa Fenzl 9/10 3323 days 2%
Cori Schultz 8/10 3325 days 2%
Jill Stebbing 10/10 3325 days 2%
Nico Neubauer 10/10 3325 days 2%
Michael L 10/10 3327 days 2%
Celine 10/10 3327 days 2%
Kathryn Nolan 7/10 3328 days 2%
Jeroen 8/10 3329 days 2%
Lucy Mulvin 10/10 3330 days 2%
Michael Menrath 10/10 3332 days 2%
Alexandre Roche 8/10 3332 days 2%
Diane Toupaine 9/10 3332 days 2%
Anouk Jongsma 9/10 3333 days 2%
Lucy Murray 9/10 3334 days 2%
Elisabet 10/10 3337 days 2%
Lisa 10/10 3337 days 2%
Cecile Seramis 10/10 3341 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3343 days 2%
Kathi 10/10 3343 days 2%
Jacob Winchester 10/10 3343 days 2%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3343 days 2%
Sandra 9/10 3345 days 2%
Kim 8/10 3345 days 2%
Selina Frankenberger 10/10 3345 days 2%
Isaliner and Mathieu 6/10 3346 days 1%
Riviere 8/10 3346 days 2%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3347 days 2%
Paul and Astrid 10/10 3347 days 2%
Nadav Knoll 8/10 3356 days 2%
Rachel Aspinall 10/10 3357 days 2%
Levin Stuers 9/10 3358 days 2%
Laurent Petit 7/10 3359 days 2%
Cindy Rizzo 10/10 3366 days 2%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3368 days 2%
Peter Hodgson 10/10 3369 days 2%
Leanna Wyer 10/10 3371 days 2%
Eric Hertort 8/10 3372 days 2%
Brendon Rudland 9/10 3374 days 2%
Sven and Annie 10/10 3377 days 2%
Fiona and Matthew 9/10 3382 days 2%
Philip 10/10 3382 days 2%
Hannes Puediger 9/10 3383 days 2%
Bonnie Krautz 10/10 3384 days 2%
Veronika and Radovan 10/10 3385 days 2%
Sabina Carney 10/10 3386 days 2%
Chloe 9/10 3392 days 2%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3412 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3455 days 2%
Suzanne Vermeulen 10/10 3456 days 2%
Rachel S 10/10 3670 days 1%
Nurlaily Abu Bakar 10/10 3701 days 1%
Maria Schober 10/10 3717 days 1%
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer 9/10 3722 days 1%
Annika Funk 9/10 3726 days 1%
Thomas Blom 10/10 3729 days 1%
Tobias Becker 8/10 3743 days 1%
Laura and Marie 9/10 3752 days 1%
Corinna Fallenbuchel 10/10 3776 days 1%
Logan Leduc 9/10 3797 days 1%
Caroline Hennache 9/10 4034 days 0%
Calvin Becker 7/10 4034 days 0%
Jacques Revel 10/10 4036 days 0%
Karen Garvin 10/10 4036 days 0%
Claudia Hillebrand 8/10 4039 days 0%
Marek Heiurich 10/10 4044 days 0%
Te-Ana and Mark 10/10 4045 days 0%
Mark 7/10 4048 days 0%
Wouter Vanmoz 8/10 4050 days 0%
Laure Cops 8/10 4050 days 0%
Agathe Dupuis 8/10 4063 days 0%
Linda Wainman 10/10 4063 days 0%
Chris Wainman 10/10 4063 days 0%
jefft 8/10 4066 days 0%
Mara 9/10 4068 days 0%
Andrea Morello 8/10 4068 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 9/10 4081 days 0%
Antton Vappula 7/10 4084 days 0%
Xavier 10/10 4087 days 0%
Bjoern 7/10 4093 days 0%
Lena Jensen 9/10 4101 days 0%
Jesper Andersen 9/10 4101 days 0%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4107 days 0%
Julien de la lande 7/10 4107 days 0%
Wouter Bosch 8/10 4107 days 0%
Aude Moulin 8/10 4107 days 0%
Claire Lieval 10/10 4113 days 0%
Andrea Beck 6/10 4125 days 0%
Marc Greeve 10/10 4133 days 0%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 9/10 4133 days 0%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4135 days 0%
Kim Maertens 9/10 4135 days 0%
Clarissa Hanck 10/10 4406 days 1%
Marco Schmidt 8/10 4410 days 1%
Patrick 9/10 4415 days 1%
Lisa 10/10 4415 days 1%
Brandon Wells 8/10 4418 days 1%
Marcel 7/10 4424 days 1%
Maria 8/10 4424 days 1%
Billy Koichopolos 10/10 4424 days 1%
James Young 10/10 4433 days 1%
Eric 7/10 4436 days 1%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4436 days 1%
Kathryn Pisco 8/10 4437 days 1%
Raquel 9/10 4438 days 1%
Fernando Martin 7/10 4438 days 1%
Kristin Denny 9/10 4441 days 1%
Enna Keet 9/10 4443 days 1%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4472 days 1%
Mathieu Brias 9/10 4477 days 1%
Loesje 8/10 4490 days 1%
Mark and Eefie 9/10 4506 days 1%
Karin Genyn 10/10 4507 days 1%
Steven Switsers 9/10 4511 days 1%
Natalie Nubler 10/10 4513 days 1%
Annie 8/10 4514 days 1%
Jacquemard 9/10 4526 days 1%
Barbara Berkhout 9/10 4781 days 1%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 8/10 4782 days 1%
Sally Gordie 10/10 4783 days 1%
Def Fem 9/10 4791 days 1%
Alex Ross 10/10 4792 days 1%
M Robinson 10/10 4792 days 1%
Alan Brady 10/10 4793 days 1%
Richard and Janet 9/10 4799 days 1%
Laura Diepeveen 8/10 4801 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 8/10 4803 days 1%
Siegfried Richter 9/10 4806 days 1%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 9/10 4807 days 1%
Ed & Katie Riches 9/10 4808 days 1%
Tom Pratt 7/10 4808 days 1%
Beat Kindler 8/10 4808 days 1%
Seth & Carla 9/10 4810 days 1%
Houter 9/10 4810 days 1%
Butz 10/10 4811 days 1%
Marilyn Mobley 10/10 4811 days 1%
David & Sue Lokkerbol 9/10 4811 days 1%
Helen Chilton 9/10 4813 days 1%
Domroes 9/10 4817 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 4819 days 1%
Chris Marsh 10/10 4822 days 1%
Jessica Lane 10/10 4822 days 1%
Dave McLeish 8/10 4823 days 1%
Thyg Lingdal 10/10 4824 days 1%
Nicole van Bergen 8/10 4824 days 1%
Mike1952 9/10 4825 days 1%
Allison Meyoz 9/10 5107 days 1%
Fontvieille 10/10 5114 days 1%
Stephane Lebel 10/10 5135 days 1%
Gertz 10/10 5135 days 1%
Faith Whitcraft 10/10 5139 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 5144 days 1%
Sophia Kelly 9/10 5146 days 1%
Judith 9/10 5148 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 5148 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5149 days 1%
Kauzta 9/10 5150 days 1%
Tricia Goggin 8/10 5154 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5155 days 1%
Michael Long 9/10 5155 days 1%
Harry Hammond 10/10 5155 days 1%
Gerstmann 6/10 5156 days 0%
E C Frans 9/10 5160 days 1%
Martin 10/10 5160 days 1%
Jessica Vogels 9/10 5160 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5161 days 1%
Gert Vogelaers 9/10 5165 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 9/10 5166 days 1%
Jesper Hassel 9/10 5167 days 1%
Rian Bach 9/10 5168 days 1%
Dieter Uhlmann 8/10 5173 days 1%
Laura Hayes 8/10 5177 days 1%
Teum and Orselien 8/10 5178 days 1%
Cheryl 8/10 5180 days 1%
Ruben and Jetske 9/10 5180 days 1%
Dave and Lin Mungham 9/10 5183 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 5185 days 1%
Sue Haward 10/10 5185 days 1%
Rissa W 9/10 5190 days 1%
dollimyxture 10/10 5221 days 1%
Mikeminch 9/10 5282 days 1%
Pete & Judy McChesney 10/10 5459 days 1%
BelindaT 10/10 5474 days 1%
Martina Pankova 10/10 5502 days 1%
Agnes 9/10 5506 days 1%
Russ Turner 9/10 5513 days 1%
Ingrid Zell 10/10 5518 days 1%
Jana Steve 10/10 5521 days 1%
Bert Meuleuorijks 9/10 5523 days 1%
johnandgin 8/10 5527 days 1%
Schlaepfer 10/10 5529 days 1%
Horst 9/10 5530 days 1%
Don & Alice 7/10 5531 days 1%
Hans Suess 9/10 5533 days 1%
Yssel de Schepper 8/10 5533 days 1%
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow 7/10 5533 days 1%
Chris Glasg 8/10 5535 days 1%
Nicola 9/10 5536 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 9/10 5536 days 1%
Max Mareen 10/10 5536 days 1%
Dieter Groscurth 9/10 5537 days 1%
Ronny 9/10 5541 days 1%
Jamie 10/10 5547 days 1%
Christian 7/10 5547 days 1%
Schygulla 9/10 5547 days 1%
Loleit 10/10 5548 days 1%
Harmann Volker 9/10 5549 days 1%
Susan Hitchins 9/10 5551 days 1%
Dick Rosman 9/10 5551 days 1%
Sinjc Grude 10/10 5552 days 1%
Carl Diehl 9/10 5553 days 1%
Kevin and Teresa 8/10 5555 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5564 days 1%
mariak 9/10 5603 days 1%
Marons 9/10 5606 days 1%
koellner 8/10 5615 days 1%
Melanie Bielefeld 10/10 5619 days 1%
Louis Duhaime 9/10 5628 days 1%
Chris Bulman 10/10 5628 days 1%
Katrin Wennin 10/10 5628 days 1%
Sara Reekmans 10/10 5640 days 1%
harryb 10/10 5726 days 1%
brianp 10/10 5733 days 1%
simonsandra 9/10 5734 days 1%
andriesk 8/10 5743 days 1%
jessica 9/10 5782 days 1%
DustyLaptop 10/10 5800 days 1%
HermannR 10/10 5849 days 1%
DanielGermany 10/10 5853 days 1%
Nathalie 8/10 5858 days 1%
annysp 8/10 5861 days 1%
johnst 9/10 5861 days 1%
Barry Smith 9/10 5881 days 1%
Robert 9/10 5905 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

0.65% 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

94%

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.