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 Waitangi Holiday Park.
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.
83 Valid Reviews
The Waitangi Holiday Park experience has a total of 84 reviews. There are 83 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 83 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
10/10 | 15 |
|
18% |
9/10 | 27 |
|
33% |
8/10 | 21 |
|
25% |
7/10 | 10 |
|
12% |
6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
5/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
81.20% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Waitangi Holiday Park valid reviews is 81.20% and is based on 83 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
15 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 83 valid reviews, the experience has 15 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 15 face-to-face reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
10/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
9/10 | 2 |
|
13% |
8/10 | 7 |
|
47% |
7/10 | 5 |
|
33% |
6/10 | 1 |
|
7% |
5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
76.67% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Waitangi Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 76.67% and is based on 15 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
74.20%
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Ale | 1/10 | 80 days | 41% |
Diana | 9/10 | 141 days | 100% |
Mark | 9/10 | 355 days | 94% |
Henk | 5/10 | 446 days | 69% |
iona.catley@hotmail.co.uk | 9/10 | 721 days | 71% |
Jo | 4/10 | 780 days | 44% |
Stefanie | 6/10 | 933 days | 44% |
Paulo | 9/10 | 964 days | 48% |
Jax | 5/10 | 994 days | 34% |
Marg Dale | 8/10 | 1329 days | 19% |
The wandering kiwi | 9/10 | 1420 days | 14% |
Crystal | 8/10 | 1602 days | 8% |
sara hollander | 9/10 | 1845 days | 5% |
Sarah | 9/10 | 1845 days | 5% |
Just a guy | 10/10 | 1845 days | 5% |
Miles | 10/10 | 1876 days | 5% |
eskimo | 10/10 | 2029 days | 5% |
Maëlys | 10/10 | 2121 days | 4% |
Kaarina | 2/10 | 2210 days | 2% |
Lena | 8/10 | 2241 days | 4% |
Rosamund Gilligan | 8/10 | 2302 days | 4% |
Nielsa | 8/10 | 2302 days | 4% |
Nigel Jarvis | 10/10 | 2333 days | 4% |
Edward Lowe | 9/10 | 2333 days | 4% |
shaun mcgillicuddy | 8/10 | 2363 days | 4% |
Stefano Clerici | 9/10 | 2425 days | 4% |
Helene | 6/10 | 2516 days | 3% |
Andrew Rex | 9/10 | 2552 days | 3% |
Eline Stoutjesdijk | 7/10 | 2681 days | 3% |
Geoff Steele | 10/10 | 2728 days | 3% |
Fifi and Jay | 8/10 | 2825 days | 3% |
Anja Röhrich | 9/10 | 2859 days | 3% |
Stephen Mcbride | 3/10 | 2890 days | 1% |
Anne Loehner | 9/10 | 2915 days | 3% |
Breanna Alexander | 8/10 | 2960 days | 3% |
Matthew Hassam | 8/10 | 2971 days | 3% |
Stacey Arnold | 9/10 | 3002 days | 3% |
Victor Miro | 7/10 | 3032 days | 2% |
Shelly Stanchuk | 10/10 | 3032 days | 3% |
Cindy Lewis | 10/10 | 3063 days | 3% |
Jeffrey Ross | 10/10 | 3090 days | 2% |
Tim Holmes | 10/10 | 3134 days | 2% |
David Mason | 10/10 | 3183 days | 2% |
Chantelle Hiley | 9/10 | 3199 days | 2% |
Lyn Pobke | 9/10 | 3213 days | 2% |
Philip Cook | 9/10 | 3222 days | 2% |
Goldfinger | 10/10 | 3246 days | 2% |
Achim Stegmann | 10/10 | 3251 days | 2% |
Graeme O'Keeffe | 9/10 | 3263 days | 1% |
Ann-Catherine Deblon | 8/10 | 3273 days | 2% |
Staffan Johansson | 8/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
Antonio BENITEZ | 7/10 | 3337 days | 2% |
Peter Marshall | 9/10 | 3354 days | 2% |
Ana Luisa Santo | 9/10 | 3447 days | 2% |
Rebecca Can | 9/10 | 3519 days | 2% |
J V Henare | 9/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
andrew simpson | 9/10 | 3609 days | 1% |
Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 3643 days | 1% |
Florian Kleemann | 8/10 | 3654 days | 1% |
Laurie | 9/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
Jim Sidroy | 9/10 | 3703 days | 1% |
Thomas Marte | 10/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
Heather Kingston | 8/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
Shelley Storey | 9/10 | 4067 days | 0% |
Jade Fleming | 8/10 | 4128 days | 0% |
Lindsay Berquist | 7/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
Hanneke P | 7/10 | 4432 days | 1% |
Alexander Klein | 8/10 | 4467 days | 1% |
Reinhard Stahl | 7/10 | 4468 days | 1% |
Reinhard Stahl | 7/10 | 4468 days | 1% |
Jenben | 9/10 | 4524 days | 1% |
Liz Stokes | 9/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
Andy Lever | 6/10 | 4844 days | 0% |
David | 7/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
GrantW | 5/10 | 5194 days | 1% |
Mike Robinson | 8/10 | 5462 days | 1% |
Helmet Paula | 8/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
Robert Scharrenborg | 8/10 | 5496 days | 1% |
Vanessa | 8/10 | 5570 days | 1% |
richardh | 7/10 | 5684 days | 1% |
Martien van Brakel | 7/10 | 5803 days | 1% |
BrendaM | 8/10 | 5820 days | 1% |
CarolF | 8/10 | 5838 days | 1% |
Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.
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 Waitangi Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
-1.02% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 53 days. However the Waitangi Holiday Park 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 Waitangi Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 49 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
Days | Adjustment |
---|---|
… | … |
46 | -0.95% |
47 | -0.97% |
48 | -1.00% |
49 | -1.02% |
50 | -1.04% |
51 | -1.06% |
52 | -1.08% |
… | … |
5.41% 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.
79%
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.