Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks.

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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Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks

Valid Reviews

96 Valid Reviews

The Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 97 reviews. There are 96 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 96 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 23
24%
9/10 27
28%
8/10 32
33%
7/10 6
6%
6/10 6
6%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
1%

84.58% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 84.58% and is based on 96 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

54 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 96 valid reviews, the experience has 54 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 54 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 15
28%
9/10 15
28%
8/10 18
33%
7/10 2
4%
6/10 2
4%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
2%

85.19% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks face-to-face reviews is 85.19% and is based on 54 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

87.05%

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
Nadia 8/10 53 days 100%
Maud Jabouley 10/10 206 days 100%
AR 7/10 236 days 92%
Ben 10/10 327 days 96%
Kate 9/10 1606 days 8%
COUSTEIX Guy 9/10 1606 days 8%
California caravan first time 8/10 1757 days 5%
Su 9/10 1819 days 5%
Brian Palmer 8/10 2153 days 4%
helen reeve 8/10 2245 days 4%
Ingrid Peters 8/10 2245 days 4%
Eversons 8/10 2487 days 4%
Lene Hendel 8/10 2504 days 4%
Shira LA 9/10 2518 days 4%
sarah garlough 6/10 2556 days 3%
Anna Holloway 9/10 2622 days 3%
CARMERS 10/10 2640 days 3%
Jon Veitch 9/10 2792 days 3%
Joan Robinson 8/10 2811 days 3%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 2872 days 3%
Rebecca Lindsey 6/10 2882 days 3%
Stuart Morgan 8/10 2979 days 3%
Shane Mun 10/10 3031 days 3%
Catherine Davison 9/10 3153 days 2%
Elaine Carter 10/10 3164 days 2%
Phillippa McLernon 8/10 3200 days 2%
Alan Field 8/10 3310 days 2%
Chester Martin 10/10 3386 days 2%
John Chilcote 9/10 3482 days 2%
Stephanie 9/10 3499 days 2%
Christian Jenny 10/10 3502 days 2%
Melvin Spear 9/10 3556 days 2%
Philippe Lopez 8/10 3588 days 2%
holidaymad from Solihull 7/10 3613 days 1%
Lea Karl 10/10 3632 days 1%
Jurgen Moors 6/10 3649 days 1%
David Krasner 10/10 3945 days 1%
John Treasure 6/10 3948 days 1%
1246km 7/10 4344 days 0%
Craig Jones 9/10 4344 days 0%
Reinier Timmer 8/10 4357 days 0%
Michal 8/10 4361 days 0%
Julien Bocherens 10/10 4361 days 0%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4364 days 0%
Marian 6/10 4377 days 0%
Adam Hassan 8/10 4380 days 1%
Laurits and Bettina 8/10 4382 days 1%
Liz Marquart Scholtz 8/10 4386 days 1%
Julia Ramseier 10/10 4387 days 1%
Christian 10/10 4387 days 1%
Megan Child 9/10 4392 days 1%
Ruben Kunze 1/10 4640 days 0%
Be Groen 8/10 4642 days 1%
Patricia Fearon 10/10 4662 days 1%
Hans Erik Munch 8/10 4677 days 1%
Sarah and Soren 9/10 4747 days 1%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 4747 days 1%
Alice Bastiman 9/10 4993 days 1%
Schroeder 8/10 5004 days 1%
Leanne Shepherd 8/10 5008 days 1%
lyndavid 9/10 5016 days 1%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5020 days 1%
Peter & Margo Boullin 10/10 5024 days 1%
Walter Peters 10/10 5028 days 1%
Annie Pennington 10/10 5031 days 1%
Phillips 8/10 5031 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5031 days 1%
Angela 10/10 5032 days 1%
Philipp Rau 9/10 5035 days 1%
Eva Stauderova 10/10 5035 days 1%
G R Vangerven 9/10 5037 days 1%
Igor Filart 9/10 5039 days 1%
D Oostrum 9/10 5039 days 1%
T Chapman 7/10 5039 days 1%
De Blaeij 8/10 5042 days 1%
Michelle Booty 8/10 5043 days 1%
Mikeminch 8/10 5136 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 5167 days 1%
bqueen_111 10/10 5167 days 1%
BigSis 8/10 5228 days 1%
Silke Seemann 10/10 5372 days 1%
Lamb 9/10 5408 days 1%
mariekef 7/10 5455 days 1%
hofstetterf 9/10 5469 days 1%
Anayara Diaz Torres 6/10 5482 days 1%
Geoff Renshaw 4/10 5482 days 1%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5494 days 1%
ulrichk 10/10 5588 days 1%
michellew 9/10 5663 days 1%
GemmaC 8/10 5704 days 1%
neeltjec 9/10 5715 days 1%
desl 9/10 5715 days 1%
Martien van Brakel 9/10 5715 days 1%
Viktoria Stoffel 10/10 5722 days 1%
DavidMurray 10/10 5749 days 1%
RichardE 8/10 5750 days 1%

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 Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.45% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 43 days. However the Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks 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 Rotorua Tasman Holiday Parks experience has been adjusted for 22 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
19 -0.39%
20 -0.41%
21 -0.43%
22 -0.45%
23 -0.47%
24 -0.49%
25 -0.51%

Balancing Adjustment

1.53% 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

88%

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.