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 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

87.04%

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 45 days 100%
Maud Jabouley 10/10 198 days 100%
AR 7/10 228 days 92%
Ben 10/10 319 days 96%
Kate 9/10 1598 days 8%
COUSTEIX Guy 9/10 1598 days 8%
California caravan first time 8/10 1749 days 5%
Su 9/10 1811 days 5%
Brian Palmer 8/10 2145 days 4%
helen reeve 8/10 2237 days 4%
Ingrid Peters 8/10 2237 days 4%
Eversons 8/10 2479 days 4%
Lene Hendel 8/10 2496 days 4%
Shira LA 9/10 2510 days 4%
sarah garlough 6/10 2548 days 3%
Anna Holloway 9/10 2614 days 3%
CARMERS 10/10 2632 days 3%
Jon Veitch 9/10 2784 days 3%
Joan Robinson 8/10 2803 days 3%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 2864 days 3%
Rebecca Lindsey 6/10 2874 days 3%
Stuart Morgan 8/10 2971 days 3%
Shane Mun 10/10 3023 days 3%
Catherine Davison 9/10 3145 days 2%
Elaine Carter 10/10 3156 days 2%
Phillippa McLernon 8/10 3192 days 2%
Alan Field 8/10 3302 days 2%
Chester Martin 10/10 3378 days 2%
John Chilcote 9/10 3474 days 2%
Stephanie 9/10 3491 days 2%
Christian Jenny 10/10 3494 days 2%
Melvin Spear 9/10 3548 days 2%
Philippe Lopez 8/10 3580 days 2%
holidaymad from Solihull 7/10 3605 days 1%
Lea Karl 10/10 3624 days 2%
Jurgen Moors 6/10 3641 days 1%
David Krasner 10/10 3937 days 1%
John Treasure 6/10 3940 days 1%
1246km 7/10 4336 days 0%
Craig Jones 9/10 4336 days 0%
Reinier Timmer 8/10 4349 days 0%
Michal 8/10 4353 days 0%
Julien Bocherens 10/10 4353 days 0%
Wouter Trumpie 8/10 4356 days 0%
Marian 6/10 4369 days 0%
Adam Hassan 8/10 4372 days 0%
Laurits and Bettina 8/10 4374 days 0%
Liz Marquart Scholtz 8/10 4378 days 0%
Julia Ramseier 10/10 4379 days 0%
Christian 10/10 4379 days 0%
Megan Child 9/10 4384 days 1%
Ruben Kunze 1/10 4632 days 0%
Be Groen 8/10 4634 days 1%
Patricia Fearon 10/10 4654 days 1%
Hans Erik Munch 8/10 4669 days 1%
Sarah and Soren 9/10 4739 days 1%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 4739 days 1%
Alice Bastiman 9/10 4985 days 1%
Schroeder 8/10 4996 days 1%
Leanne Shepherd 8/10 5000 days 1%
lyndavid 9/10 5008 days 1%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5012 days 1%
Peter & Margo Boullin 10/10 5016 days 1%
Walter Peters 10/10 5020 days 1%
Annie Pennington 10/10 5023 days 1%
Phillips 8/10 5023 days 1%
Jansen 9/10 5023 days 1%
Angela 10/10 5024 days 1%
Philipp Rau 9/10 5027 days 1%
Eva Stauderova 10/10 5027 days 1%
G R Vangerven 9/10 5029 days 1%
Igor Filart 9/10 5031 days 1%
D Oostrum 9/10 5031 days 1%
T Chapman 7/10 5031 days 1%
De Blaeij 8/10 5034 days 1%
Michelle Booty 8/10 5035 days 1%
Mikeminch 8/10 5128 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 5159 days 1%
bqueen_111 10/10 5159 days 1%
BigSis 8/10 5220 days 1%
Silke Seemann 10/10 5364 days 1%
Lamb 9/10 5400 days 1%
mariekef 7/10 5447 days 1%
hofstetterf 9/10 5461 days 1%
Anayara Diaz Torres 6/10 5474 days 1%
Geoff Renshaw 4/10 5474 days 1%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5486 days 1%
ulrichk 10/10 5580 days 1%
michellew 9/10 5655 days 1%
GemmaC 8/10 5696 days 1%
neeltjec 9/10 5707 days 1%
desl 9/10 5707 days 1%
Martien van Brakel 9/10 5707 days 1%
Viktoria Stoffel 10/10 5714 days 1%
DavidMurray 10/10 5741 days 1%
RichardE 8/10 5742 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

-0.28% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 44 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 14 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
11 -0.22%
12 -0.24%
13 -0.26%
14 -0.28%
15 -0.30%
16 -0.32%
17 -0.34%

Balancing Adjustment

1.50% 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.