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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 Blenheim Bridges 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.
Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
122 Valid Reviews
The Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has a total of 122 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 122 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 10 |
|
8% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 34 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 20 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 11 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 4/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 3/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
70.82% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park valid reviews is 70.82% and is based on 122 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
82 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 122 valid reviews, the experience has 82 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 82 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 8 |
|
10% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 24 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 16 |
|
20% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
5% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
75.24% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.24% and is based on 82 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
56.08%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther | 3/10 | 202 days | 66% |
| Shaun | 1/10 | 262 days | 49% |
| Walnstein | 6/10 | 354 days | 100% |
| Carrie | 7/10 | 568 days | 95% |
| Arie | 5/10 | 596 days | 76% |
| Ray G | 4/10 | 627 days | 63% |
| laurie M haysom | 9/10 | 1084 days | 45% |
| Murray Gamlin | 5/10 | 1237 days | 23% |
| Alexis | 4/10 | 1571 days | 7% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 1845 days | 6% |
| Michelle | 4/10 | 1937 days | 4% |
| Me | 3/10 | 2029 days | 3% |
| Mathias Hauenstein | 10/10 | 2088 days | 6% |
| HElen Bewick | 3/10 | 2119 days | 3% |
| Peter | 7/10 | 2333 days | 5% |
| Christina | 3/10 | 2333 days | 3% |
| The Weathersons | 2/10 | 2407 days | 2% |
| Johannes Bauerle | 1/10 | 2454 days | 2% |
| Lei Horton | 2/10 | 2615 days | 2% |
| Laureen Trainer | 8/10 | 2682 days | 4% |
| Iris Maatman | 4/10 | 2760 days | 2% |
| Erin Polcyn Sailer | 7/10 | 3073 days | 3% |
| Kelly Hitchins | 6/10 | 3096 days | 3% |
| Craig Ferry | 8/10 | 3120 days | 3% |
| Glinys Weller | 9/10 | 3170 days | 3% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3178 days | 3% |
| Sarah Carter | 8/10 | 3181 days | 3% |
| Blandine Giusti | 9/10 | 3479 days | 2% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Frank Wijnands | 7/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Lorcan Lennon | 8/10 | 3591 days | 2% |
| Sue H | 7/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
| Nadia R | 6/10 | 3824 days | 1% |
| Family Trip | 8/10 | 3855 days | 1% |
| Casandra Prunica | 8/10 | 3857 days | 1% |
| Emma Wallace | 9/10 | 3889 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 9/10 | 3914 days | 1% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 3975 days | 1% |
| M Morgan | 8/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Sixflipflops | 3/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Ken Milligan | 9/10 | 4207 days | 0% |
| Puma17 | 8/10 | 4279 days | 0% |
| Kevin Desjandino | 8/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| F Soppelsa | 7/10 | 4303 days | 0% |
| Paul Lawrence | 8/10 | 4308 days | 0% |
| Abby Rushmer | 8/10 | 4309 days | 0% |
| Rolf Zwahlen | 10/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 9/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Frederick Neilsen | 6/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Letitia Wenn | 8/10 | 4327 days | 0% |
| phudgb | 9/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Philippe Merino | 8/10 | 4576 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 9/10 | 4577 days | 1% |
| nztintin | 5/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Tim Germany | 5/10 | 4585 days | 1% |
| Webb & Muckelt | 1/10 | 4594 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 8/10 | 4595 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Richardson | 7/10 | 4596 days | 1% |
| Andrew Powell | 8/10 | 4596 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 9/10 | 4596 days | 1% |
| Peter Holt | 8/10 | 4602 days | 1% |
| Patricia Motzheim | 10/10 | 4613 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 8/10 | 4613 days | 1% |
| hanal7 | 6/10 | 4645 days | 1% |
| Dorthe | 4/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Mikala Dinka | 9/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Steve & Maggie | 9/10 | 4677 days | 1% |
| Anders Rathleff | 9/10 | 4692 days | 1% |
| damaca | 8/10 | 4737 days | 1% |
| neilqecosse | 9/10 | 4767 days | 1% |
| GoodTimes | 10/10 | 4859 days | 1% |
| Edward Marhi | 9/10 | 4917 days | 1% |
| Iain Campbell | 7/10 | 4929 days | 1% |
| Peter & Angela Brown | 10/10 | 4941 days | 1% |
| Fam de Kruyf | 9/10 | 4948 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 8/10 | 4948 days | 1% |
| Michael Assfalg | 6/10 | 4950 days | 1% |
| Julie Pasquignon | 7/10 | 4952 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 7/10 | 4952 days | 1% |
| Gert Vogelaers | 9/10 | 4954 days | 1% |
| Jeff Cerjan | 7/10 | 4958 days | 1% |
| Ron Pantzer | 8/10 | 4960 days | 1% |
| Darren Bruestle | 9/10 | 4966 days | 1% |
| Vanderhorst | 6/10 | 4967 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 8/10 | 4974 days | 1% |
| Kristie | 8/10 | 5002 days | 1% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 5233 days | 1% |
| Haley & Jason | 8/10 | 5248 days | 1% |
| Brett & Tanille | 8/10 | 5304 days | 1% |
| Marcia & Bruce | 6/10 | 5306 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5319 days | 1% |
| Senel | 7/10 | 5323 days | 1% |
| Faurack | 10/10 | 5323 days | 1% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 5329 days | 1% |
| Otto | 7/10 | 5343 days | 1% |
| Etienne VanD | 10/10 | 5364 days | 1% |
| mariak | 3/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| andres | 7/10 | 5398 days | 1% |
| pthreadgood | 6/10 | 5404 days | 1% |
| Gary Brown | 8/10 | 5408 days | 1% |
| Douglas Beresford | 8/10 | 5408 days | 1% |
| Kirsty McGrath | 7/10 | 5410 days | 1% |
| Terry J | 10/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Philip Ryott | 4/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Sena | 7/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 10/10 | 5417 days | 1% |
| Susan Fielder | 7/10 | 5436 days | 1% |
| johannac | 9/10 | 5525 days | 1% |
| Andrew Lonsdale | 5/10 | 5634 days | 1% |
| HelenPalmer | 8/10 | 5638 days | 1% |
| LowerD | 8/10 | 5650 days | 1% |
| Andrew Biddle | 9/10 | 5652 days | 1% |
| RonB | 8/10 | 5662 days | 1% |
| Andrew Wilson | 7/10 | 5667 days | 1% |
| JeremyE | 8/10 | 5668 days | 1% |
| LucyT | 5/10 | 5668 days | 1% |
| Suzie Lechner | 5/10 | 5670 days | 1% |
| LindaV | 6/10 | 5684 days | 1% |
| Tolsten | 7/10 | 5692 days | 1% |
| KuzakUSA | 4/10 | 5694 days | 1% |
| Lucy | 6/10 | 5699 days | 1% |
| Visken | 7/10 | 5699 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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-2.95% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 75 days. However the Blenheim Bridges 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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 195 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 192 | -2.91% |
| 193 | -2.92% |
| 194 | -2.94% |
| 195 | -2.95% |
| 196 | -2.97% |
| 197 | -2.98% |
| 198 | -3.00% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
19.51% 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
73%
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.