Ranking Score Explained

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 Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels.

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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Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels

Valid Reviews

42 Valid Reviews

The Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels experience has a total of 43 reviews. There are 42 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 42 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
10%
9/10 9
21%
8/10 12
29%
7/10 9
21%
6/10 4
10%
5/10 2
5%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 1
2%

75.48% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels valid reviews is 75.48% and is based on 42 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

13 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 42 valid reviews, the experience has 13 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 13 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
8%
9/10 3
23%
8/10 5
38%
7/10 2
15%
6/10 2
15%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

79.23% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels face-to-face reviews is 79.23% and is based on 13 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

80.87%

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
Joe Herbert 8/10 148 days 100%
E&P 8/10 695 days 73%
Julia 8/10 757 days 68%
Jill 9/10 1060 days 39%
Tori 9/10 1456 days 12%
Erin 9/10 2006 days 4%
Emma 7/10 2187 days 3%
Zoe 5/10 2187 days 3%
JT 10/10 2187 days 4%
Demi Thompson 9/10 2248 days 4%
Cindy 8/10 2248 days 4%
Alison & Ross 5/10 2521 days 2%
Alex Best 10/10 2529 days 3%
Joanna Dring 6/10 2548 days 2%
Amy McEwen 9/10 2552 days 3%
Monique Keeper 7/10 2665 days 3%
Vanessa Stubbs 7/10 2670 days 3%
Hans van Groesen 10/10 2870 days 2%
Kate Thomas 7/10 2916 days 2%
Rhea Welsh-Hussain 8/10 2937 days 2%
Paul Smith 7/10 3228 days 1%
Stephan Friedrich 1/10 3240 days 0%
R Werder 8/10 3267 days 1%
Janelle Sterling 9/10 3349 days 1%
Jose Araujo 8/10 3351 days 1%
Max Mantke 2/10 3406 days 0%
Kendra Seamus Matilda and Oskar 6/10 3708 days 0%
Annika Marz 9/10 3946 days 0%
Julian Zeissler 8/10 3946 days 0%
Reto 6/10 3968 days 0%
Marinette 7/10 3969 days 0%
Barbara 8/10 3969 days 0%
Joy Lambez 8/10 3979 days 0%
Angela Neville 8/10 3990 days 0%
S B 9/10 3995 days 0%
M K 10/10 3995 days 0%
Jon_and_Family 7/10 5019 days 0%
nelliekaye 7/10 5231 days 0%
Victoria Slater 9/10 5389 days 0%
Bouwma 7/10 5436 days 0%
Conor Coyle 8/10 5460 days 0%
MarilynD 6/10 5783 days 0%

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 Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.65% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 40 days. However the Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels 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 Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park and Motels experience has been adjusted for 132 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
129 -2.59%
130 -2.61%
131 -2.63%
132 -2.65%
133 -2.67%
134 -2.69%
135 -2.71%

Balancing Adjustment

3.52% 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

82%

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.