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 Lakes Edge 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.

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Lakes Edge Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

342 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 347 reviews. There are 342 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 342 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 57
17%
8/10 84
25%
7/10 63
18%
6/10 34
10%
5/10 21
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 12
4%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.37% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.37% and is based on 342 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

94 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 342 valid reviews, the experience has 94 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 94 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 14
15%
9/10 15
16%
8/10 29
31%
7/10 15
16%
6/10 7
7%
5/10 5
5%
4/10 4
4%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 1
1%

75.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.11% and is based on 94 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

76.07%

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
Rich 9/10 96 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 249 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 308 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 370 days 71%
Jen 8/10 400 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 400 days 50%
Stu 6/10 431 days 78%
Laura 7/10 461 days 83%
Dean 9/10 492 days 87%
Charlee d 10/10 492 days 88%
JD 7/10 553 days 78%
Becky RYG 1/10 614 days 32%
Jane 10/10 645 days 77%
Symen 9/10 645 days 77%
Vantrolls 7/10 645 days 72%
Loam 6/10 705 days 63%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 766 days 66%
Nicky 5/10 797 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 797 days 64%
June Cormack 8/10 797 days 63%
Sandy 8/10 858 days 58%
Kelsie 9/10 858 days 58%
Bao 9/10 919 days 52%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 950 days 48%
Taylor Russell 7/10 950 days 46%
Christy 7/10 950 days 46%
Amy Catley 9/10 950 days 49%
Ryli West 9/10 980 days 46%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 980 days 43%
Anne 8/10 980 days 45%
Gee 7/10 980 days 43%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1011 days 43%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1011 days 40%
Laura 10/10 1011 days 43%
Esther 6/10 1039 days 35%
Kim 5/10 1039 days 31%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1070 days 35%
Arie 6/10 1070 days 33%
Jonny 6/10 1070 days 33%
RR 7/10 1101 days 33%
Amel 9/10 1101 days 35%
Rob J 8/10 1101 days 35%
Jouke 6/10 1131 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1192 days 28%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1192 days 28%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1223 days 26%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1223 days 26%
Joon 7/10 1254 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1376 days 17%
Bill 1/10 1376 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1435 days 14%
Lisa 10/10 1435 days 14%
Rosie 9/10 1527 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1619 days 8%
Kirsti 10/10 1710 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1741 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1741 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1769 days 5%
Will 9/10 1831 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1831 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1831 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1831 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1861 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1892 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1892 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1892 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1892 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1922 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1922 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1922 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1953 days 4%
David 8/10 2014 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2014 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2106 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2106 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2135 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2135 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2135 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2165 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2166 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2197 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2197 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2197 days 4%
David 7/10 2197 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2227 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2227 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2227 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2227 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2227 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2258 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2258 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2288 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2288 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2319 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2350 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2380 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2380 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2441 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2472 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2500 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2500 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2500 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2531 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2531 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2531 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2531 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2562 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2592 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2592 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2592 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2623 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2623 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2653 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2653 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2653 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2715 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2745 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2776 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2776 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2806 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2806 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2806 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2806 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2810 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2820 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2825 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2835 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2837 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2837 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2837 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2840 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2865 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2865 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2869 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2873 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2875 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2877 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2896 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2925 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2953 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2956 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2973 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2981 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2985 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2990 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3017 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3039 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3044 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3048 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3079 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3102 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3121 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3137 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3171 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3176 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3195 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3201 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3208 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3237 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3246 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3254 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3260 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3260 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3289 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3294 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3300 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3345 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3369 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3369 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3373 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3382 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3393 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3394 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3395 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3411 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3413 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3415 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3423 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3480 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3499 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3512 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3530 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3543 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3545 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3547 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3565 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3570 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3573 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3580 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3585 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3589 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3599 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3611 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3626 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3638 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3701 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3717 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3720 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3722 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3773 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3778 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3779 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3784 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3848 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3871 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3871 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3901 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3932 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3940 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3954 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3958 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 3991 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 3991 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 3991 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4003 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4010 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4014 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4022 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4145 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4206 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4206 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4237 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4237 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4273 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4274 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4296 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4298 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4298 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4298 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4313 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4315 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4315 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4326 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4326 days 0%
S B 10/10 4339 days 0%
M K 10/10 4339 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4347 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4349 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4357 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4357 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4363 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4366 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4388 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4449 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4449 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4510 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4541 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4632 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4632 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4647 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4650 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4722 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4722 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4722 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4722 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4722 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4739 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4740 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4753 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4936 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4967 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 4997 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5010 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5014 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5024 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5034 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5040 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5042 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5043 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5045 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5050 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5050 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5056 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5057 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5131 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5135 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5210 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5356 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5367 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5378 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5381 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5383 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5384 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5386 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5386 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5387 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5388 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5390 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5393 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5394 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5396 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5405 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5408 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5409 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5410 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5413 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5414 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5417 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5419 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5500 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5545 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5637 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5734 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5745 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5749 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5753 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5753 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5760 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5765 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5765 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5768 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5769 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5769 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5781 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5783 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5787 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5796 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5803 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5833 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5843 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5859 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5860 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5875 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5879 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5958 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5974 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6093 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6093 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6096 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6100 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6105 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6110 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6111 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6113 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6113 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6128 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6128 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6128 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6128 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6134 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6140 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6142 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-1.81% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Lakes Edge 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 89 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
86 -1.75%
87 -1.77%
88 -1.79%
89 -1.81%
90 -1.83%
91 -1.85%
92 -1.87%

Balancing Adjustment

4.94% 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

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.