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 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

76.06%

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 9/10 106 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 259 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 318 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 380 days 71%
Jen 8/10 410 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 410 days 50%
Stu 6/10 441 days 78%
Laura 7/10 471 days 83%
Dean 9/10 502 days 86%
Charlee d 10/10 502 days 87%
JD 7/10 563 days 77%
Becky RYG 1/10 624 days 32%
Jane 10/10 655 days 77%
Symen 9/10 655 days 76%
Vantrolls 7/10 655 days 71%
Loam 6/10 715 days 62%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 776 days 65%
Nicky 5/10 807 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 807 days 63%
June Cormack 8/10 807 days 63%
Sandy 8/10 868 days 57%
Kelsie 9/10 868 days 57%
Bao 9/10 929 days 51%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 960 days 48%
Taylor Russell 7/10 960 days 45%
Christy 7/10 960 days 45%
Amy Catley 9/10 960 days 48%
Ryli West 9/10 990 days 45%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 990 days 42%
Anne 8/10 990 days 45%
Gee 7/10 990 days 42%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1021 days 42%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1021 days 40%
Laura 10/10 1021 days 43%
Esther 6/10 1049 days 34%
Kim 5/10 1049 days 30%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1080 days 35%
Arie 6/10 1080 days 32%
Jonny 6/10 1080 days 32%
RR 7/10 1111 days 32%
Amel 9/10 1111 days 34%
Rob J 8/10 1111 days 34%
Jouke 6/10 1141 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1202 days 28%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1202 days 27%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1233 days 25%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1233 days 25%
Joon 7/10 1264 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1386 days 16%
Bill 1/10 1386 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1445 days 13%
Lisa 10/10 1445 days 13%
Rosie 9/10 1537 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1629 days 7%
Kirsti 10/10 1720 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1751 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1751 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1779 days 5%
Will 9/10 1841 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1841 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1841 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1841 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1871 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1902 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1902 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1902 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1902 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1932 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1932 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1932 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1963 days 4%
David 8/10 2024 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2024 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2116 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2116 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2145 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2145 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2145 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2175 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2176 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2207 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2207 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2207 days 4%
David 7/10 2207 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2237 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2237 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2237 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2237 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2237 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2268 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2268 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2298 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2298 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2329 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2360 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2390 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2390 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2451 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2482 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2510 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2510 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2510 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2541 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2541 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2541 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2541 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2572 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2602 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2602 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2602 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2633 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2633 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2663 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2663 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2663 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2725 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2755 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2786 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2786 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2816 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2816 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2816 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2816 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2820 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2830 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2835 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2845 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2847 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2847 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2847 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2850 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2875 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2875 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2879 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2883 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2885 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2887 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2906 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2935 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2963 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2966 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2983 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2991 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2995 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 3000 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3027 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3049 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3054 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3058 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3089 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3112 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3131 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3147 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3181 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3186 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3205 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3211 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3218 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3247 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3256 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3264 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3270 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3270 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3299 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3304 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3310 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3355 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3379 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3379 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3383 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3392 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3403 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3404 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3405 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3421 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3423 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3425 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3433 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3490 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3509 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3522 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3540 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3553 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3555 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3557 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3575 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3580 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3583 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3590 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3595 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3599 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3609 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3621 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3636 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3648 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3711 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3727 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3730 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3732 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3783 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3788 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3789 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3794 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3858 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3881 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3881 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3911 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3942 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3950 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3964 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3968 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4001 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4001 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4001 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4013 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4020 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4024 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4032 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4155 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4216 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4216 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4247 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4247 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4283 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4284 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4306 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4308 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4308 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4308 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4323 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4325 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4325 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4336 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4336 days 0%
S B 10/10 4349 days 0%
M K 10/10 4349 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4357 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4359 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4367 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4367 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4373 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4376 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4398 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4459 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4459 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4520 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4551 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4642 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4642 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4657 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4660 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4732 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4732 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4732 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4732 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4732 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4749 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4750 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4763 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4946 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4977 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5007 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5020 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5024 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5034 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5044 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5050 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5052 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5053 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5055 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5060 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5060 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5066 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5067 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5141 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5145 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5220 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5366 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5377 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5388 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5391 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5393 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5394 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5396 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5396 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5397 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5398 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5400 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5403 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5404 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5406 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5415 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5418 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5419 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5420 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5423 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5424 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5427 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5429 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5510 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5555 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5647 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5744 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5755 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5759 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5763 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5763 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5770 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5775 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5775 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5778 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5779 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5779 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5791 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5793 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5797 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5806 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5813 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5843 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5853 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5869 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5870 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5885 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5889 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5968 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5984 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6103 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6103 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6106 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6110 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6115 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6120 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6121 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6123 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6123 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6138 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6138 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6138 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6138 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6144 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6150 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6152 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

-2.01% 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 99 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
96 -1.95%
97 -1.97%
98 -1.99%
99 -2.01%
100 -2.03%
101 -2.05%
102 -2.07%

Balancing Adjustment

5.02% 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.