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

336 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 341 reviews. There are 336 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 336 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 55
16%
8/10 83
25%
7/10 63
19%
6/10 34
10%
5/10 19
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 11
3%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.49% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.49% and is based on 336 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 336 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

77.80%

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
Stu 6/10 31 days 87%
Laura 7/10 61 days 93%
Dean 9/10 92 days 99%
Charlee d 10/10 92 days 100%
JD 7/10 153 days 92%
Becky RYG 1/10 214 days 40%
Jane 10/10 245 days 97%
Symen 9/10 245 days 96%
Vantrolls 7/10 245 days 90%
Loam 6/10 305 days 82%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 366 days 91%
Nicky 5/10 397 days 70%
Marie Perret 9/10 397 days 91%
June Cormack 8/10 397 days 90%
Sandy 8/10 458 days 87%
Kelsie 9/10 458 days 88%
Bao 9/10 519 days 84%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 550 days 81%
Taylor Russell 7/10 550 days 77%
Christy 7/10 550 days 77%
Amy Catley 9/10 550 days 82%
Ryli West 9/10 580 days 80%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 580 days 76%
Anne 8/10 580 days 80%
Gee 7/10 580 days 76%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 611 days 78%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 611 days 74%
Laura 10/10 611 days 79%
Esther 6/10 639 days 66%
Kim 5/10 639 days 59%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 670 days 70%
Arie 6/10 670 days 64%
Jonny 6/10 670 days 64%
RR 7/10 701 days 67%
Amel 9/10 701 days 72%
Rob J 8/10 701 days 71%
Jouke 6/10 731 days 60%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 792 days 65%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 792 days 63%
Kate Harroer 8/10 823 days 60%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 823 days 62%
Joon 7/10 854 days 55%
Karenw 10/10 976 days 46%
Bill 1/10 976 days 19%
Oonagh 8/10 1035 days 40%
Lisa 10/10 1035 days 41%
Rosie 9/10 1127 days 33%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1219 days 26%
Kirsti 10/10 1310 days 20%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1341 days 18%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1341 days 18%
Emma 9/10 1369 days 17%
Will 9/10 1431 days 14%
Matt 2/10 1431 days 6%
Dan 9/10 1431 days 14%
Graham 10/10 1431 days 14%
Rach 6/10 1461 days 11%
Hamish 10/10 1492 days 11%
Chi Niu 2/10 1492 days 5%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1492 days 11%
Morgan 9/10 1492 days 11%
Christopher 1/10 1522 days 4%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1522 days 10%
Edward 5/10 1522 days 8%
Chris 6/10 1553 days 8%
David 8/10 1614 days 7%
Justine 9/10 1614 days 7%
Robert Adler 9/10 1706 days 6%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 1706 days 6%
sandrine sainson 3/10 1735 days 3%
Miles 9/10 1735 days 5%
Clauds 9/10 1735 days 5%
Liz Wade 6/10 1765 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 1766 days 5%
Adam 9/10 1797 days 5%
Robert Killey 6/10 1797 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 1797 days 5%
David 7/10 1797 days 5%
Kellen Richter 7/10 1827 days 5%
Carey Johnston 2/10 1827 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 1827 days 5%
Sue W 8/10 1827 days 5%
K&KRahimi 4/10 1827 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 1858 days 5%
Lauren Smith 10/10 1858 days 5%
Phil 5/10 1888 days 4%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 1888 days 5%
Ben and Liv 8/10 1919 days 5%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 1950 days 5%
Josie 1/10 1980 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 1980 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2041 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2072 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2100 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2100 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2100 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2131 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2131 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2131 days 4%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2131 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2162 days 4%
Marieke 8/10 2192 days 4%
Nifty 4/10 2192 days 3%
James & Kerry 7/10 2192 days 4%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2223 days 4%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2223 days 4%
Claudia 8/10 2253 days 4%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2253 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2253 days 4%
Louis 8/10 2315 days 4%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2345 days 4%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2376 days 4%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2376 days 4%
Robin 7/10 2406 days 4%
Matt 8/10 2406 days 4%
Mike78 7/10 2406 days 4%
Frances L 9/10 2406 days 4%
Tati Moron 7/10 2410 days 3%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2420 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2425 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2435 days 3%
Qi Moss 9/10 2437 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2437 days 4%
Nat 8/10 2437 days 4%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2440 days 3%
Clobby 5/10 2465 days 3%
Eversons 8/10 2465 days 4%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2469 days 3%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2473 days 4%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2475 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2477 days 4%
Helen Bond 9/10 2496 days 4%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2525 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2553 days 4%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2556 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2573 days 3%
M Karutz 6/10 2581 days 3%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2585 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2590 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 2617 days 3%
Andy Dearman 5/10 2639 days 3%
Jane Leong 3/10 2644 days 2%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 2648 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 2679 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 2702 days 3%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 2721 days 3%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 2737 days 3%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 2771 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 2776 days 3%
Peter Schurke 3/10 2795 days 2%
Kerry Lee 10/10 2801 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 2808 days 3%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 2837 days 2%
Lee Burdett 6/10 2846 days 3%
Erika 2/10 2854 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 2860 days 3%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 2860 days 3%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 2889 days 3%
S Webb 5/10 2894 days 2%
Rima 7/10 2900 days 3%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 2945 days 3%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 2969 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 2969 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 2973 days 3%
Michelle Klein 7/10 2982 days 3%
Jenny Parker 9/10 2993 days 3%
Mike Pierre 5/10 2994 days 2%
Kim Donze 8/10 2995 days 3%
Will Hughes 7/10 3011 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3013 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3015 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3023 days 3%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3080 days 3%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3099 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3112 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3130 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3143 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3145 days 2%
Peter Barker 8/10 3147 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3165 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3170 days 2%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3173 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3180 days 2%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3185 days 2%
Udo Morello 9/10 3189 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3199 days 2%
R Werder 7/10 3211 days 2%
Lucia 8/10 3226 days 2%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3238 days 2%
Paul Frost 7/10 3301 days 2%
Lesa Price 4/10 3317 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3320 days 2%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3322 days 2%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3373 days 2%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3378 days 2%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3379 days 2%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3384 days 2%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3448 days 2%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3471 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3471 days 2%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3501 days 2%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3532 days 2%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3540 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3554 days 2%
Averil Brown 8/10 3558 days 2%
Hol. M. 8/10 3591 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 3591 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 3591 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 3603 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 3610 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 3614 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 3622 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 3745 days 1%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 3806 days 1%
Richard 8/10 3806 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 3837 days 1%
Linda Morey 2/10 3837 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 3873 days 1%
Mandy Reich 8/10 3874 days 1%
Gillian Scott 9/10 3896 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 3898 days 1%
Mike Fricker 8/10 3898 days 1%
tracey aylmer 3/10 3898 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 3913 days 1%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 3915 days 1%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 3915 days 1%
Sue L 7/10 3926 days 1%
Monique Monique 7/10 3926 days 1%
S B 10/10 3939 days 1%
M K 10/10 3939 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 3947 days 1%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 3949 days 1%
Gill Odell 8/10 3957 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 3957 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 3963 days 1%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 3966 days 1%
andrewmh 9/10 3988 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4049 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4049 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4110 days 0%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4141 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4232 days 0%
samuel maull 3/10 4232 days 0%
Friederike 9/10 4247 days 0%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4250 days 0%
Cmi 5/10 4322 days 0%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4322 days 0%
rvonroad 5/10 4322 days 0%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4322 days 0%
Loesje 7/10 4322 days 0%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4339 days 0%
Al Stuart 5/10 4340 days 0%
Craig Jones 7/10 4353 days 0%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4536 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4567 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 4597 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 4610 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 4614 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 4624 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 4634 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 4640 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 4642 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 4643 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 4645 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 4650 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 4650 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 4656 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 4657 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 4731 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 4735 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 4810 days 0%
Lisa Milton 9/10 4956 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 4967 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 4978 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 4981 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 4983 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 4984 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 4986 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 4986 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 4987 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 4988 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 4990 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 4993 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 4994 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 4996 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5005 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5008 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5009 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5010 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5013 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5014 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5017 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5019 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5100 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5145 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5237 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5334 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5345 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5349 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5353 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5353 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5360 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5365 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5365 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5368 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5369 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5369 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5381 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5383 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5387 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5396 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5403 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5433 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5443 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5459 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5460 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5475 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5479 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5558 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5574 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 5693 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 5693 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 5696 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 5700 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 5705 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 5710 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 5711 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 5713 days 1%
Joel 10/10 5713 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 5728 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 5728 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 5728 days 1%
JoT 10/10 5728 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 5734 days 1%
Terry 8/10 5740 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.44% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 50 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 23 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
20 -0.39%
21 -0.41%
22 -0.43%
23 -0.44%
24 -0.46%
25 -0.48%
26 -0.50%

Balancing Adjustment

3.80% 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

81%

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.