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

76.05%

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 9/10 108 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 261 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 320 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 382 days 71%
Jen 8/10 412 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 412 days 50%
Stu 6/10 443 days 78%
Laura 7/10 473 days 83%
Dean 9/10 504 days 86%
Charlee d 10/10 504 days 87%
JD 7/10 565 days 77%
Becky RYG 1/10 626 days 32%
Jane 10/10 657 days 77%
Symen 9/10 657 days 76%
Vantrolls 7/10 657 days 71%
Loam 6/10 717 days 62%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 778 days 65%
Nicky 5/10 809 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 809 days 63%
June Cormack 8/10 809 days 62%
Sandy 8/10 870 days 57%
Kelsie 9/10 870 days 57%
Bao 9/10 931 days 51%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 962 days 47%
Taylor Russell 7/10 962 days 45%
Christy 7/10 962 days 45%
Amy Catley 9/10 962 days 48%
Ryli West 9/10 992 days 45%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 992 days 42%
Anne 8/10 992 days 44%
Gee 7/10 992 days 42%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1023 days 42%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1023 days 39%
Laura 10/10 1023 days 42%
Esther 6/10 1051 days 34%
Kim 5/10 1051 days 30%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1082 days 35%
Arie 6/10 1082 days 32%
Jonny 6/10 1082 days 32%
RR 7/10 1113 days 32%
Amel 9/10 1113 days 34%
Rob J 8/10 1113 days 34%
Jouke 6/10 1143 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1204 days 27%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1204 days 27%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1235 days 25%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1235 days 25%
Joon 7/10 1266 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1388 days 16%
Bill 1/10 1388 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1447 days 13%
Lisa 10/10 1447 days 13%
Rosie 9/10 1539 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1631 days 7%
Kirsti 10/10 1722 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1753 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1753 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1781 days 5%
Will 9/10 1843 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1843 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1843 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1843 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1873 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1904 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1904 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1904 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1904 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1934 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1934 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1934 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1965 days 4%
David 8/10 2026 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2026 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2118 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2118 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2147 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2147 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2147 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2177 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2178 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2209 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2209 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2209 days 4%
David 7/10 2209 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2239 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2239 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2239 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2239 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2239 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2270 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2270 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2300 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2300 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2331 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2362 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2392 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2392 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2453 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2484 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2512 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2512 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2512 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2543 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2543 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2543 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2543 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2574 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2604 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2604 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2604 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2635 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2635 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2665 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2665 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2665 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2727 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2757 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2788 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2788 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2818 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2818 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2818 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2818 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2822 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2832 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2837 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2847 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2849 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2849 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2849 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2852 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2877 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2877 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2881 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2885 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2887 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2889 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2908 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2937 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2965 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2968 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2985 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2993 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2997 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 3002 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3029 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3051 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3056 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3060 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3091 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3114 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3133 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3149 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3183 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3188 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3207 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3213 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3220 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3249 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3258 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3266 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3272 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3272 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3301 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3306 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3312 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3357 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3381 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3381 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3385 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3394 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3405 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3406 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3407 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3423 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3425 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3427 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3435 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3492 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3511 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3524 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3542 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3555 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3557 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3559 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3577 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3582 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3585 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3592 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3597 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3601 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3611 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3623 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3638 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3650 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3713 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3729 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3732 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3734 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3785 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3790 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3791 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3796 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3860 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3883 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3883 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3913 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3944 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3952 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3966 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3970 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4003 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4003 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4003 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4015 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4022 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4026 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4034 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4157 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4218 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4218 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4249 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4249 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4285 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4286 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4308 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4310 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4310 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4310 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4325 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4327 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4327 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4338 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4338 days 0%
S B 10/10 4351 days 0%
M K 10/10 4351 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4359 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4361 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4369 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4369 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4375 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4378 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4400 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4461 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4461 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4522 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4553 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4644 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4644 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4659 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4662 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4734 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4734 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4734 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4734 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4734 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4751 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4752 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4765 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4948 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4979 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5009 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5022 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5026 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5036 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5046 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5052 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5054 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5055 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5057 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5062 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5062 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5068 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5069 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5143 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5147 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5222 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5368 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5379 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5390 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5393 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5395 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5396 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5398 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5398 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5399 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5400 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5402 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5405 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5406 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5408 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5417 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5420 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5421 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5422 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5425 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5426 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5429 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5431 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5512 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5557 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5649 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5746 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5757 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5761 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5765 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5765 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5772 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5777 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5777 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5780 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5781 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5781 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5793 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5795 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5799 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5808 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5815 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5845 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5855 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5871 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5872 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5887 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5891 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5970 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5986 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6105 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6105 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6108 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6112 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6117 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6122 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6123 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6125 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6125 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6140 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6140 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6140 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6140 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6146 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6152 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6154 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

-2.04% 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 101 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
98 -1.98%
99 -2.00%
100 -2.02%
101 -2.04%
102 -2.06%
103 -2.09%
104 -2.11%

Balancing Adjustment

5.05% 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.