Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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

334 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 339 reviews. There are 334 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 334 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 55
16%
8/10 83
25%
7/10 62
19%
6/10 33
10%
5/10 19
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 11
3%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.53% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.53% and is based on 334 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 334 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

78.42%

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
Dean 9/10 47 days 99%
Charlee d 10/10 47 days 100%
JD 7/10 108 days 93%
Becky RYG 1/10 169 days 40%
Jane 10/10 200 days 98%
Symen 9/10 200 days 97%
Vantrolls 7/10 200 days 91%
Loam 6/10 260 days 83%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 321 days 92%
Nicky 5/10 352 days 71%
Marie Perret 9/10 352 days 92%
June Cormack 8/10 352 days 91%
Sandy 8/10 413 days 89%
Kelsie 9/10 413 days 89%
Bao 9/10 474 days 86%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 505 days 84%
Taylor Russell 7/10 505 days 80%
Christy 7/10 505 days 80%
Amy Catley 9/10 505 days 85%
Ryli West 9/10 535 days 83%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 535 days 78%
Anne 8/10 535 days 82%
Gee 7/10 535 days 78%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 566 days 81%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 566 days 76%
Laura 10/10 566 days 82%
Esther 6/10 594 days 69%
Kim 5/10 594 days 61%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 625 days 72%
Arie 6/10 625 days 67%
Jonny 6/10 625 days 67%
RR 7/10 656 days 70%
Amel 9/10 656 days 75%
Rob J 8/10 656 days 74%
Jouke 6/10 686 days 63%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 747 days 68%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 747 days 67%
Kate Harroer 8/10 778 days 64%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 778 days 66%
Joon 7/10 809 days 58%
Karenw 10/10 931 days 51%
Bill 1/10 931 days 20%
Oonagh 8/10 990 days 44%
Lisa 10/10 990 days 45%
Rosie 9/10 1082 days 36%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1174 days 29%
Kirsti 10/10 1265 days 23%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1296 days 21%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1296 days 21%
Emma 9/10 1324 days 19%
Will 9/10 1386 days 16%
Matt 2/10 1386 days 7%
Dan 9/10 1386 days 16%
Graham 10/10 1386 days 16%
Rach 6/10 1416 days 12%
Hamish 10/10 1447 days 13%
Chi Niu 2/10 1447 days 6%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1447 days 13%
Morgan 9/10 1447 days 13%
Christopher 1/10 1477 days 5%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1477 days 12%
Edward 5/10 1477 days 9%
Chris 6/10 1508 days 9%
David 8/10 1569 days 8%
Justine 9/10 1569 days 9%
Robert Adler 9/10 1661 days 6%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 1661 days 6%
sandrine sainson 3/10 1690 days 3%
Miles 9/10 1690 days 6%
Clauds 9/10 1690 days 6%
Liz Wade 6/10 1720 days 5%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 1721 days 5%
Adam 9/10 1752 days 5%
Robert Killey 6/10 1752 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 1752 days 5%
David 7/10 1752 days 5%
Kellen Richter 7/10 1782 days 5%
Carey Johnston 2/10 1782 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 1782 days 5%
Sue W 8/10 1782 days 5%
K&KRahimi 4/10 1782 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 1813 days 5%
Lauren Smith 10/10 1813 days 5%
Phil 5/10 1843 days 4%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 1843 days 5%
Ben and Liv 8/10 1874 days 5%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 1905 days 5%
Josie 1/10 1935 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 1935 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 1996 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2027 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2055 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2055 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2055 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2086 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2086 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2086 days 4%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2086 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2117 days 4%
Marieke 8/10 2147 days 4%
Nifty 4/10 2147 days 3%
James & Kerry 7/10 2147 days 4%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2178 days 4%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2178 days 4%
Claudia 8/10 2208 days 4%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2208 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2208 days 4%
Louis 8/10 2270 days 4%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2300 days 4%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2331 days 4%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2331 days 4%
Robin 7/10 2361 days 4%
Matt 8/10 2361 days 4%
Mike78 7/10 2361 days 4%
Frances L 9/10 2361 days 4%
Tati Moron 7/10 2365 days 3%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2375 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2380 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2390 days 3%
Qi Moss 9/10 2392 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2392 days 4%
Nat 8/10 2392 days 4%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2395 days 3%
Clobby 5/10 2420 days 3%
Eversons 8/10 2420 days 4%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2424 days 3%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2428 days 4%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2430 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2432 days 4%
Helen Bond 9/10 2451 days 4%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2480 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2508 days 4%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2511 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2528 days 3%
M Karutz 6/10 2536 days 3%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2540 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2545 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 2572 days 3%
Andy Dearman 5/10 2594 days 3%
Jane Leong 3/10 2599 days 2%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 2603 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 2634 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 2657 days 3%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 2676 days 3%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 2692 days 3%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 2726 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 2731 days 3%
Peter Schurke 3/10 2750 days 2%
Kerry Lee 10/10 2756 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 2763 days 3%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 2792 days 2%
Lee Burdett 6/10 2801 days 3%
Erika 2/10 2809 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 2815 days 3%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 2815 days 3%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 2844 days 3%
S Webb 5/10 2849 days 2%
Rima 7/10 2855 days 3%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 2900 days 3%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 2924 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 2924 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 2928 days 3%
Michelle Klein 7/10 2937 days 3%
Jenny Parker 9/10 2948 days 3%
Mike Pierre 5/10 2949 days 2%
Kim Donze 8/10 2950 days 3%
Will Hughes 7/10 2966 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 2968 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 2970 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 2978 days 3%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3035 days 3%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3054 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3067 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3085 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3098 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3100 days 2%
Peter Barker 8/10 3102 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3120 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3125 days 2%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3128 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3135 days 2%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3140 days 2%
Udo Morello 9/10 3144 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3154 days 2%
R Werder 7/10 3166 days 2%
Lucia 8/10 3181 days 2%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3193 days 2%
Paul Frost 7/10 3256 days 2%
Lesa Price 4/10 3272 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3275 days 2%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3277 days 2%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3328 days 2%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3333 days 2%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3334 days 2%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3339 days 2%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3403 days 2%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3426 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3426 days 2%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3456 days 2%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3487 days 2%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3495 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3509 days 2%
Averil Brown 8/10 3513 days 2%
Hol. M. 8/10 3546 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 3546 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 3546 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 3558 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 3565 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 3569 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 3577 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 3700 days 1%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 3761 days 1%
Richard 8/10 3761 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 3792 days 1%
Linda Morey 2/10 3792 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 3828 days 1%
Mandy Reich 8/10 3829 days 1%
Gillian Scott 9/10 3851 days 1%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 3853 days 1%
Mike Fricker 8/10 3853 days 1%
tracey aylmer 3/10 3853 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 3868 days 1%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 3870 days 1%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 3870 days 1%
Sue L 7/10 3881 days 1%
Monique Monique 7/10 3881 days 1%
S B 10/10 3894 days 1%
M K 10/10 3894 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 3902 days 1%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 3904 days 1%
Gill Odell 8/10 3912 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 3912 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 3918 days 1%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 3921 days 1%
andrewmh 9/10 3943 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4004 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4004 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4065 days 0%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4096 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4187 days 0%
samuel maull 3/10 4187 days 0%
Friederike 9/10 4202 days 0%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4205 days 0%
Cmi 5/10 4277 days 0%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4277 days 0%
rvonroad 5/10 4277 days 0%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4277 days 0%
Loesje 7/10 4277 days 0%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4294 days 0%
Al Stuart 5/10 4295 days 0%
Craig Jones 7/10 4308 days 0%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4491 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4522 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 4552 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 4565 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 4569 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 4579 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 4589 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 4595 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 4597 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 4598 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 4600 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 4605 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 4605 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 4611 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 4612 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 4686 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 4690 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 4765 days 0%
Lisa Milton 9/10 4911 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 4922 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 4933 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 4936 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 4938 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 4939 days 0%
T Lipscombe 2/10 4941 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 4941 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 4942 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 4943 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 4945 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 4948 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 4949 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 4951 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 4960 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 4963 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 4964 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 4965 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 4968 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 4969 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 4972 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 4974 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5055 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5100 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5192 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5289 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5300 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5304 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5308 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5308 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5315 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5320 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5320 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5323 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5324 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5324 days 0%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5336 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5338 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5342 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5351 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5358 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5388 days 0%
carsteng 7/10 5398 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5414 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5415 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5430 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5434 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5513 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5529 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 5648 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 5648 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 5651 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 5655 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 5660 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 5665 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 5666 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 5668 days 1%
Joel 10/10 5668 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 5683 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 5683 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 5683 days 1%
JoT 10/10 5683 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 5689 days 1%
Terry 8/10 5695 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 5697 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.21% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 76 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 14 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
11 -0.16%
12 -0.18%
13 -0.19%
14 -0.21%
15 -0.22%
16 -0.24%
17 -0.25%

Balancing Adjustment

3.53% 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.