Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Canyonz Adventure Company.

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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Canyonz Adventure Company

Valid Reviews

97 Valid Reviews

The Canyonz Adventure Company experience has a total of 99 reviews. There are 97 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 97 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 86
89%
9/10 9
9%
8/10 2
2%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

98.66% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Canyonz Adventure Company valid reviews is 98.66% and is based on 97 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

12 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 97 valid reviews, the experience has 12 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 12 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
50%
9/10 5
42%
8/10 1
8%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

94.17% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Canyonz Adventure Company face-to-face reviews is 94.17% and is based on 12 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

99.67%

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
Coline 10/10 386 days 100%
Manuel Navarro 10/10 386 days 100%
Marcus Weldon 10/10 478 days 95%
Jonas Ho 10/10 690 days 80%
Jay F 10/10 690 days 80%
Rachael 10/10 721 days 77%
Anthony Messina 10/10 751 days 74%
Rhiana Wheadon 10/10 751 days 74%
Tahlia Brody 10/10 751 days 74%
KJB 10/10 812 days 68%
Ron 10/10 904 days 58%
David 10/10 965 days 52%
Clar 10/10 996 days 48%
Joel 10/10 1055 days 42%
Louise 10/10 1086 days 40%
Anne MacAulay 10/10 1086 days 40%
Rah 9/10 1086 days 39%
Darren & Sarah Linton 10/10 1330 days 21%
Brydon 10/10 1330 days 21%
Trudi Miles 10/10 1330 days 21%
Mike Fistonich 10/10 1361 days 19%
brucehoppy@gmail.com 10/10 1361 days 19%
Char 10/10 1361 days 19%
Sally 10/10 1389 days 17%
Kurt 10/10 1420 days 16%
Megan Couzyn 10/10 1481 days 13%
Jayne du Plessis 10/10 1481 days 13%
Lars Wyatt 10/10 1604 days 8%
Felix Hoornaert 10/10 1634 days 8%
Ange 10/10 1726 days 6%
Robert Roy Poapst 10/10 1726 days 6%
Katerina 10/10 1755 days 6%
Wendy 10/10 1786 days 6%
trysomethingnew2020 10/10 1786 days 6%
Keely Hanē Larkin Meredith 10/10 1817 days 5%
Nicki 10/10 1817 days 5%
Birgit 10/10 1847 days 5%
Mary Bishop 10/10 1847 days 5%
Andrew Ng 10/10 1878 days 5%
Bullet 10/10 2061 days 5%
Rax Anderson 10/10 2120 days 5%
Mackenzie 10/10 2120 days 5%
Kate V 10/10 2120 days 5%
Femke Verbree 10/10 2120 days 5%
Jessy Green 10/10 2120 days 5%
Luke 10/10 2120 days 5%
Tsui-Wen Chen 10/10 2151 days 5%
Ivana 10/10 2457 days 4%
Laura 10/10 2457 days 4%
kmh0369 10/10 2516 days 4%
Yasmine van Wijngaarden 10/10 2516 days 4%
Stanley Leonard 10/10 2577 days 4%
Paul Hoefer 10/10 2730 days 4%
Erik Schamberger 10/10 2791 days 3%
Christian Tattum 10/10 2791 days 3%
Jan Kerkhof 10/10 2822 days 3%
Julie Roark 10/10 2881 days 3%
Jo Corbett 10/10 2881 days 3%
laure reva 10/10 2881 days 3%
Chris Guy 10/10 2881 days 3%
Daan Terra 10/10 2912 days 3%
Jared Tyler 10/10 3065 days 3%
Robin Stamm 10/10 3181 days 2%
Pauline Misset 10/10 3187 days 3%
Adrienne Hoet 9/10 3190 days 2%
David Stoddard 10/10 3216 days 2%
Jules and Rudy Boonen 10/10 3216 days 2%
Thom McNatt 10/10 3247 days 2%
Debbi O'Sullivan 10/10 3522 days 2%
Mikel Acedo 10/10 3612 days 2%
A J 10/10 3887 days 1%
Bridget Riley 10/10 3918 days 1%
Stef Versluis 10/10 4008 days 1%
Renee Johnson 10/10 4008 days 1%
Gemma Root 10/10 4252 days 0%
toby barach 10/10 4252 days 0%
Neil_T 10/10 4283 days 0%
Sugar 10/10 4311 days 0%
Stefan Martin 10/10 4311 days 0%
Chris D'Amico 10/10 4311 days 0%
rachelg 9/10 4373 days 0%
DylanM 10/10 4373 days 0%
Malena 9/10 4648 days 1%
Clare Cade 10/10 4659 days 1%
GenH 9/10 4983 days 1%
PerspirationJournal 8/10 5165 days 1%
AliB 10/10 5521 days 1%
Carolina Dalmazzo 10/10 5560 days 1%
henka 10/10 5744 days 1%
Philipp 9/10 5778 days 1%
Jasmine 10/10 5779 days 1%
Sarah 10/10 5779 days 1%
Barbara 9/10 5786 days 1%
Jess 9/10 5839 days 1%
Tim 10/10 5844 days 1%
Stef 9/10 6423 days 1%
Fred Highsmith 8/10 6443 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 Canyonz Adventure Company experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.05% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 43 days. However the Canyonz Adventure Company 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 Canyonz Adventure Company experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.99%
198 -4.01%
199 -4.03%
200 -4.05%
201 -4.07%
202 -4.09%
203 -4.11%

Balancing Adjustment

0.38% 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

96%

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.