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 Queenstown TOP 10 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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Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

75 Valid Reviews

The Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 81 reviews. There are 75 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 6 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 75 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 24
32%
9/10 18
24%
8/10 19
25%
7/10 4
5%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 3
4%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 3
4%

82.13% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 82.13% and is based on 75 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

16 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 75 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 5
31%
9/10 4
25%
8/10 5
31%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 1
6%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
6%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

85.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 85.00% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

67.30%

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
Lii 1/10 231 days 50%
Anna 9/10 596 days 100%
Pierre Marty 1/10 658 days 39%
Michael D 2/10 780 days 38%
Suzanne 8/10 1237 days 31%
Douglas 5/10 1479 days 11%
Justine 7/10 1571 days 10%
Al 10/10 1723 days 7%
Shannon 10/10 1815 days 6%
Erin 10/10 1907 days 6%
Hannah 10/10 1907 days 6%
Charlotte 10/10 1937 days 6%
TP&MM 10/10 2029 days 6%
Zoe 7/10 2088 days 5%
Macker 8/10 2149 days 5%
Angela 9/10 2180 days 5%
Brad 4/10 2180 days 3%
helen reeve 10/10 2180 days 5%
Ray Tombs 9/10 2363 days 5%
Michael Stützle 10/10 2363 days 5%
Qi Moss 10/10 2394 days 5%
S Weslake 8/10 2394 days 5%
Adrian Trumper 6/10 2407 days 4%
Shira LA 9/10 2422 days 5%
Audrey Wong 9/10 2461 days 5%
Jack James 9/10 2480 days 4%
Paul and Paula 8/10 2489 days 4%
Joanne Haslam 10/10 2678 days 4%
Grace White 10/10 2715 days 4%
Wendy Kildey 10/10 2731 days 4%
Kerry Lee 10/10 2758 days 4%
Robert Hunt 9/10 2850 days 4%
Greg MacFire 8/10 2855 days 4%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 2879 days 3%
Margo Wiltens 8/10 2902 days 3%
Becky and James 10/10 2919 days 3%
Lyn Pobke 8/10 3042 days 3%
Carl_Larsen 10/10 3063 days 3%
Teresa Ash 8/10 3118 days 3%
Gloria Berlari 8/10 3128 days 3%
Caro G 8/10 3250 days 3%
Paul Frost 10/10 3258 days 3%
Aaron Soh 7/10 3287 days 2%
Amy Steiger 9/10 3337 days 2%
Karl 9/10 3421 days 2%
John Drake 4/10 3489 days 1%
Robert Warner 9/10 3518 days 2%
Manuela Opprecht 9/10 3529 days 2%
Leah Stewart 10/10 3549 days 2%
tschavalon 8/10 3641 days 2%
Ara Moore-Tuwhangai 10/10 3794 days 1%
Andy Karl 8/10 3914 days 1%
eagle 1/10 4189 days 0%
doepie277 8/10 4279 days 0%
Ryan J 10/10 4401 days 1%
Robin Sable 9/10 4566 days 1%
Sabine & Stefan 10/10 4598 days 1%
Markus & Miriam 8/10 4601 days 1%
Jonathan Philp 9/10 4606 days 1%
CMJ 9/10 4645 days 1%
Melissa 8/10 4859 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 4933 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 4937 days 1%
bryfrance 10/10 4941 days 1%
Nick Secker 8/10 4969 days 1%
Margaret O'Sullivan 4/10 5311 days 0%
dring 10/10 5319 days 1%
Jann Clar 6/10 5325 days 1%
Gordon and Joyce 8/10 5326 days 1%
Paul 8/10 5340 days 1%
Rachel & Barak 10/10 5342 days 1%
meggles 7/10 5344 days 1%
marleen451 9/10 5467 days 1%
JimmyK 8/10 5668 days 1%
RobH 9/10 5686 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 Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.03% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 75 days. However the Queenstown TOP 10 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 Queenstown TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -2.98%
198 -3.00%
199 -3.01%
200 -3.03%
201 -3.04%
202 -3.06%
203 -3.07%

Balancing Adjustment

10.74% 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

75%

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.