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 Te Anau 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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Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

109 Valid Reviews

The Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 110 reviews. There are 109 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 109 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 30
28%
9/10 30
28%
8/10 27
25%
7/10 14
13%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 2
2%

83.76% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 83.76% and is based on 109 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

45 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 109 valid reviews, the experience has 45 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 45 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
29%
9/10 12
27%
8/10 14
31%
7/10 6
13%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 87.11% and is based on 45 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

78.45%

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
Chelsea Yeo 8/10 49 days 100%
Jonathan Nurse 8/10 80 days 100%
Susan Melgaard Rasmussen 3/10 108 days 55%
Jan Bes 9/10 200 days 99%
peter 10/10 810 days 64%
小B 4/10 1176 days 19%
Clare Eddington 3/10 1204 days 15%
Courtney Gearhart 8/10 1204 days 27%
Lynsey Keaton 10/10 1204 days 27%
V L Nelson 7/10 1235 days 23%
Rochelle 🥰 8/10 1419 days 14%
Jim Henderson 10/10 2057 days 4%
Marjolein 5/10 2362 days 3%
Nicholas I Allen 1/10 2362 days 1%
Carys 6/10 2392 days 3%
Peter from California 10/10 2423 days 4%
Adrian Macdonald 9/10 2452 days 4%
Jenn 8/10 2453 days 3%
Gay Hamilton 9/10 2545 days 3%
Nicki Chow 7/10 2665 days 3%
Nifty 6/10 2757 days 2%
Violet Murphy 9/10 2788 days 3%
Tamara & Brittany 9/10 2788 days 3%
Mr Smith 8/10 2880 days 3%
Derek Green 7/10 3001 days 2%
Leong Mee Yee 8/10 3034 days 2%
Debbie Lesurf 10/10 3083 days 2%
Jonas Heidger 10/10 3251 days 2%
Tim Ridder 1/10 3351 days 1%
Nazlinda Md Nasir 10/10 3366 days 2%
Lisa Page 10/10 3369 days 2%
Carolina Mondaca 7/10 3465 days 1%
Gary Cohen 8/10 3486 days 1%
S Webb 10/10 3486 days 1%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 3486 days 1%
Mike Guest 9/10 3505 days 1%
Jim MacDiarmid 8/10 3609 days 1%
Sarah Hammond 8/10 3639 days 1%
Eles Murray 9/10 3670 days 1%
Kathy Hart 9/10 3670 days 1%
Pascale Lemieux 10/10 3706 days 1%
Carlotta Hubner 9/10 3738 days 1%
Ricardo Teeuwen 7/10 3763 days 1%
AusCampa 9/10 4036 days 0%
Chris Read 7/10 4042 days 0%
Anna Strobl 10/10 4047 days 0%
Constantin D 7/10 4138 days 0%
Stefanie Feldman 7/10 4145 days 0%
Deene 7/10 4194 days 0%
Rene van der Zwan 9/10 4201 days 0%
Jessica Quirk 10/10 4217 days 0%
Ian Harris 10/10 4217 days 0%
Bert Snel 8/10 4217 days 0%
travelscot 10/10 4402 days 1%
Nadia R 10/10 4432 days 1%
Sagi 10/10 4467 days 1%
Hadar 10/10 4467 days 1%
Matusala Habtemariam 8/10 4487 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 8/10 4512 days 1%
Sally Mortensen 9/10 4553 days 1%
Eric and Nienke 9/10 4553 days 1%
Henrik Joshua 8/10 4583 days 1%
I & K Urquhart 8/10 4675 days 1%
Elise Robson 9/10 4736 days 1%
Jill Fischer 10/10 4828 days 1%
Hanneke P 9/10 4887 days 1%
Jan 9/10 4906 days 1%
Jos Schieveen 8/10 5172 days 1%
Gillian Rowe 10/10 5203 days 1%
Seth & Carla 8/10 5207 days 1%
Mirando4ka 8/10 5222 days 1%
neilqecosse 9/10 5375 days 1%
B_and_F_MN 10/10 5528 days 1%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 5528 days 1%
Lorraine Leonard 9/10 5536 days 1%
Sarah and Uli Glas 10/10 5539 days 1%
Vicktor Janssen 7/10 5542 days 1%
Geoff Andrew 9/10 5542 days 1%
G Cucel 10/10 5542 days 1%
Chrissy Crebas 10/10 5544 days 1%
noname 10/10 5544 days 1%
Stefanie 10/10 5544 days 1%
Irene and Werner Keil 9/10 5548 days 1%
Tara Koenig 8/10 5550 days 1%
Bruce & Elaine Chote 10/10 5551 days 1%
Lisa 8/10 5551 days 1%
Monique 8/10 5551 days 1%
G Elliason 10/10 5573 days 1%
Dana Pagliarini 9/10 5575 days 1%
Irene and Thib Schneider 7/10 5575 days 1%
Phil Hunter 9/10 5578 days 1%
misskeane 9/10 5649 days 1%
imbeachy 10/10 5740 days 1%
Russell & Barbara Gilmour 9/10 5910 days 1%
Evans 9/10 5912 days 1%
Marcus Kippner 8/10 5915 days 1%
Peter G 7/10 5918 days 1%
Chris Helms 7/10 5918 days 1%
hughesW 10/10 5924 days 1%
Paula Martinez 8/10 5927 days 1%
EstherW 7/10 5934 days 1%
Thea X 8/10 5947 days 1%
Sarah Goeckener 9/10 6024 days 1%
Decuq 8/10 6025 days 1%
Becca1 9/10 6260 days 1%
Steve Harper 9/10 6265 days 1%
MundschanGermany 10/10 6274 days 1%
GingerPrince 8/10 6292 days 1%
AndrewF78 8/10 6294 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 Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.54% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 96 days. However the Te Anau 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 Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 40 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
37 -0.50%
38 -0.51%
39 -0.53%
40 -0.54%
41 -0.55%
42 -0.57%
43 -0.58%

Balancing Adjustment

3.62% 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.