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 Marfells Beach Campsite.
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.
Marfells Beach Campsite
Valid Reviews
73 Valid Reviews
The Marfells Beach Campsite experience has a total of 76 reviews. There are 73 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 73 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 24 |
|
33% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 18 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 7 |
|
10% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
84.66% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Marfells Beach Campsite valid reviews is 84.66% and is based on 73 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
21 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 73 valid reviews, the experience has 21 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 21 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 5 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 7 |
|
33% |
| 8/10 | 7 |
|
33% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
10% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.14% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Marfells Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 87.14% and is based on 21 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.32%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon | 10/10 | 4 days | 100% |
| Sylvie K | 8/10 | 65 days | 98% |
| Marine | 7/10 | 279 days | 89% |
| Mark B | 10/10 | 307 days | 95% |
| Bart | 10/10 | 399 days | 91% |
| Sebastian | 10/10 | 430 days | 89% |
| Nina S. Larsen | 10/10 | 704 days | 72% |
| Arielle Lockheart | 8/10 | 765 days | 65% |
| MB | 10/10 | 949 days | 49% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 1069 days | 38% |
| Felix | 10/10 | 1130 days | 32% |
| Mark Hunter | 5/10 | 1344 days | 14% |
| Kev | 10/10 | 1434 days | 14% |
| Tim | 10/10 | 1709 days | 6% |
| Laz. | 10/10 | 1740 days | 5% |
| Valg | 9/10 | 1768 days | 5% |
| Rebecca | 9/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1983 days | 5% |
| Lauren | 8/10 | 2013 days | 4% |
| Kysha | 10/10 | 2105 days | 4% |
| cgu228 | 8/10 | 2165 days | 4% |
| Camping crew | 9/10 | 2226 days | 4% |
| Susie | 10/10 | 2499 days | 4% |
| helbel | 4/10 | 2530 days | 2% |
| Shannon Allison | 1/10 | 2530 days | 1% |
| Jasmine | 7/10 | 2561 days | 3% |
| Lukas | 7/10 | 2561 days | 3% |
| Molly | 9/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Jason | 1/10 | 2683 days | 1% |
| Shalmon | 9/10 | 2714 days | 3% |
| charlotte | 3/10 | 2805 days | 2% |
| Clobby | 9/10 | 2836 days | 3% |
| M A Pelton | 8/10 | 2846 days | 3% |
| Patricia Stitchbury | 10/10 | 2863 days | 2% |
| Keith Salway | 8/10 | 2875 days | 2% |
| Clive Craven | 9/10 | 2895 days | 3% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 8/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| James Jackson | 9/10 | 3323 days | 2% |
| Joanne Butfield | 10/10 | 3464 days | 2% |
| Mattijs Hoogenbosch | 8/10 | 3557 days | 1% |
| Daniel Pietzsch | 10/10 | 3562 days | 1% |
| Lisa Conradie | 9/10 | 3595 days | 1% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 9/10 | 3623 days | 1% |
| Antonio BENITEZ | 7/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Jojo and Jacky | 10/10 | 3670 days | 1% |
| David O'Loughlin | 10/10 | 3675 days | 1% |
| Martin Hofmann | 10/10 | 3837 days | 1% |
| Marine P | 8/10 | 3927 days | 1% |
| John G | 8/10 | 3932 days | 1% |
| sydneyaharris | 8/10 | 3932 days | 1% |
| Harriet MacMillan | 7/10 | 3948 days | 1% |
| Aram | 8/10 | 3980 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 10/10 | 4113 days | 0% |
| Ryan Lieston | 8/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Manuela | 8/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Heike Heller | 9/10 | 4275 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4275 days | 0% |
| Evon Jones | 7/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Veeh Barrington | 8/10 | 4298 days | 0% |
| Héléna Degres | 9/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Michael Walker | 8/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Lorraine Walker | 9/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Jackie and Brian | 8/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| gareth williams | 10/10 | 4843 days | 1% |
| Stuart Arrol | 10/10 | 4992 days | 1% |
| Carolee Webster | 9/10 | 5036 days | 1% |
| Graeme | 10/10 | 5056 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 9/10 | 5067 days | 1% |
| K Wallis | 9/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Betten | 8/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Amanda Wallace | 9/10 | 5411 days | 1% |
| Luc Marchand | 7/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| Daniela Seibel | 9/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Marfells Beach Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.83% 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 folk 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
91%
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.