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 Robin Hood Bay 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.

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Robin Hood Bay Campsite

Valid Reviews

64 Valid Reviews

The Robin Hood Bay Campsite experience has a total of 64 valid reviews. There are no 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 64 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 18
28%
9/10 11
17%
8/10 18
28%
7/10 10
16%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 1
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 1
2%

81.88% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Robin Hood Bay Campsite valid reviews is 81.88% and is based on 64 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

27 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 64 valid reviews, the experience has 27 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 27 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
22%
9/10 6
22%
8/10 10
37%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
4%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

83.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Robin Hood Bay Campsite face-to-face reviews is 83.70% and is based on 27 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

85.04%

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
Joaie 5/10 40 days 76%
Jodie Sugg 8/10 40 days 98%
The Otarian 274 10/10 71 days 100%
Jan 10/10 374 days 92%
Emma 9/10 405 days 90%
L&M 5/10 711 days 54%
Kim 9/10 711 days 71%
Heloise 9/10 740 days 68%
Anja and Lara 10/10 955 days 48%
Mae 10/10 1016 days 42%
Jade 8/10 1136 days 32%
Stacey & Mike 8/10 1136 days 32%
Tricia 10/10 1501 days 11%
Beaudene 10/10 1532 days 10%
Wayne Turp 1/10 1988 days 2%
Aisling 8/10 2566 days 3%
NZroadtrippers 10/10 2658 days 3%
Michelle D 10/10 2842 days 3%
Alyson Reid 7/10 2941 days 3%
Catherine Hunter 8/10 2952 days 3%
Lizzy Cobeldick 7/10 2953 days 3%
Michael Talbot 8/10 3028 days 3%
Niels Bellaar 9/10 3308 days 2%
Jonas 8/10 3371 days 2%
Lisa 8/10 3371 days 2%
Chas Bronson 9/10 3371 days 2%
Joanne Butfield 7/10 3531 days 2%
Chadd Holland 10/10 3604 days 1%
Tatiana Rochereau 6/10 3608 days 1%
Rodrigo 9/10 3621 days 1%
Staffan Johansson 7/10 3644 days 1%
Naelan Le Borgue 8/10 3989 days 1%
Claude Nobs 10/10 4046 days 1%
Raita 7/10 4090 days 1%
Sander and Eliza Hembrarskamp 9/10 4242 days 0%
Doreen Gendel 10/10 4343 days 0%
Erik Nestlez 10/10 4347 days 0%
Romina De Hill 8/10 4362 days 0%
Tom Hill 9/10 4362 days 0%
Kathi 7/10 4364 days 0%
Jessica Wagner 9/10 4367 days 0%
Gordon Thomas 8/10 4367 days 0%
Phillip 10/10 4382 days 1%
Luca Maria Willensrock 4/10 4386 days 1%
arnaud paquet 5/10 4454 days 1%
Emma K 8/10 4515 days 1%
Andrew Potratz 5/10 4515 days 1%
Pei 7/10 4668 days 1%
Patrick Stoeit 7/10 4703 days 1%
Janina Hoffmann 8/10 4724 days 1%
Florian 8/10 4729 days 1%
Sebastian 10/10 4733 days 1%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4733 days 1%
Valentina Fuchs 10/10 4733 days 1%
Fabian 9/10 4733 days 1%
Jonas Herrmann 9/10 4733 days 1%
Pink 8/10 4762 days 1%
Loesje 10/10 4788 days 1%
auré bis 7/10 4819 days 1%
Lucie 10/10 4824 days 1%
gareth williams 10/10 4910 days 1%
Laura Smith 8/10 5136 days 1%
Ilse & Thys 8/10 5443 days 1%
Sarah Smith 7/10 5941 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Robin Hood Bay Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.82% 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

87%

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.