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 Aussie 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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Aussie Bay Campsite

Valid Reviews

57 Valid Reviews

The Aussie Bay Campsite experience has a total of 57 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 57 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
7%
9/10 16
28%
8/10 14
25%
7/10 10
18%
6/10 6
11%
5/10 7
12%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

76.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aussie Bay Campsite valid reviews is 76.67% and is based on 57 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 57 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 2
10%
9/10 3
14%
8/10 8
38%
7/10 5
24%
6/10 2
10%
5/10 1
5%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

77.62% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aussie Bay Campsite face-to-face reviews is 77.62% 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

77.99%

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
Stephane 7/10 75 days 100%
Katie 7/10 411 days 91%
Benjamin 9/10 441 days 95%
Zuzana 8/10 533 days 89%
Lauren 8/10 625 days 82%
Philippe Billuart 5/10 625 days 64%
Milou 9/10 684 days 78%
Campertramper 9/10 1141 days 34%
Criss 9/10 1171 days 31%
Hakan 9/10 1383 days 17%
Valg 6/10 1383 days 15%
Dan 9/10 1475 days 13%
Kelly 8/10 1628 days 8%
Jamie Morrison 9/10 1659 days 7%
Kysha 10/10 1720 days 6%
Antoine 8/10 1720 days 6%
Sean McLaren 10/10 1749 days 6%
Niven 7/10 1749 days 5%
Allen 9/10 1933 days 5%
ScoutnIndi 9/10 1994 days 5%
Andy Bond 7/10 2139 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 5/10 2237 days 3%
Rachel Mudge 8/10 2471 days 4%
Oceane Imber 6/10 2505 days 3%
Tom Meulders 6/10 2523 days 3%
Lukas and Katka 8/10 2572 days 4%
Aisling Burke 5/10 2782 days 3%
deborah cooper 9/10 2815 days 3%
Hollie Procter 5/10 2843 days 2%
Erin Stafferton 7/10 3065 days 3%
Tanja Laube 9/10 3168 days 3%
Helena Bond 5/10 3180 days 2%
Sona 9/10 3545 days 2%
bzh974 6/10 3636 days 1%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 3666 days 1%
Ryan Lieston 8/10 3881 days 1%
Manuela 6/10 3881 days 1%
Franz Birkefeld 8/10 3891 days 1%
Hirsch Svenja 10/10 3915 days 1%
Mahr Svenja 9/10 3915 days 1%
Jessie Sabine 7/10 3931 days 1%
Matthew Trezise 7/10 3931 days 1%
Debora Grusler 7/10 3941 days 1%
Laura Pleumeekers 8/10 3957 days 1%
Ray Smith 9/10 4002 days 1%
Lieven De Vlaminck 9/10 4276 days 0%
Tina 8/10 4283 days 0%
Tanja and Pascal 10/10 4307 days 0%
Sasha and Sandra Bonavia 9/10 4367 days 0%
sidcupjon 5/10 4642 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 8/10 4659 days 1%
Ilse & Thys 6/10 4991 days 1%
Fred 8/10 5036 days 1%
Sanne & Senne 8/10 5376 days 1%
Bas van Schagen 7/10 5470 days 1%
JennekeK 7/10 5719 days 1%
MichaelS1 5/10 5723 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

3.59% 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

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.