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

58 Valid Reviews

The Aussie Bay Campsite experience has a total of 58 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 58 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
7%
9/10 17
29%
8/10 14
24%
7/10 10
17%
6/10 6
10%
5/10 7
12%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

76.90% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aussie Bay Campsite valid reviews is 76.90% and is based on 58 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 58 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

79.34%

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
Adel 9/10 18 days 100%
Stephane 7/10 109 days 93%
Katie 7/10 445 days 83%
Benjamin 9/10 475 days 87%
Zuzana 8/10 567 days 81%
Lauren 8/10 659 days 74%
Philippe Billuart 5/10 659 days 58%
Milou 9/10 718 days 71%
Campertramper 9/10 1175 days 29%
Criss 9/10 1205 days 27%
Hakan 9/10 1417 days 14%
Valg 6/10 1417 days 13%
Dan 9/10 1509 days 11%
Kelly 8/10 1662 days 6%
Jamie Morrison 9/10 1693 days 6%
Kysha 10/10 1754 days 5%
Antoine 8/10 1754 days 5%
Sean McLaren 10/10 1783 days 5%
Niven 7/10 1783 days 5%
Allen 9/10 1967 days 5%
ScoutnIndi 9/10 2028 days 5%
Andy Bond 7/10 2173 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 5/10 2271 days 3%
Rachel Mudge 8/10 2505 days 3%
Oceane Imber 6/10 2539 days 3%
Tom Meulders 6/10 2557 days 3%
Lukas and Katka 8/10 2606 days 3%
Aisling Burke 5/10 2816 days 2%
deborah cooper 9/10 2849 days 3%
Hollie Procter 5/10 2877 days 2%
Erin Stafferton 7/10 3099 days 2%
Tanja Laube 9/10 3202 days 2%
Helena Bond 5/10 3214 days 2%
Sona 9/10 3579 days 1%
bzh974 6/10 3670 days 1%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 3700 days 1%
Ryan Lieston 8/10 3915 days 1%
Manuela 6/10 3915 days 1%
Franz Birkefeld 8/10 3925 days 1%
Hirsch Svenja 10/10 3949 days 1%
Mahr Svenja 9/10 3949 days 1%
Jessie Sabine 7/10 3965 days 1%
Matthew Trezise 7/10 3965 days 1%
Debora Grusler 7/10 3975 days 1%
Laura Pleumeekers 8/10 3991 days 1%
Ray Smith 9/10 4036 days 1%
Lieven De Vlaminck 9/10 4310 days 0%
Tina 8/10 4317 days 0%
Tanja and Pascal 10/10 4341 days 0%
Sasha and Sandra Bonavia 9/10 4401 days 1%
sidcupjon 5/10 4676 days 1%
Ralf Glaser 8/10 4693 days 1%
Ilse & Thys 6/10 5025 days 1%
Fred 8/10 5070 days 1%
Sanne & Senne 8/10 5410 days 1%
Bas van Schagen 7/10 5504 days 1%
JennekeK 7/10 5753 days 1%
MichaelS1 5/10 5757 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

3.19% 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

83%

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.