Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Kerr 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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Kerr Bay Campsite

Valid Reviews

57 Valid Reviews

The Kerr Bay Campsite experience has a total of 58 reviews. There are 57 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 57 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 16
28%
9/10 13
23%
8/10 14
25%
7/10 7
12%
6/10 4
7%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 1
2%

82.46% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kerr Bay Campsite valid reviews is 82.46% 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

23 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 23 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 23 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
17%
9/10 4
17%
8/10 11
48%
7/10 1
4%
6/10 2
9%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
4%
1/10 0
0%

80.43% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kerr Bay Campsite face-to-face reviews is 80.43% and is based on 23 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

91.34%

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
viddo_xx 8/10 370 days 99%
Jen 10/10 400 days 100%
K M 7/10 431 days 92%
Aaron 9/10 461 days 96%
Walvins 10/10 461 days 97%
Marko 10/10 584 days 89%
Marine 10/10 614 days 86%
Phoebe 9/10 645 days 83%
Marie Perret 9/10 827 days 66%
Alberto 9/10 1131 days 35%
Tcutts 10/10 1162 days 33%
Merel 10/10 1162 days 33%
Wayne 10/10 1466 days 14%
Sandy Bao 10/10 1710 days 6%
Valg 10/10 1769 days 6%
Pablo Boris 9/10 1800 days 5%
Ying 10/10 1922 days 5%
Kysha 10/10 2106 days 5%
lisa 9/10 2166 days 5%
Sophi 8/10 2197 days 5%
Vanessa 7/10 2472 days 4%
Silvia Romeiro 7/10 3009 days 3%
Geoff Steele 10/10 3017 days 3%
Adam Yates 9/10 3164 days 3%
Rosanna Leeming 7/10 3217 days 2%
Kath Tee 1/10 3260 days 1%
Howard Kestrel 7/10 3545 days 2%
Job Berk 5/10 3644 days 1%
Agata Jose 9/10 3749 days 1%
Harriet Bramley 6/10 3768 days 1%
Tomáš Bžatek 7/10 3903 days 1%
Andrew Strother 9/10 3991 days 1%
Lorcan Lennon 8/10 4034 days 1%
Kathy Hart 6/10 4237 days 0%
Sally Schist 6/10 4321 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 8/10 4357 days 0%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 8/10 4365 days 0%
Ken Richardson 8/10 4656 days 1%
Stu Murray 10/10 4663 days 1%
Rob Cadmus 8/10 4666 days 1%
Kate Glover 6/10 4666 days 1%
Mags Adams 2/10 5043 days 0%
Annette May 9/10 5049 days 1%
Steve Eley 10/10 5128 days 1%
Lindsey Clough 8/10 5372 days 1%
Jorge Martinez Gacio 7/10 5374 days 1%
Christoph & Maria 9/10 5384 days 1%
Brendan Dunn 9/10 5394 days 1%
Eva Bock 8/10 5397 days 1%
Edwards 8/10 5401 days 1%
Derek McLoughlin 10/10 5401 days 1%
Tony B 8/10 5740 days 1%
Hugli 8/10 5792 days 1%
Schubert, Wolfgang & Claudia 8/10 5792 days 1%
susanl 10/10 5840 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5974 days 1%
RokP 8/10 6126 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kerr Bay 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

92%

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.