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 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

52 Valid Reviews

The Kerr Bay Campsite experience has a total of 53 reviews. There are 52 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 52 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 14
27%
9/10 12
23%
8/10 13
25%
7/10 6
12%
6/10 4
8%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
2%
1/10 1
2%

81.92% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kerr Bay Campsite valid reviews is 81.92% and is based on 52 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 52 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

94.73%

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
Marko 10/10 140 days 100%
Marine 10/10 170 days 99%
Phoebe 9/10 201 days 98%
Marie Perret 9/10 383 days 92%
Alberto 9/10 687 days 73%
Tcutts 10/10 718 days 71%
Merel 10/10 718 days 71%
Wayne 10/10 1022 days 42%
Sandy Bao 10/10 1266 days 23%
Valg 10/10 1325 days 19%
Pablo Boris 9/10 1356 days 17%
Ying 10/10 1478 days 12%
Kysha 10/10 1662 days 6%
lisa 9/10 1722 days 5%
Sophi 8/10 1753 days 5%
Vanessa 7/10 2028 days 4%
Silvia Romeiro 7/10 2565 days 3%
Geoff Steele 10/10 2574 days 3%
Adam Yates 9/10 2720 days 3%
Rosanna Leeming 7/10 2773 days 3%
Kath Tee 1/10 2817 days 1%
Howard Kestrel 7/10 3101 days 2%
Job Berk 5/10 3200 days 2%
Agata Jose 9/10 3305 days 2%
Harriet Bramley 6/10 3324 days 2%
Tomáš Bžatek 7/10 3459 days 1%
Andrew Strother 9/10 3548 days 1%
Lorcan Lennon 8/10 3590 days 1%
Kathy Hart 6/10 3793 days 1%
Sally Schist 6/10 3877 days 1%
Andrew Cattanach 8/10 3913 days 1%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 8/10 3921 days 1%
Ken Richardson 8/10 4212 days 0%
Stu Murray 10/10 4219 days 0%
Rob Cadmus 8/10 4222 days 0%
Kate Glover 6/10 4222 days 0%
Mags Adams 2/10 4599 days 0%
Annette May 9/10 4605 days 1%
Steve Eley 10/10 4684 days 1%
Lindsey Clough 8/10 4928 days 1%
Jorge Martinez Gacio 7/10 4930 days 1%
Christoph & Maria 9/10 4940 days 1%
Brendan Dunn 9/10 4950 days 1%
Eva Bock 8/10 4953 days 1%
Edwards 8/10 4957 days 1%
Derek McLoughlin 10/10 4957 days 1%
Tony B 8/10 5296 days 1%
Hugli 8/10 5348 days 1%
Schubert, Wolfgang & Claudia 8/10 5348 days 1%
susanl 10/10 5396 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5530 days 1%
RokP 8/10 5682 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

0.46% 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

95%

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.