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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 Tōtaranui Campground.
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.
Tōtaranui Campground
Valid Reviews
88 Valid Reviews
The Tōtaranui Campground experience has a total of 91 reviews. There are 88 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 88 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 31 |
|
35% |
| 9/10 | 24 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 18 |
|
20% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
86.82% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tōtaranui Campground valid reviews is 86.82% and is based on 88 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
53 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 88 valid reviews, the experience has 53 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 53 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 13 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 14 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 12 |
|
23% |
| 7/10 | 8 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.02% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tōtaranui Campground face-to-face reviews is 83.02% and is based on 53 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
90.44%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvie K | 10/10 | 66 days | 100% |
| Max | 6/10 | 308 days | 82% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 308 days | 95% |
| Adel | 9/10 | 370 days | 92% |
| Henry | 9/10 | 858 days | 58% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 980 days | 46% |
| Lucy | 10/10 | 1223 days | 26% |
| Emer | 9/10 | 1315 days | 20% |
| Emma Utgaard | 10/10 | 1496 days | 11% |
| Mike Howe | 8/10 | 1769 days | 5% |
| Kysha | 10/10 | 2106 days | 4% |
| Katie | 9/10 | 2197 days | 4% |
| Paul Smith | 9/10 | 2500 days | 4% |
| Sally Hodgson | 10/10 | 2902 days | 3% |
| Millka Pietikainen | 10/10 | 2907 days | 3% |
| Jan Hiltermann | 9/10 | 2935 days | 3% |
| Arslan Ahmad | 10/10 | 3212 days | 2% |
| Adrian Soldati | 10/10 | 3256 days | 2% |
| Clavel | 8/10 | 3324 days | 2% |
| Romain Richardot | 8/10 | 3324 days | 2% |
| Rosanne van Dooren | 10/10 | 3361 days | 2% |
| Lynn Pateron | 10/10 | 3397 days | 2% |
| Chloe Cox | 9/10 | 3442 days | 2% |
| Daniel Pietzsch | 10/10 | 3563 days | 2% |
| Lizzie Sitton | 9/10 | 3595 days | 1% |
| David Sitton | 8/10 | 3595 days | 1% |
| Wout van Dijk | 9/10 | 3683 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 8/10 | 3684 days | 1% |
| Marty Dayle | 8/10 | 3748 days | 1% |
| K C Costonis | 10/10 | 3871 days | 1% |
| Yann Le Gac | 10/10 | 3871 days | 1% |
| Jan Suoboda | 7/10 | 4153 days | 0% |
| tim winders | 8/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Anna Grafenstein | 7/10 | 4263 days | 0% |
| Adam | 10/10 | 4290 days | 0% |
| Petra Albrchtoval | 10/10 | 4290 days | 0% |
| Philip Schumann | 10/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| Nina Helmling | 6/10 | 4296 days | 0% |
| Steffen | 7/10 | 4296 days | 0% |
| Radana Dlouha | 6/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Vaclav | 8/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Bernhard Fulterer | 5/10 | 4314 days | 0% |
| Tobias Gehring | 9/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Felix Brettner | 9/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Eugen Lehner | 8/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Max Stein | 8/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Sally Schist | 10/10 | 4321 days | 0% |
| Sarah | 9/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Victor Puigserver | 10/10 | 4322 days | 0% |
| Jason MacLeod | 9/10 | 4326 days | 0% |
| Carina Borho | 9/10 | 4332 days | 0% |
| Markus Spitzmueller | 9/10 | 4333 days | 0% |
| Julia Bonisch | 6/10 | 4341 days | 0% |
| Rupert | 8/10 | 4352 days | 0% |
| Jonathan | 10/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| Sven Woelk | 8/10 | 4627 days | 1% |
| Annika Schmidt | 10/10 | 4637 days | 1% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 9/10 | 4637 days | 1% |
| Ann Furlong | 7/10 | 4657 days | 1% |
| Kadyan | 9/10 | 4663 days | 1% |
| Francis Ruige | 10/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Bev Stott | 8/10 | 4669 days | 1% |
| Tony and Helene | 3/10 | 4671 days | 0% |
| Arno Leleu | 9/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Nadine and Jan | 9/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
| Lotte Uneken | 7/10 | 4765 days | 1% |
| AnnaM | 10/10 | 4814 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 5088 days | 1% |
| Robert Voelkl | 10/10 | 5125 days | 1% |
| Curry | 9/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Boi Sagarra | 7/10 | 5377 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5377 days | 1% |
| Bette Eh | 10/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Grumbach | 8/10 | 5397 days | 1% |
| Theresa | 10/10 | 5747 days | 1% |
| looklight | 10/10 | 5759 days | 1% |
| Rosie NZ | 9/10 | 5772 days | 1% |
| Mike Kirchner | 8/10 | 5783 days | 1% |
| Fred Dagg | 7/10 | 5809 days | 1% |
| greenbo | 8/10 | 5818 days | 1% |
| foucherm | 9/10 | 5842 days | 1% |
| Jansen | 6/10 | 5853 days | 1% |
| Clem | 9/10 | 5976 days | 1% |
| Raewyn | 9/10 | 6090 days | 1% |
| JennekeK | 8/10 | 6105 days | 1% |
| Mike Howe | 8/10 | 6124 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Tōtaranui Campground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.94% 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
91%
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.