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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 Lake Mahinapua 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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Lake Mahinapua Campsite
Valid Reviews
101 Valid Reviews
The Lake Mahinapua Campsite experience has a total of 103 reviews. There are 101 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 101 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 35 |
|
35% |
| 9/10 | 31 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
11% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite valid reviews is 87.13% and is based on 101 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
32 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 101 valid reviews, the experience has 32 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 32 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 11 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 12 |
|
38% |
| 8/10 | 5 |
|
16% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
89.38% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite face-to-face reviews is 89.38% and is based on 32 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
76.32%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 4/10 | 188 days | 100% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 188 days | 100% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 827 days | 94% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 858 days | 91% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 888 days | 84% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1192 days | 40% |
| $p | 10/10 | 1467 days | 19% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 1526 days | 15% |
| JS | 7/10 | 1679 days | 9% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 1741 days | 8% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 1892 days | 7% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2076 days | 7% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 2137 days | 6% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2137 days | 6% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2288 days | 6% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2288 days | 6% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2288 days | 5% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2319 days | 6% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2348 days | 6% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2349 days | 6% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2349 days | 6% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2380 days | 6% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 2563 days | 5% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2643 days | 4% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 2706 days | 5% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 2765 days | 4% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 2819 days | 4% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 2926 days | 4% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 2927 days | 4% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 2944 days | 4% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 2951 days | 4% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 2958 days | 4% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 2988 days | 4% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3036 days | 4% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3075 days | 3% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3096 days | 3% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3195 days | 3% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3199 days | 3% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3201 days | 3% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3231 days | 3% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3280 days | 3% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3283 days | 3% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3292 days | 3% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3301 days | 3% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3353 days | 3% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3355 days | 2% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3368 days | 1% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3373 days | 3% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3378 days | 2% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3383 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3385 days | 3% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3419 days | 2% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 3505 days | 2% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 3625 days | 2% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3659 days | 2% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 3672 days | 2% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 3686 days | 2% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 3689 days | 2% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 3692 days | 1% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 3709 days | 2% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 3717 days | 1% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 3720 days | 1% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 3729 days | 1% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 3753 days | 1% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 3840 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4018 days | 0% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 4033 days | 0% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 4038 days | 0% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 4038 days | 0% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 4051 days | 0% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 4051 days | 0% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 4051 days | 0% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 4057 days | 0% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 4057 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4071 days | 0% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4103 days | 0% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4103 days | 0% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4106 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4389 days | 1% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4410 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4423 days | 1% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4423 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4430 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 4501 days | 1% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 4540 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 4785 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 5090 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5130 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5144 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 5152 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5169 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 5536 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 5536 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 5558 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 5894 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Mahinapua Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
4.15% 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
80%
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.