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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.
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
77.54%
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 | 32 days | 89% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 32 days | 89% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 671 days | 100% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 702 days | 98% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 732 days | 92% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1036 days | 51% |
| $p | 10/10 | 1311 days | 27% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 1370 days | 22% |
| JS | 7/10 | 1523 days | 13% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 1585 days | 11% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 1736 days | 7% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 1920 days | 6% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 1981 days | 6% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 1981 days | 6% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2132 days | 6% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2132 days | 6% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2132 days | 5% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2163 days | 6% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2192 days | 6% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2193 days | 6% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2193 days | 6% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2224 days | 6% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 2407 days | 5% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2487 days | 4% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 2550 days | 5% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 2609 days | 5% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 2663 days | 4% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 2770 days | 4% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 2771 days | 4% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 2788 days | 4% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 2795 days | 4% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 2802 days | 4% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 2832 days | 4% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 2880 days | 4% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 2919 days | 3% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 2940 days | 3% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3039 days | 3% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3043 days | 3% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3045 days | 3% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3075 days | 3% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3124 days | 3% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3127 days | 3% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3134 days | 3% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3136 days | 3% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3145 days | 3% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3197 days | 3% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3199 days | 3% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3212 days | 1% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3217 days | 3% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3222 days | 3% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3227 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3229 days | 3% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3263 days | 3% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 3349 days | 3% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 3469 days | 2% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3503 days | 2% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 3516 days | 2% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 3530 days | 2% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 3533 days | 2% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 3684 days | 2% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 3862 days | 1% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 3877 days | 1% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 3882 days | 1% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 3882 days | 1% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 3895 days | 1% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 3895 days | 1% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 3895 days | 1% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 3915 days | 1% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 3947 days | 1% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 3947 days | 1% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4050 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4233 days | 0% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4254 days | 0% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4274 days | 0% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4292 days | 0% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 4345 days | 0% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 4629 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 4638 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 4934 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 4974 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 4981 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 4988 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 4996 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5013 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 5380 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 5380 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 5402 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 5738 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
3.74% 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
81%
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.