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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
103 Valid Reviews
The Lake Mahinapua Campsite experience has a total of 105 reviews. There are 103 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 103 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 35 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 33 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 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% |
87.18% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Mahinapua Campsite valid reviews is 87.18% and is based on 103 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 103 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
79.20%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub | 9/10 | 35 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 9/10 | 219 days | 97% |
| Aaron | 4/10 | 431 days | 59% |
| Brigitte | 4/10 | 431 days | 59% |
| Emma B | 9/10 | 1070 days | 38% |
| Alastair McQueen | 10/10 | 1101 days | 35% |
| Alberto | 8/10 | 1131 days | 32% |
| Oonagh | 7/10 | 1435 days | 13% |
| $p | 10/10 | 1710 days | 6% |
| Valg | 8/10 | 1769 days | 5% |
| JS | 7/10 | 1922 days | 4% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 8/10 | 1984 days | 5% |
| M&P | 10/10 | 2135 days | 4% |
| Richard Clapton | 10/10 | 2319 days | 4% |
| Rachel | 10/10 | 2380 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2380 days | 4% |
| Laura Morley | 8/10 | 2531 days | 4% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2531 days | 4% |
| Ruddah | 7/10 | 2531 days | 3% |
| Jannike Bondevik - Norway | 10/10 | 2562 days | 4% |
| Mitchell | 10/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Alexandra NZ | 10/10 | 2592 days | 3% |
| Rebecca Rodeghiero | 9/10 | 2592 days | 3% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2623 days | 3% |
| Juliane | 8/10 | 2806 days | 3% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2886 days | 2% |
| Vander Plancke Julien | 9/10 | 2949 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 10/10 | 3008 days | 3% |
| Muhammad Sharir Nizar Mohd Nasir | 7/10 | 3062 days | 2% |
| Nienke Best | 7/10 | 3169 days | 2% |
| Rob & Colleen Elwood | 9/10 | 3170 days | 2% |
| Anton Insolvenzen | 10/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 8/10 | 3194 days | 2% |
| deborah cooper | 9/10 | 3201 days | 2% |
| Bill Alexander | 9/10 | 3231 days | 2% |
| Lavkesh Patel | 10/10 | 3279 days | 2% |
| Hannes Brathuhn | 6/10 | 3318 days | 2% |
| Dylan Dorman | 9/10 | 3339 days | 2% |
| Philippa Buchanan | 9/10 | 3438 days | 2% |
| Chloe Cox | 10/10 | 3442 days | 2% |
| Rosemary Roche | 6/10 | 3444 days | 2% |
| Rita Ashby | 9/10 | 3474 days | 2% |
| Connie Hopper | 9/10 | 3523 days | 2% |
| Johanna Olsson | 10/10 | 3526 days | 2% |
| Andrik | 8/10 | 3533 days | 2% |
| David Elliott | 7/10 | 3535 days | 1% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 3544 days | 2% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 8/10 | 3596 days | 1% |
| Maria and Grace | 7/10 | 3598 days | 1% |
| Heather Massey | 2/10 | 3611 days | 1% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3616 days | 1% |
| Amy Bayliss | 8/10 | 3621 days | 1% |
| donald pobke | 9/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Symons | 10/10 | 3628 days | 1% |
| Jo Batt | 9/10 | 3662 days | 1% |
| Agata Jose | 10/10 | 3748 days | 1% |
| Georgia Posar | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Bernard Duinkerken | 8/10 | 3902 days | 1% |
| Hardi Doehler | 10/10 | 3915 days | 1% |
| Alistair Millward | 8/10 | 3929 days | 1% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 3932 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 8/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Bridget Brebner | 9/10 | 3952 days | 1% |
| Jess Rose | 8/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Frederic Wachter | 10/10 | 3963 days | 1% |
| Maggie Tobar | 9/10 | 3972 days | 1% |
| Kim Frey | 7/10 | 3996 days | 1% |
| Nina James | 8/10 | 4083 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4261 days | 0% |
| Lilli Erni | 9/10 | 4276 days | 0% |
| Hanna Liebe | 10/10 | 4281 days | 0% |
| Andreas Liebe | 9/10 | 4281 days | 0% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 10/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| Tomas Shairi | 10/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| Charlotte Casey | 8/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| Austin Johns | 10/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Sarah Christman | 9/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 4314 days | 0% |
| Mayan Goddat | 10/10 | 4346 days | 0% |
| Daniel Naveh | 10/10 | 4346 days | 0% |
| Martin Thibaut | 9/10 | 4349 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Lea Scheuvens | 9/10 | 4653 days | 1% |
| Engelstatter | 10/10 | 4666 days | 1% |
| Renate | 9/10 | 4666 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 8/10 | 4673 days | 1% |
| Phil & Laura | 9/10 | 4691 days | 1% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4691 days | 1% |
| Leticia Martin | 10/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| lavonc | 10/10 | 4783 days | 1% |
| sidcupjon | 10/10 | 5028 days | 1% |
| Harald | 10/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 5333 days | 1% |
| Bryan & Ineke Beck | 9/10 | 5373 days | 1% |
| Guult Ryan | 10/10 | 5380 days | 1% |
| Keely & Mark Haynes | 10/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Gerhard | 9/10 | 5395 days | 1% |
| Philippa Waters | 8/10 | 5412 days | 1% |
| David Hobson | 8/10 | 5779 days | 1% |
| Anne Veser | 9/10 | 5779 days | 1% |
| Ann Grandchamp | 9/10 | 5801 days | 1% |
| Bronwyn | 7/10 | 6137 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
3.23% 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
82%
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.