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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 Gillespies Beach 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.
Gillespies Beach Campsite
Valid Reviews
108 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 111 reviews. There are 108 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 108 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 30 |
|
28% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
12% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.93% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 80.93% and is based on 108 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
46 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 108 valid reviews, the experience has 46 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 46 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 8 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.26% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 83.26% and is based on 46 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
80.93%
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 | 8/10 | 34 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 218 days | 99% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 430 days | 70% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 430 days | 90% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 704 days | 72% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 704 days | 63% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 704 days | 72% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 979 days | 47% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1038 days | 40% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1130 days | 33% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1768 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1891 days | 5% |
| John | 10/10 | 1921 days | 5% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 1983 days | 5% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2134 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2226 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2257 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2471 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2499 days | 4% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2499 days | 4% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2561 days | 4% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2561 days | 4% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2561 days | 4% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2805 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2878 days | 3% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 2975 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3144 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3155 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3157 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3227 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3285 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3285 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3294 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3320 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3321 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3544 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3547 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3577 days | 2% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3592 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3636 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3649 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3659 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3683 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3718 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3796 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3876 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4113 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4113 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4265 days | 0% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4268 days | 0% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4268 days | 0% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4313 days | 0% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4359 days | 0% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4366 days | 0% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4366 days | 0% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4387 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4570 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4631 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4639 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4644 days | 1% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4645 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4648 days | 1% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4655 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4655 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4662 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4664 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4766 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5002 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5019 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5036 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5048 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5054 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5056 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5107 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5134 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5332 days | 1% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5372 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5376 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5381 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5385 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5386 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5400 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5832 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5850 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Gillespies Beach Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
2.75% 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
84%
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.