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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
107 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 110 reviews. There are 107 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 107 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 29 |
|
27% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 14 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.65% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 80.65% and is based on 107 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
47 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 107 valid reviews, the experience has 47 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 47 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 8 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.98% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 82.98% and is based on 47 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
79.64%
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 | 5/10 | 82 days | 78% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 82 days | 100% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 356 days | 93% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 356 days | 82% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 356 days | 93% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 631 days | 79% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 690 days | 73% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 782 days | 66% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1420 days | 15% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1543 days | 10% |
| John | 10/10 | 1573 days | 9% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 1635 days | 7% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 1786 days | 5% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 1878 days | 5% |
| Anonymous (117919) | 10/10 | 1909 days | 5% |
| John | 8/10 | 2123 days | 4% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2123 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2151 days | 4% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2151 days | 4% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2213 days | 4% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2213 days | 4% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2213 days | 4% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2243 days | 4% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2243 days | 4% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2457 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2530 days | 4% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 2627 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 2796 days | 3% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 2807 days | 3% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 2809 days | 3% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 2879 days | 3% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 2910 days | 3% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 2937 days | 3% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 2937 days | 3% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 2946 days | 3% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 2953 days | 3% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 2972 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 2972 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3196 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3199 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3213 days | 2% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3244 days | 2% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3311 days | 2% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3335 days | 2% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3369 days | 2% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3448 days | 2% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3528 days | 2% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 3558 days | 2% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 3574 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 3611 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 3764 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 3764 days | 1% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 3917 days | 1% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 3918 days | 1% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 3919 days | 1% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 3919 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 3946 days | 1% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 3949 days | 1% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 7/10 | 3964 days | 1% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 3964 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 3965 days | 1% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4011 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4039 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4100 days | 0% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4222 days | 0% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4283 days | 0% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4283 days | 0% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4291 days | 0% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4296 days | 0% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4307 days | 0% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4307 days | 0% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4314 days | 0% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4316 days | 0% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4418 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 4654 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 4671 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 4673 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 4688 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 4700 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 4706 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 4708 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 4759 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 4786 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 4800 days | 1% |
| jhwjhw | 3/10 | 4984 days | 0% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5024 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5028 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5033 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5043 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5502 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
3.10% 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
83%
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.