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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 Pearson (Moana Rua) 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 Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite
Valid Reviews
80 Valid Reviews
The Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite experience has a total of 81 reviews. There are 80 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 80 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
26% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
28% |
| 8/10 | 27 |
|
34% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
85.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite valid reviews is 85.00% and is based on 80 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
16 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 80 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 5 |
|
31% |
| 9/10 | 5 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 4 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
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% |
88.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite face-to-face reviews is 88.13% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
85.94%
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 | 35 days | 100% |
| Jane | 8/10 | 400 days | 91% |
| Bart | 8/10 | 400 days | 91% |
| K M | 8/10 | 431 days | 89% |
| Stephane | 10/10 | 461 days | 90% |
| Tiffndoll | 8/10 | 645 days | 76% |
| Jesse Leake | 7/10 | 674 days | 70% |
| test | 10/10 | 705 days | 73% |
| Marie Perret | 9/10 | 797 days | 64% |
| Kelsie | 10/10 | 858 days | 59% |
| Jodie Muller | 9/10 | 950 days | 49% |
| Campingkea | 8/10 | 980 days | 46% |
| MMM | 10/10 | 1011 days | 44% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1011 days | 44% |
| Julia | 7/10 | 1070 days | 36% |
| Julia | 8/10 | 1101 days | 35% |
| Alberto | 9/10 | 1131 days | 33% |
| Amber | 9/10 | 1769 days | 5% |
| Sarah | 8/10 | 1831 days | 5% |
| JM | 10/10 | 2106 days | 5% |
| Stefano | 8/10 | 2135 days | 4% |
| Beth Carlton | 8/10 | 2227 days | 4% |
| Jae-Marie Edwards | 9/10 | 2441 days | 4% |
| Renee | 8/10 | 2441 days | 4% |
| Tash & Laura | 8/10 | 2500 days | 4% |
| James | 8/10 | 2562 days | 4% |
| Tjitze Weststrate | 8/10 | 2562 days | 4% |
| Lilia | 2/10 | 2592 days | 2% |
| Kiri Edwards | 9/10 | 2684 days | 3% |
| Sezz bella | 1/10 | 2776 days | 1% |
| Clobby | 6/10 | 2837 days | 3% |
| Sanne Heil | 8/10 | 2927 days | 3% |
| Pirita Latja | 9/10 | 2956 days | 3% |
| Jarod | 10/10 | 2956 days | 3% |
| Katy Coutts | 8/10 | 3096 days | 2% |
| Lucy Oury | 8/10 | 3158 days | 2% |
| Sally Caboche | 10/10 | 3170 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 9/10 | 3194 days | 2% |
| Fabio Flepp | 10/10 | 3208 days | 2% |
| Kelly Roxanne | 7/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Sue Horstra | 10/10 | 3298 days | 2% |
| Marvin Galano | 10/10 | 3382 days | 2% |
| Eric Pollard | 9/10 | 3388 days | 2% |
| Kate | 9/10 | 3505 days | 2% |
| Peter Barker | 10/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Helena Bond | 9/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 9/10 | 3578 days | 2% |
| Tony Maroulis | 10/10 | 3584 days | 2% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3623 days | 1% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Mike Humphries | 8/10 | 3628 days | 1% |
| Avery Wong | 10/10 | 3647 days | 1% |
| D'Arcy King | 10/10 | 3691 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 8/10 | 3893 days | 1% |
| Kurz Werner | 9/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 3923 days | 1% |
| Chris | 10/10 | 3923 days | 1% |
| Sebastian Sanne | 9/10 | 3971 days | 1% |
| Maggie Tobar | 6/10 | 3977 days | 1% |
| Antoine Vernay | 8/10 | 4028 days | 0% |
| Gloria Hanke | 7/10 | 4277 days | 0% |
| Guido Dust | 7/10 | 4277 days | 0% |
| Markus Eckert | 9/10 | 4294 days | 0% |
| Sara Williams | 8/10 | 4353 days | 0% |
| catherine welsh | 8/10 | 4357 days | 0% |
| Jane Stevens | 10/10 | 4357 days | 0% |
| Andrea Beck | 9/10 | 4357 days | 0% |
| Rebecca Alt | 8/10 | 4360 days | 0% |
| Julia Ahrend | 10/10 | 4360 days | 0% |
| Jade Fleming | 6/10 | 4418 days | 1% |
| Richard Evans | 9/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4602 days | 1% |
| Emily Meek | 8/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Florian | 9/10 | 4632 days | 1% |
| Katharina | 8/10 | 4650 days | 1% |
| Fabian | 9/10 | 4650 days | 1% |
| Judith & John Bishop | 9/10 | 4997 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 9/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Ann-Kathrin Auditor | 10/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Lukas Blaauw | 9/10 | 5746 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Pearson (Moana Rua) Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.64% 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
88%
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.