G'day, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.
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 Boundary Creek 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.
Boundary Creek Campsite
Valid Reviews
82 Valid Reviews
The Boundary Creek Campsite experience has a total of 84 reviews. There are 82 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 82 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 20 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.17% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite valid reviews is 83.17% and is based on 82 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
24 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 82 valid reviews, the experience has 24 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 24 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 5 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite face-to-face reviews is 82.50% and is based on 24 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
85.66%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cait Turner | 10/10 | 1356 days | 100% |
| Drew | 10/10 | 1722 days | 31% |
| Sabine | 8/10 | 1722 days | 30% |
| Timothy Davies | 7/10 | 1783 days | 26% |
| A&E | 8/10 | 1814 days | 27% |
| ScoutnIndi | 10/10 | 1936 days | 26% |
| Fabian | 10/10 | 2087 days | 24% |
| Joe | 8/10 | 2087 days | 24% |
| Franz | 9/10 | 2087 days | 24% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2087 days | 24% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2087 days | 24% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2118 days | 24% |
| Graham Anna | 10/10 | 2118 days | 24% |
| Dave Reynolds | 9/10 | 2118 days | 24% |
| Joanne | 10/10 | 2148 days | 24% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2179 days | 23% |
| Christina | 6/10 | 2362 days | 18% |
| Juliane | 9/10 | 2362 days | 21% |
| MJW | 8/10 | 2393 days | 21% |
| Qi Moss | 8/10 | 2393 days | 21% |
| Jill McGrath | 6/10 | 2416 days | 13% |
| Louis Goring-Morris | 7/10 | 2419 days | 15% |
| Niall McGrath | 7/10 | 2423 days | 19% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2442 days | 15% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 2447 days | 20% |
| Stefan Hohmann | 10/10 | 2493 days | 20% |
| Jarod | 8/10 | 2513 days | 19% |
| Michael Talbot | 8/10 | 2518 days | 19% |
| Geoff Steele | 10/10 | 2574 days | 19% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 2701 days | 17% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 2706 days | 17% |
| deborah cooper | 7/10 | 2758 days | 16% |
| Andy Kubic | 6/10 | 2764 days | 14% |
| Adrian Soldati | 6/10 | 2812 days | 14% |
| Joe Hopkins | 8/10 | 2815 days | 16% |
| Nicola Barlow | 6/10 | 2843 days | 13% |
| Franziska Liebe | 10/10 | 2847 days | 12% |
| Sujanyag | 10/10 | 2882 days | 15% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 2951 days | 14% |
| Susan Boyton | 8/10 | 3100 days | 13% |
| Sam Smith-Palomeque | 8/10 | 3109 days | 13% |
| Juan Viscegle | 6/10 | 3116 days | 8% |
| Goldfinger | 9/10 | 3123 days | 13% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 7/10 | 3134 days | 12% |
| Bill McMurray | 10/10 | 3134 days | 13% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 5/10 | 3143 days | 9% |
| R Werder | 8/10 | 3167 days | 12% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3172 days | 12% |
| Sandy Stamp | 8/10 | 3185 days | 12% |
| Ellen Schmitz | 9/10 | 3194 days | 12% |
| Steve Warren | 8/10 | 3305 days | 10% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 3489 days | 8% |
| Bert Gielen | 9/10 | 3520 days | 8% |
| Petra Geblova | 7/10 | 3536 days | 7% |
| Elles Janssen | 7/10 | 3548 days | 7% |
| Clare Lambley | 8/10 | 3564 days | 6% |
| bzh974 | 6/10 | 3579 days | 6% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 8/10 | 3823 days | 5% |
| Julien Joubert-Gaillard | 7/10 | 3826 days | 3% |
| Ann-Kathrin Wacker | 10/10 | 3865 days | 3% |
| Lena Wacker | 9/10 | 3865 days | 3% |
| Anne and Steve Bartlett | 8/10 | 3905 days | 3% |
| Team Kim&James | 8/10 | 4066 days | 2% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4194 days | 0% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 5/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Kadyan | 8/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Enna Keet | 8/10 | 4231 days | 0% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 10/10 | 4232 days | 0% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4247 days | 0% |
| Andreas & Leonie Fehr | 10/10 | 4605 days | 3% |
| Tom Connis | 9/10 | 4612 days | 3% |
| Mirando4ka | 9/10 | 4613 days | 4% |
| Graeme | 7/10 | 4644 days | 4% |
| jule | 9/10 | 4705 days | 4% |
| Bill Mclennan | 10/10 | 4932 days | 3% |
| Coral Last | 8/10 | 4936 days | 3% |
| Ian and Ailsa | 7/10 | 4937 days | 3% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 4971 days | 3% |
| Annette Schmitt | 9/10 | 5337 days | 3% |
| Mike | 10/10 | 5389 days | 3% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 5651 days | 3% |
| winter_uk | 8/10 | 5692 days | 3% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Boundary Creek Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.70% 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
87%
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.