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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 Kidds Bush Reserve 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.

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Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite

Valid Reviews

100 Valid Reviews

The Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite experience has a total of 103 reviews. There are 100 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 100 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 44
44%
9/10 35
35%
8/10 13
13%
7/10 4
4%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.90% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite valid reviews is 90.90% and is based on 100 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

23 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 100 valid reviews, the experience has 23 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 23 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
26%
9/10 9
39%
8/10 7
30%
7/10 1
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite face-to-face reviews is 88.70% and is based on 23 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.28%

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
Sophie 9/10 6 days 100%
Emily 9/10 37 days 100%
Jakub 5/10 98 days 77%
Khalid 9/10 312 days 94%
Jesse Leake 10/10 312 days 95%
Janet and Kevin 10/10 341 days 94%
Andi 9/10 341 days 93%
Daggi 9/10 433 days 89%
Niff 6/10 647 days 66%
Manuel Mayer 10/10 706 days 72%
J King 6/10 737 days 60%
Marion 9/10 737 days 69%
Nyree 10/10 737 days 70%
Mckenzie Galbraith 8/10 768 days 66%
Julia 10/10 768 days 67%
Yuri Fey 10/10 829 days 61%
RaghaV 8/10 1102 days 34%
EvaBelle 7/10 1133 days 30%
Siobhan 10/10 1436 days 14%
Maree 10/10 1436 days 14%
The Gillies 10/10 1436 days 14%
Ange 10/10 1467 days 12%
Ambili 9/10 1467 days 12%
Paula 8/10 1528 days 10%
Boardwalk Blss 9/10 1620 days 7%
Anneke 9/10 1773 days 5%
Jean-Michel and Bambi 10/10 1773 days 5%
Thangs 10/10 1773 days 5%
Leona 9/10 1833 days 5%
GM 9/10 1864 days 5%
Fred 10/10 1894 days 5%
Suthep 10/10 2108 days 4%
Cathy Casanova 10/10 2139 days 4%
Jonathan 10/10 2167 days 4%
Anne 9/10 2167 days 4%
Sam 7/10 2198 days 4%
Lauren 9/10 2198 days 4%
Paula G 9/10 2229 days 4%
Thijs 10/10 2229 days 4%
Raphaele 10/10 2229 days 4%
Maka 10/10 2229 days 4%
Connor 10/10 2229 days 4%
Rachael Dyson 9/10 2258 days 4%
Demi Thompson 8/10 2259 days 4%
Cindy 9/10 2259 days 4%
Eva 10/10 2320 days 4%
James 10/10 2473 days 4%
Arne 9/10 2473 days 4%
Mallory 10/10 2504 days 4%
Tristan & Jolie 10/10 2504 days 4%
Sophie Avison 9/10 2519 days 4%
Clare Davies 10/10 2562 days 4%
Derek Gillard 9/10 2562 days 3%
Geart-Jan Benedictus 8/10 2582 days 3%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 2823 days 3%
Lucy Oury 9/10 2825 days 3%
Nick Lawson 9/10 2828 days 3%
Brandon 10/10 2858 days 3%
Paul Williams 10/10 2891 days 3%
Linda Livett 5/10 2896 days 2%
Craig Eagleton 10/10 2902 days 3%
Trent O'Keeffe 10/10 2918 days 3%
Joe Hopkins 10/10 2926 days 3%
Ruiyi Yin 10/10 2965 days 3%
Jude Ong 10/10 2988 days 3%
Arthur 9/10 3180 days 2%
Lena Wesselink 9/10 3237 days 2%
Tony Maroulis 10/10 3244 days 2%
Felicity Fay 9/10 3262 days 2%
Lisa Conradie 8/10 3263 days 2%
Jonas Jutzi 10/10 3374 days 2%
Petra Geblova 10/10 3647 days 1%
Janie Allen 10/10 3652 days 1%
Henrik Bours 8/10 3949 days 1%
Svenja Trubenbach 9/10 3949 days 1%
Kathrin Deichmann 10/10 3970 days 1%
Janis Gallois 10/10 3988 days 1%
Kiernan Matthew 9/10 3992 days 1%
Zoe Ross 9/10 3993 days 1%
Andrew Young 10/10 3993 days 1%
Danyelle Miller 9/10 4016 days 1%
Thomas Roche 10/10 4026 days 0%
Mycall 10/10 4299 days 0%
ramy 9/10 4299 days 0%
Annika Schmidt 7/10 4304 days 0%
Michael Heuer 9/10 4307 days 0%
Steve Maona 9/10 4323 days 0%
Billy Koichopolos 8/10 4323 days 0%
Gina Lisi 8/10 4323 days 0%
Petra Blumberg 8/10 4336 days 0%
Clare Cannon 9/10 4340 days 0%
Jan Zimmerman 8/10 4345 days 0%
Kerri 7/10 4389 days 1%
Val Phillips 8/10 4688 days 1%
Hazel & Alan Damerell 10/10 4706 days 1%
Kasten 10/10 5063 days 1%
Kasia Robshaw 9/10 5065 days 1%
Andy 8/10 5076 days 1%
Dr Dorthe Bossow 10/10 5085 days 1%
Ruud Kapteyn 9/10 5460 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.25% 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

90%

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.