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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 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.
Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite
Valid Reviews
105 Valid Reviews
The Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite experience has a total of 110 reviews. There are 105 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 105 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 47 |
|
45% |
| 9/10 | 36 |
|
34% |
| 8/10 | 13 |
|
12% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.95% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite valid reviews is 90.95% and is based on 105 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 105 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
89.28%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 48 days | 100% |
| Traveller 656 | 10/10 | 138 days | 99% |
| Sophie | 9/10 | 169 days | 98% |
| Laura | 7/10 | 169 days | 92% |
| Magda Musa | 10/10 | 169 days | 98% |
| McLean | 9/10 | 169 days | 98% |
| Emily | 9/10 | 200 days | 97% |
| Jakub | 5/10 | 261 days | 73% |
| Khalid | 9/10 | 475 days | 86% |
| Jesse Leake | 10/10 | 475 days | 87% |
| Janet and Kevin | 10/10 | 504 days | 86% |
| Andi | 9/10 | 504 days | 85% |
| Daggi | 9/10 | 596 days | 79% |
| Niff | 6/10 | 810 days | 54% |
| Manuel Mayer | 10/10 | 869 days | 57% |
| J King | 6/10 | 900 days | 46% |
| Marion | 9/10 | 900 days | 53% |
| Nyree | 10/10 | 900 days | 54% |
| Mckenzie Galbraith | 8/10 | 931 days | 49% |
| Julia | 10/10 | 931 days | 50% |
| Yuri Fey | 10/10 | 992 days | 44% |
| RaghaV | 8/10 | 1265 days | 22% |
| EvaBelle | 7/10 | 1296 days | 19% |
| Siobhan | 10/10 | 1599 days | 8% |
| Maree | 10/10 | 1599 days | 8% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1599 days | 8% |
| Ange | 10/10 | 1630 days | 7% |
| Ambili | 9/10 | 1630 days | 7% |
| Paula | 8/10 | 1691 days | 6% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1782 days | 5% |
| Anneke | 9/10 | 1936 days | 4% |
| Jean-Michel and Bambi | 10/10 | 1936 days | 4% |
| Thangs | 10/10 | 1936 days | 4% |
| Leona | 9/10 | 1996 days | 4% |
| GM | 9/10 | 2027 days | 4% |
| Fred | 10/10 | 2057 days | 4% |
| Suthep | 10/10 | 2271 days | 4% |
| Cathy Casanova | 10/10 | 2302 days | 4% |
| Jonathan | 10/10 | 2330 days | 4% |
| Anne | 9/10 | 2330 days | 4% |
| Sam | 7/10 | 2361 days | 3% |
| Lauren | 9/10 | 2361 days | 4% |
| Paula G | 9/10 | 2392 days | 3% |
| Thijs | 10/10 | 2392 days | 4% |
| Raphaele | 10/10 | 2392 days | 4% |
| Maka | 10/10 | 2392 days | 4% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2392 days | 4% |
| Rachael Dyson | 9/10 | 2421 days | 3% |
| Demi Thompson | 8/10 | 2422 days | 3% |
| Cindy | 9/10 | 2422 days | 3% |
| Eva | 10/10 | 2482 days | 3% |
| James | 10/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| Arne | 9/10 | 2636 days | 3% |
| Mallory | 10/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Sophie Avison | 9/10 | 2682 days | 3% |
| Clare Davies | 10/10 | 2725 days | 3% |
| Derek Gillard | 9/10 | 2725 days | 3% |
| Geart-Jan Benedictus | 8/10 | 2745 days | 3% |
| Lucile Gendre | 9/10 | 2985 days | 2% |
| Lucy Oury | 9/10 | 2987 days | 2% |
| Nick Lawson | 9/10 | 2990 days | 2% |
| Brandon | 10/10 | 3021 days | 2% |
| Paul Williams | 10/10 | 3054 days | 2% |
| Linda Livett | 5/10 | 3059 days | 2% |
| Craig Eagleton | 10/10 | 3065 days | 2% |
| Trent O'Keeffe | 10/10 | 3081 days | 2% |
| Joe Hopkins | 10/10 | 3089 days | 2% |
| Ruiyi Yin | 10/10 | 3128 days | 2% |
| Jude Ong | 10/10 | 3151 days | 2% |
| Arthur | 9/10 | 3342 days | 2% |
| Lena Wesselink | 9/10 | 3400 days | 2% |
| Tony Maroulis | 10/10 | 3407 days | 2% |
| Felicity Fay | 9/10 | 3425 days | 1% |
| Lisa Conradie | 8/10 | 3426 days | 1% |
| Jonas Jutzi | 10/10 | 3537 days | 1% |
| Petra Geblova | 10/10 | 3810 days | 1% |
| Janie Allen | 10/10 | 3815 days | 1% |
| Henrik Bours | 8/10 | 4112 days | 0% |
| Svenja Trubenbach | 9/10 | 4112 days | 0% |
| Kathrin Deichmann | 10/10 | 4133 days | 0% |
| Janis Gallois | 10/10 | 4151 days | 0% |
| Kiernan Matthew | 9/10 | 4155 days | 0% |
| Zoe Ross | 9/10 | 4156 days | 0% |
| Andrew Young | 10/10 | 4156 days | 0% |
| Danyelle Miller | 9/10 | 4179 days | 0% |
| Thomas Roche | 10/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Mycall | 10/10 | 4462 days | 1% |
| ramy | 9/10 | 4462 days | 1% |
| Annika Schmidt | 7/10 | 4467 days | 0% |
| Michael Heuer | 9/10 | 4470 days | 0% |
| Steve Maona | 9/10 | 4486 days | 0% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4486 days | 0% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4486 days | 0% |
| Petra Blumberg | 8/10 | 4499 days | 0% |
| Clare Cannon | 9/10 | 4503 days | 0% |
| Jan Zimmerman | 8/10 | 4508 days | 0% |
| Kerri | 7/10 | 4552 days | 1% |
| Val Phillips | 8/10 | 4851 days | 0% |
| Hazel & Alan Damerell | 10/10 | 4869 days | 0% |
| Kasten | 10/10 | 5226 days | 0% |
| Kasia Robshaw | 9/10 | 5228 days | 0% |
| Andy | 8/10 | 5239 days | 0% |
| Dr Dorthe Bossow | 10/10 | 5248 days | 0% |
| Ruud Kapteyn | 9/10 | 5623 days | 0% |
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
1.10% 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
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.