Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Cathedral Cove Walk.

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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Cathedral Cove Walk

Valid Reviews

286 Valid Reviews

The Cathedral Cove Walk experience has a total of 286 valid reviews. There are no 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 286 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 96
34%
9/10 82
29%
8/10 71
25%
7/10 29
10%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.59% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk valid reviews is 87.59% and is based on 286 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

265 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 286 valid reviews, the experience has 265 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 265 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 88
33%
9/10 78
29%
8/10 68
26%
7/10 23
9%
6/10 4
2%
5/10 1
0%
4/10 1
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
0%
1/10 1
0%

87.66% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cathedral Cove Walk face-to-face reviews is 87.66% and is based on 265 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.15%

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
Michael 10/10 2449 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 2643 days 89%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 2911 days 75%
Rachael Gray 7/10 2941 days 69%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 2948 days 69%
Chaulet 9/10 2953 days 73%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 2954 days 69%
Clementine 10/10 2977 days 73%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 2979 days 71%
Gretha 10/10 2985 days 72%
Peter 9/10 2985 days 71%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 2987 days 72%
Michael 8/10 2993 days 70%
Kees Mol 10/10 2996 days 72%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3001 days 70%
David Santos 9/10 3004 days 71%
Dominique 7/10 3007 days 66%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3007 days 70%
Kat 9/10 3008 days 70%
Ulf 9/10 3010 days 70%
Matthew Long 7/10 3010 days 66%
S Webb 10/10 3010 days 71%
Marie Christ 10/10 3028 days 70%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3029 days 70%
Anne 10/10 3043 days 69%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3053 days 68%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3093 days 67%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3220 days 59%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3239 days 58%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3239 days 58%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3241 days 59%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3242 days 58%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3244 days 59%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3244 days 59%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3246 days 55%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3251 days 54%
Eline 8/10 3255 days 57%
Luala F 10/10 3258 days 58%
Math Meyer 10/10 3259 days 58%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3259 days 58%
Gessica 8/10 3259 days 57%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3261 days 54%
Doerte 10/10 3263 days 58%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3269 days 56%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3270 days 57%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3270 days 57%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3271 days 56%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3271 days 56%
Alex Schott 9/10 3271 days 57%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3272 days 57%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3274 days 57%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3275 days 57%
Matias Santos 10/10 3277 days 57%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3277 days 53%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3279 days 56%
Marcus 7/10 3285 days 53%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3285 days 53%
Louise Boje 10/10 3287 days 57%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3289 days 56%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3290 days 56%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3291 days 56%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3291 days 43%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3292 days 56%
Julien Sene 9/10 3297 days 55%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3300 days 55%
Briony 8/10 3300 days 55%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3301 days 48%
Joana Frever 2/10 3302 days 25%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3302 days 56%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3303 days 52%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3303 days 55%
Liza Braun 10/10 3303 days 56%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3303 days 56%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3304 days 56%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3304 days 55%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3309 days 55%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3309 days 54%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3310 days 55%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3312 days 55%
Petru 8/10 3312 days 54%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3312 days 51%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3313 days 54%
Annika Locker 10/10 3316 days 55%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3317 days 54%
Nils 7/10 3322 days 51%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3322 days 55%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3323 days 54%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3324 days 55%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3325 days 54%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3327 days 54%
Nico 8/10 3327 days 53%
Julie 10/10 3346 days 53%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3349 days 52%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3354 days 52%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3355 days 52%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3357 days 52%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3362 days 52%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3373 days 51%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3391 days 51%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 3491 days 46%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3624 days 39%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3624 days 39%
Anna Birzle 10/10 3624 days 39%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 3625 days 39%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 3625 days 36%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 3626 days 39%
Ken 9/10 3627 days 39%
Michael Stibor 7/10 3628 days 36%
Nicol 8/10 3665 days 36%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 3687 days 35%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 3718 days 34%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 3727 days 33%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 3964 days 20%
Alex 10/10 3980 days 21%
Becky 9/10 3980 days 20%
Josefin Lind 9/10 3981 days 20%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 3981 days 21%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 3984 days 20%
Paolo Cases 8/10 3984 days 20%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 3999 days 20%
Vanessa 4/10 3999 days 13%
Tom Hill 9/10 4000 days 19%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4003 days 17%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4005 days 19%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4006 days 19%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4008 days 19%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4008 days 19%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4009 days 19%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4009 days 19%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4013 days 19%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4013 days 19%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4013 days 19%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4020 days 19%
Roland Beer 10/10 4049 days 17%
Rupert 10/10 4056 days 17%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4061 days 16%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4061 days 16%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4064 days 16%
Brian 10/10 4153 days 12%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4336 days 2%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4341 days 2%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4354 days 1%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4365 days 1%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4367 days 0%
Julian Roots 9/10 4367 days 1%
Sohie 9/10 4372 days 0%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4377 days 0%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4439 days 26%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4439 days 26%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4443 days 26%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4444 days 26%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4445 days 26%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4449 days 26%
Fahl 10/10 4456 days 26%
tanyap 7/10 4457 days 25%
Terry Coles 9/10 4457 days 26%
Alexander Klein 8/10 4461 days 26%
Adam Hassan 7/10 4462 days 25%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 4462 days 25%
Doan 9/10 4462 days 26%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 4462 days 26%
Presot 10/10 4462 days 26%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 4463 days 26%
Faassen 9/10 4465 days 26%
Julie Lamart 9/10 4466 days 26%
Behrens 10/10 4466 days 26%
Henzen 8/10 4466 days 26%
Roshnie 8/10 4467 days 26%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4467 days 26%
Stevie 8/10 4469 days 26%
Thys 8/10 4469 days 26%
Rob Klauer 9/10 4720 days 26%
Selwindt 9/10 4726 days 26%
Michael Touzer 9/10 4727 days 26%
Steven Hill 9/10 4728 days 26%
Susanne A 7/10 4729 days 25%
Malena 7/10 4732 days 25%
Daniel 10/10 4736 days 26%
Romla 8/10 4739 days 26%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 4739 days 26%
Tom Pratt 9/10 4744 days 26%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 4746 days 26%
Stefan 9/10 4746 days 26%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 4746 days 26%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 4746 days 25%
Langerak 8/10 4748 days 26%
Lepied 9/10 4748 days 26%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 4748 days 26%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 4749 days 26%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 4756 days 26%
Mike1952 9/10 4761 days 26%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 4774 days 26%
Fred Saunders 9/10 4787 days 26%
Pietsch 9/10 4827 days 26%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 4829 days 26%
Marek Woznica 9/10 4830 days 26%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 4832 days 26%
Andy Lever 10/10 4838 days 26%
Herman Plasman 7/10 4838 days 25%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 4839 days 26%
Theresa 10/10 4839 days 26%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 4839 days 26%
Lardy 9/10 4840 days 26%
JadesWorld 8/10 4853 days 26%
Gary A 9/10 4853 days 26%
Sid 9/10 4853 days 26%
andrew_w 7/10 5067 days 25%
Julie Norton 9/10 5068 days 26%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5081 days 26%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5081 days 26%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5095 days 26%
Scheler 10/10 5097 days 26%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5099 days 26%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5101 days 26%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5110 days 23%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5112 days 26%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5116 days 26%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5116 days 26%
F Horrex 8/10 5117 days 26%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5117 days 26%
Michael Eck 10/10 5119 days 26%
David and Karin 10/10 5119 days 26%
Brandt 8/10 5123 days 26%
Chamton 9/10 5126 days 26%
Jenny 9/10 5127 days 26%
BigSis 9/10 5310 days 26%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5397 days 26%
kempt 8/10 5402 days 26%
Matt Roper 9/10 5454 days 26%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 5454 days 26%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 5465 days 26%
Mark Ashton 10/10 5469 days 26%
S Millet 9/10 5469 days 26%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 5469 days 26%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 5470 days 26%
John Harrison 8/10 5470 days 26%
Peter Koeck 10/10 5472 days 26%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 5473 days 26%
Vandeput 9/10 5477 days 26%
Fam Leinden 8/10 5485 days 26%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 5486 days 26%
Helen Power 8/10 5486 days 26%
Mick Thexton 10/10 5486 days 26%
Jens van Evp 10/10 5487 days 26%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 5487 days 26%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 5488 days 11%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 5497 days 25%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 5505 days 26%
deanlaw 10/10 5536 days 26%
menzel 10/10 5536 days 26%
timgr 8/10 5538 days 26%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 5539 days 26%
blokzyl 8/10 5542 days 26%
braunweiler 9/10 5542 days 26%
jameswhite 8/10 5545 days 26%
hofstetterf 10/10 5551 days 26%
Emma Coltman 10/10 5555 days 26%
rolandop 10/10 5557 days 26%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 5557 days 26%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 5561 days 26%
Susanne Santer 9/10 5561 days 26%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 5561 days 26%
Christy 8/10 5563 days 26%
Ricarda 9/10 5563 days 26%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 5563 days 23%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 5564 days 26%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 5565 days 26%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 5565 days 26%
Ton Buil 9/10 5565 days 26%
Mike 9/10 5565 days 26%
Wim Put 8/10 5579 days 26%
BryonyS 10/10 5785 days 26%
BouterG 10/10 5793 days 26%
CeesVanW 8/10 5794 days 26%
mikestep 10/10 5797 days 26%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 5797 days 26%
Arjan Muis 9/10 5799 days 26%
DaveV 9/10 5813 days 26%
AmyBarrett 10/10 5813 days 26%
DamienM 10/10 5813 days 26%
StefanGermany1 10/10 5815 days 26%
FiensG 8/10 5816 days 26%
OdiliaF 10/10 5816 days 26%
Ralph Boese 8/10 5817 days 26%
BrendaM 10/10 6178 days 26%
AlanN316 8/10 6178 days 26%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cathedral Cove Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.27% 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

89%

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.