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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

88.17%

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 2873 days 100%
Matt McCloskey 9/10 3067 days 84%
Matthias and Adriane 8/10 3335 days 63%
Rachael Gray 7/10 3365 days 57%
Martin Fersebner 7/10 3372 days 56%
Chaulet 9/10 3377 days 60%
Breanna Alexander 7/10 3378 days 56%
Clementine 10/10 3401 days 59%
Claudia Schaefer 8/10 3403 days 58%
Gretha 10/10 3409 days 59%
Peter 9/10 3409 days 58%
Mireia Sanchez 10/10 3411 days 59%
Michael 8/10 3417 days 57%
Kees Mol 10/10 3420 days 58%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 8/10 3425 days 56%
David Santos 9/10 3428 days 57%
Dominique 7/10 3431 days 52%
Heike Buchmann 8/10 3431 days 56%
Kat 9/10 3432 days 56%
Ulf 9/10 3434 days 56%
Matthew Long 7/10 3434 days 52%
S Webb 10/10 3434 days 57%
Marie Christ 10/10 3452 days 55%
Frederik Fuchs 10/10 3453 days 55%
Anne 10/10 3467 days 54%
Leigh Dodds 9/10 3477 days 53%
Elizabeth Braidotti 10/10 3517 days 50%
Bernd Muller 8/10 3644 days 40%
Benjamin Leboucq 9/10 3663 days 39%
Adrien Richard 9/10 3663 days 39%
Sophie Rosenberg 10/10 3665 days 39%
Alexie Lion 9/10 3666 days 38%
Jan Berendsen 10/10 3668 days 39%
Jorge Anderson 10/10 3668 days 39%
Simon Schatz 7/10 3670 days 35%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3675 days 35%
Eline 8/10 3679 days 37%
Luala F 10/10 3682 days 38%
Math Meyer 10/10 3683 days 38%
Virginia Saez 10/10 3683 days 38%
Gessica 8/10 3683 days 37%
Nico Neubauer 7/10 3685 days 34%
Doerte 10/10 3687 days 37%
Benjamin Nager 8/10 3693 days 36%
Julie Miehling 9/10 3694 days 36%
Nico Wedel 9/10 3694 days 36%
Lauren Dinnage 8/10 3695 days 36%
Steve Barnwell 8/10 3695 days 36%
Alex Schott 9/10 3695 days 36%
Andrea Le Stunff 10/10 3696 days 37%
Sunja Abbe 10/10 3698 days 37%
Olga Barathova 9/10 3699 days 36%
Matias Santos 10/10 3701 days 36%
Mira Huckfield 7/10 3701 days 33%
Aaron Stalley 8/10 3703 days 35%
Marcus 7/10 3709 days 32%
Johannes Koch 7/10 3709 days 32%
Louise Boje 10/10 3711 days 36%
Natasha Harbinson 10/10 3713 days 35%
Maddalena Buffoni 9/10 3714 days 35%
Clara Loizeil 9/10 3715 days 35%
Patrick Veber 5/10 3715 days 23%
Hake Dolce 10/10 3716 days 35%
Julien Sene 9/10 3721 days 34%
Sari Aroalho 8/10 3724 days 34%
Briony 8/10 3724 days 34%
Richard Starkeq 6/10 3725 days 27%
Joana Frever 2/10 3726 days 7%
Carmen Pramstaller 10/10 3726 days 34%
Etienne Douse 7/10 3727 days 31%
Sophia Harnisch 9/10 3727 days 34%
Liza Braun 10/10 3727 days 34%
Dario Leyrer 10/10 3727 days 34%
Coral Dawson 10/10 3728 days 34%
Brianna Burd 9/10 3728 days 34%
Daniel Roedel 10/10 3733 days 34%
Jonathan Gourmel 8/10 3733 days 33%
Matte Stemkowitz 9/10 3734 days 33%
Lea and Emmanuel 9/10 3736 days 33%
Petru 8/10 3736 days 33%
Maxima Buisan 7/10 3736 days 30%
Miriam Hack 8/10 3737 days 33%
Annika Locker 10/10 3740 days 33%
Livia and Dave 8/10 3741 days 32%
Nils 7/10 3746 days 29%
Marie Brauherr 10/10 3746 days 33%
Vanesha Patel 9/10 3747 days 32%
Jenny and Till 10/10 3748 days 33%
Clare Pickford 9/10 3749 days 32%
Jonathan and Gulsen 10/10 3751 days 32%
Nico 8/10 3751 days 31%
Julie 10/10 3770 days 31%
Elodie and Gestan 8/10 3773 days 30%
Julia Huesam 8/10 3778 days 29%
Sophie Giblin 9/10 3779 days 30%
Sebastian and Susanna 9/10 3781 days 30%
Sammy Cronin 8/10 3786 days 29%
Fabian Dilly 8/10 3797 days 28%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3815 days 28%
Bob Fontaine 10/10 3915 days 20%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 4048 days 10%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 4048 days 10%
Anna Birzle 10/10 4048 days 10%
Elisabeth Ringswandl 9/10 4049 days 9%
Thomas Haslbeck 7/10 4049 days 8%
Miriam Burchartz 9/10 4050 days 9%
Ken 9/10 4051 days 9%
Michael Stibor 7/10 4052 days 8%
Nicol 8/10 4089 days 6%
Jamie McArthur 9/10 4111 days 5%
Sibylle and Nadine 8/10 4142 days 2%
Marion and Ralf 9/10 4151 days 1%
Fiona Hawkins 7/10 4388 days 21%
Alex 10/10 4404 days 23%
Becky 9/10 4404 days 23%
Josefin Lind 9/10 4405 days 23%
Herman Holmgist 10/10 4405 days 23%
Carla Oyarzun 9/10 4408 days 23%
Paolo Cases 8/10 4408 days 23%
Lena Hanhart 10/10 4423 days 23%
Vanessa 4/10 4423 days 10%
Tom Hill 9/10 4424 days 23%
Anna Sternberg 6/10 4427 days 18%
Tobias Thull 8/10 4429 days 23%
Katja Kraffzik 10/10 4430 days 23%
Lukas Lehmeyer 8/10 4432 days 23%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 4432 days 23%
Anne Courtenay 8/10 4433 days 23%
Andreas Jung 10/10 4433 days 23%
Cindy Benayoum 9/10 4437 days 23%
Ann-Kathrin Wacker 10/10 4437 days 23%
Lena Wacker 8/10 4437 days 23%
Rikke Petersen 10/10 4444 days 23%
Roland Beer 10/10 4473 days 23%
Rupert 10/10 4480 days 23%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4485 days 23%
Marie Lillieskold 9/10 4485 days 23%
Alexandra Kupper 8/10 4488 days 23%
Brian 10/10 4577 days 23%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4760 days 21%
Annika Schmidt 9/10 4765 days 23%
Tim Vennewold 8/10 4778 days 23%
Steen Rausmussen 9/10 4789 days 23%
Jeremy Eng 7/10 4791 days 21%
Julian Roots 9/10 4791 days 23%
Sohie 9/10 4796 days 23%
Neele & Philipp 7/10 4801 days 21%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4863 days 23%
Soren and Inelase Lindhardbell 10/10 4863 days 23%
Julien Bocherens 8/10 4867 days 23%
Joroen Borkert 8/10 4868 days 23%
Lauret Stulemeyer 8/10 4869 days 23%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4873 days 23%
Fahl 10/10 4880 days 23%
tanyap 7/10 4881 days 21%
Terry Coles 9/10 4881 days 23%
Alexander Klein 8/10 4885 days 23%
Adam Hassan 7/10 4886 days 21%
Gerard van de Ven 7/10 4886 days 21%
Doan 9/10 4886 days 23%
Claudia Mueller 10/10 4886 days 23%
Presot 10/10 4886 days 23%
Lutz Huuemorder 10/10 4887 days 23%
Faassen 9/10 4889 days 23%
Julie Lamart 9/10 4890 days 23%
Behrens 10/10 4890 days 23%
Henzen 8/10 4890 days 23%
Roshnie 8/10 4891 days 23%
The Mowbrays 8/10 4891 days 23%
Stevie 8/10 4893 days 23%
Thys 8/10 4893 days 23%
Rob Klauer 9/10 5144 days 23%
Selwindt 9/10 5150 days 23%
Michael Touzer 9/10 5151 days 23%
Steven Hill 9/10 5152 days 23%
Susanne A 7/10 5153 days 21%
Malena 7/10 5156 days 21%
Daniel 10/10 5160 days 23%
Romla 8/10 5163 days 23%
Ronald Veldman 8/10 5163 days 23%
Tom Pratt 9/10 5168 days 23%
Stephan Wolter 10/10 5170 days 23%
Stefan 9/10 5170 days 23%
Gabriele Wendt 10/10 5170 days 23%
Danielle & Jobbe 7/10 5170 days 21%
Langerak 8/10 5172 days 23%
Lepied 9/10 5172 days 23%
Nic Roggeman 9/10 5172 days 23%
Ralf Glaser 10/10 5173 days 23%
Maria Dietrich 8/10 5180 days 23%
Mike1952 9/10 5185 days 23%
Henriette Haugan 8/10 5198 days 23%
Fred Saunders 9/10 5211 days 23%
Pietsch 9/10 5251 days 23%
Marc & Pauline 9/10 5253 days 23%
Marek Woznica 9/10 5254 days 23%
Willem & Lilian 8/10 5256 days 23%
Andy Lever 10/10 5262 days 23%
Herman Plasman 7/10 5262 days 21%
Waldemar Schuler 9/10 5263 days 23%
Theresa 10/10 5263 days 23%
Anders Rathleff 9/10 5263 days 23%
Lardy 9/10 5264 days 23%
JadesWorld 8/10 5277 days 23%
Gary A 9/10 5277 days 23%
Sid 9/10 5277 days 23%
andrew_w 7/10 5491 days 21%
Julie Norton 9/10 5492 days 23%
Oliver Berg 8/10 5505 days 23%
Boi Sagarra 8/10 5505 days 23%
Hannah Roberts 10/10 5519 days 23%
Scheler 10/10 5521 days 23%
Gord Carnochan 10/10 5523 days 23%
Isabel & Tillmann 10/10 5525 days 23%
Adam Hayley 6/10 5534 days 18%
Kat Fleming 10/10 5536 days 23%
Luise Jaeger 10/10 5540 days 23%
Russell Stevens 10/10 5540 days 23%
F Horrex 8/10 5541 days 23%
Jessie Currie 10/10 5541 days 23%
Michael Eck 10/10 5543 days 23%
David and Karin 10/10 5543 days 23%
Brandt 8/10 5547 days 23%
Chamton 9/10 5550 days 23%
Jenny 9/10 5551 days 23%
BigSis 9/10 5734 days 23%
Sophie & Joffrey 9/10 5821 days 23%
kempt 8/10 5826 days 23%
Matt Roper 9/10 5878 days 23%
Matilda Hansson 9/10 5878 days 23%
Kay Beaumont 10/10 5889 days 23%
Mark Ashton 10/10 5893 days 23%
S Millet 9/10 5893 days 23%
Gail Mckinstry 9/10 5893 days 23%
Elisabeth Egerup 10/10 5894 days 23%
John Harrison 8/10 5894 days 23%
Peter Koeck 10/10 5896 days 23%
Jakob Pedersen 10/10 5897 days 23%
Vandeput 9/10 5901 days 23%
Fam Leinden 8/10 5909 days 23%
Lisa Beauchemin 10/10 5910 days 23%
Helen Power 8/10 5910 days 23%
Mick Thexton 10/10 5910 days 23%
Jens van Evp 10/10 5911 days 23%
Max Van der Zalm 8/10 5911 days 23%
Belinda Godhard 1/10 5912 days 0%
Veltmaat NL 7/10 5921 days 21%
Jakob Jurgen 8/10 5929 days 23%
deanlaw 10/10 5960 days 23%
menzel 10/10 5960 days 23%
timgr 8/10 5962 days 23%
Lynn Maguire 10/10 5963 days 23%
blokzyl 8/10 5966 days 23%
braunweiler 9/10 5966 days 23%
jameswhite 8/10 5969 days 23%
hofstetterf 10/10 5975 days 23%
Emma Coltman 10/10 5979 days 23%
rolandop 10/10 5981 days 23%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 10/10 5981 days 23%
Andreas Sterki 8/10 5985 days 23%
Susanne Santer 9/10 5985 days 23%
Richard Kesteleyn 8/10 5985 days 23%
Christy 8/10 5987 days 23%
Ricarda 9/10 5987 days 23%
Malinka Nuefeld 6/10 5987 days 18%
Geoff Renshaw 9/10 5988 days 23%
Jessica Clarisse 9/10 5989 days 23%
Lionel Mouesca 10/10 5989 days 23%
Ton Buil 9/10 5989 days 23%
Mike 9/10 5989 days 23%
Wim Put 8/10 6003 days 23%
BryonyS 10/10 6209 days 23%
BouterG 10/10 6217 days 23%
CeesVanW 8/10 6218 days 23%
mikestep 10/10 6221 days 23%
Martien van Brakel 8/10 6221 days 23%
Arjan Muis 9/10 6223 days 23%
DaveV 9/10 6237 days 23%
AmyBarrett 10/10 6237 days 23%
DamienM 10/10 6237 days 23%
StefanGermany1 10/10 6239 days 23%
FiensG 8/10 6240 days 23%
OdiliaF 10/10 6240 days 23%
Ralph Boese 8/10 6241 days 23%
BrendaM 10/10 6602 days 23%
AlanN316 8/10 6602 days 23%

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.