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 Tongariro Northern Circuit.
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.
74 Valid Reviews
The Tongariro Northern Circuit experience has a total of 74 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 74 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
10/10 | 40 |
|
54% |
9/10 | 16 |
|
22% |
8/10 | 10 |
|
14% |
7/10 | 6 |
|
8% |
6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.35% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tongariro Northern Circuit valid reviews is 91.35% and is based on 74 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
70 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 74 valid reviews, the experience has 70 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 70 face-to-face reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 36 |
|
51% |
9/10 | 16 |
|
23% |
8/10 | 10 |
|
14% |
7/10 | 6 |
|
9% |
6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.86% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Tongariro Northern Circuit face-to-face reviews is 90.86% and is based on 70 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
92.55%
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 |
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Eva Cordemeyer | 9/10 | 2663 days | 100% |
Matti Picus | 10/10 | 2925 days | 86% |
Vic Baughen | 9/10 | 2945 days | 84% |
Ingrid Kiselka | 10/10 | 2945 days | 84% |
Susannah Arrowsmith | 10/10 | 2956 days | 84% |
Kallan Mrozek | 9/10 | 2997 days | 81% |
Frank Fabian | 8/10 | 3014 days | 79% |
Sabine Schwandegger | 10/10 | 3014 days | 80% |
Carmen Stanow | 10/10 | 3038 days | 79% |
Adrien Richard | 9/10 | 3244 days | 66% |
Estelle Coquard | 10/10 | 3247 days | 67% |
Juliane Mueller | 10/10 | 3250 days | 66% |
Julia | 10/10 | 3261 days | 66% |
Bjoern | 10/10 | 3261 days | 66% |
Floren Hoenschler | 9/10 | 3290 days | 63% |
Simone De Angiou | 10/10 | 3295 days | 64% |
William Lendway | 10/10 | 3296 days | 64% |
Morgan Fog | 10/10 | 3296 days | 64% |
Jan | 10/10 | 3304 days | 63% |
Lorne Paterson | 10/10 | 3304 days | 63% |
Taylor Fabricius | 10/10 | 3308 days | 63% |
Kyle Johnson | 9/10 | 3308 days | 62% |
Tamara | 8/10 | 3308 days | 62% |
Markus Wabing | 9/10 | 3310 days | 62% |
Uschi Pongratz | 10/10 | 3310 days | 63% |
Jessica Ruhland | 10/10 | 3310 days | 63% |
Edwine | 6/10 | 3323 days | 54% |
Sara Kuenzi | 9/10 | 3325 days | 61% |
Maxime Louis | 10/10 | 3326 days | 62% |
Lukas Schenke | 10/10 | 3355 days | 60% |
Till | 10/10 | 3370 days | 59% |
Nicolas Justin | 8/10 | 3632 days | 43% |
Damaris Mayer | 8/10 | 3681 days | 40% |
Friederike Kranzin | 10/10 | 4014 days | 21% |
Marc Engstle | 7/10 | 4029 days | 19% |
Matthias Freiling | 10/10 | 4033 days | 20% |
Johannes | 9/10 | 4034 days | 20% |
Max Grabowski | 10/10 | 4035 days | 20% |
Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4038 days | 20% |
Nimh Oudhof | 8/10 | 4039 days | 20% |
Harel Cliad | 9/10 | 4064 days | 18% |
Alex | 10/10 | 4066 days | 18% |
Aitnan Melman | 9/10 | 4068 days | 18% |
Alex Artigues | 7/10 | 4069 days | 17% |
Simon Zenzen | 10/10 | 4069 days | 18% |
Thomas | 10/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
Marketa | 10/10 | 4372 days | 0% |
Lusi13 | 10/10 | 4372 days | 0% |
Jana Simcikova | 10/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
Tobi | 10/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
Jacob Bernhardt | 10/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
Jean Raisin | 10/10 | 4378 days | 0% |
Tony and Helene | 8/10 | 4380 days | 29% |
Missy and Chaz | 10/10 | 4382 days | 30% |
Evyatar Tulipman | 7/10 | 4385 days | 28% |
Anne Rodofsen | 9/10 | 4452 days | 30% |
Michael Neumann | 10/10 | 4724 days | 30% |
Be Groen | 7/10 | 4729 days | 28% |
Ian Sainsbury | 7/10 | 4751 days | 28% |
Anika | 9/10 | 4765 days | 30% |
John Jacobs | 9/10 | 4794 days | 30% |
snoopidoops | 10/10 | 4797 days | 30% |
Natascha & Greg | 9/10 | 4840 days | 30% |
Robin van der Linden | 9/10 | 5054 days | 30% |
Zoe Barker | 10/10 | 5077 days | 30% |
R Tearle | 4/10 | 5081 days | 20% |
Susannah Eduart | 8/10 | 5083 days | 29% |
Boi Sagarra | 8/10 | 5086 days | 29% |
Nadia Husain | 8/10 | 5131 days | 29% |
anon | 10/10 | 5475 days | 30% |
Marcel Baessle | 10/10 | 5482 days | 30% |
Karen Raven | 7/10 | 5565 days | 28% |
bdevries | 8/10 | 5569 days | 29% |
Pavol | 10/10 | 5912 days | 30% |
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Tongariro Northern Circuit does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
0.69% 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.
93%
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.