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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 Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway.
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.
Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
Valid Reviews
166 Valid Reviews
The Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway experience has a total of 166 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 166 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
36% |
| 9/10 | 49 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 30 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.19% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway valid reviews is 88.19% and is based on 166 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
152 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 166 valid reviews, the experience has 152 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 152 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 51 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 46 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.83% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway face-to-face reviews is 87.83% and is based on 152 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.66%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 682 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2264 days | 6% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2721 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3067 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3312 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3334 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3351 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3351 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3358 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3382 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3389 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3404 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3404 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3413 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3431 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3431 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3434 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3635 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3635 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3635 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3638 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3646 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3647 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3648 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3650 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3650 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3654 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3658 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3659 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3660 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3660 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3666 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3666 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3668 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3673 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3677 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3682 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3682 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3692 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3705 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3705 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3705 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3707 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3712 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3719 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3738 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3743 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3758 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3991 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 4020 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 4021 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4046 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4070 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4104 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4396 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4433 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4439 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4439 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4452 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4724 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4761 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4762 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4765 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4766 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4766 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4777 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4820 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4842 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4842 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4861 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4862 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4863 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5107 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5140 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5150 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5153 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5154 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5154 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5166 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5186 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5223 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5226 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5228 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5232 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5234 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5237 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5460 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5460 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5460 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5473 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5478 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5478 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5479 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5486 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5492 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5494 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5495 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5495 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5497 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5503 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5508 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5515 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5515 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5516 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5826 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5826 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5843 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5844 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5848 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5859 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5860 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5866 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5871 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5879 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5880 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5883 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5901 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5931 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5931 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5951 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5954 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5957 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5958 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5959 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5973 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6181 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6183 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6196 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6197 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6207 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6211 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6220 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6232 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.79% 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
92%
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.