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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 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
91.69%
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 | 656 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2238 days | 6% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2695 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 3041 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3286 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3308 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3325 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3325 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3333 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3356 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3363 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3378 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3378 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3387 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3405 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3405 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3408 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3609 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3609 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3609 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3612 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3621 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3622 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3624 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3624 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3628 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3632 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3633 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3634 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3634 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3640 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3640 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3642 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3647 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3651 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3656 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3656 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3666 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3679 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3679 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3679 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3681 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3686 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3693 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3712 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3717 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3732 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3965 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3994 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3995 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 4020 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 4044 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4078 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4407 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4407 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4413 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4413 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4422 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4426 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4698 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4728 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4736 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4739 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4751 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4816 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4816 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4831 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4831 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4831 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4835 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4836 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4837 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5081 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5085 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5085 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5092 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5092 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5096 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5112 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5114 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5127 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5128 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5128 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5140 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5160 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5197 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5200 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5202 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5206 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5208 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5211 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5434 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5434 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5434 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5447 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5451 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5451 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5452 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5452 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5453 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5456 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5456 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5460 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5463 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5466 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5467 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5468 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5469 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5469 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5471 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5485 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5490 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5800 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5800 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5817 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5818 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5821 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5821 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5822 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5833 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5834 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5840 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5845 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5853 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5857 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5875 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5905 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5905 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5925 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5928 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5931 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5932 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5933 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5947 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6155 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6157 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6170 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6171 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6181 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6185 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6194 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6206 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.