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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
91.75%
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 | 305 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1887 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2344 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2690 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 2935 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 2957 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 2974 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 2974 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 2981 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3005 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3012 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3027 days | 3% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3027 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3036 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3054 days | 3% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3054 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3057 days | 3% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3261 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3269 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3271 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3273 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3273 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3277 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3282 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3289 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3289 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3291 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3296 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3300 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3315 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3328 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3328 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3328 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3330 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3335 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3342 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3361 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3366 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3381 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3614 days | 2% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3643 days | 2% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3644 days | 2% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3669 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3693 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 3727 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 3997 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 3997 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4019 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4050 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4056 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4056 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4062 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4062 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4071 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4075 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4076 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4076 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4385 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4388 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4389 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4389 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4400 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4443 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4465 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4465 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4480 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4480 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4480 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4484 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4485 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4486 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 4730 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 4734 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 4734 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 4741 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 4741 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 4745 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 4759 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4759 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 4760 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 4760 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 4761 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 4763 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 4773 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 4776 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 4777 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 4777 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 4789 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 4809 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 4846 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 4849 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 4851 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 4855 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 4860 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5083 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5083 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5083 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5096 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5101 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5101 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5102 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5109 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5112 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5115 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5116 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5117 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5120 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5126 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5131 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5134 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5139 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5449 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5449 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5466 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5467 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5470 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5470 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5471 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5483 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5489 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5494 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5502 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5503 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5506 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5554 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5554 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5574 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5577 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5580 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5581 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5582 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5596 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 5804 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 5806 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 5819 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 5820 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 5830 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 5834 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 5843 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 5855 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
0.78% 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
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.