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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 | 596 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2178 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2635 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2981 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3226 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3248 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3265 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3265 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3272 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3303 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3318 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3318 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3327 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3345 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3348 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3552 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3572 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3582 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3587 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3591 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3606 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3619 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3619 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3619 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3621 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3626 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3633 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3652 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3657 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3672 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3905 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3934 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3935 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3984 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4018 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4310 days | 0% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4341 days | 0% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4353 days | 0% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4353 days | 0% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4366 days | 0% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4638 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4668 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4679 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4680 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4680 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4691 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4734 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4756 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4756 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4775 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4776 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4777 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5021 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5025 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5025 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5032 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5032 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5036 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5045 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5045 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5050 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5052 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5054 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5062 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5067 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5068 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5068 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5080 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5140 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5146 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5400 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5403 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5406 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5407 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5408 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5409 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5409 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5411 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5417 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5422 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5429 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5429 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5430 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5740 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5740 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5757 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5758 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5761 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5761 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5762 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5773 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5774 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5780 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5785 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5793 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5794 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5797 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5815 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5845 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5845 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5865 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5871 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5872 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5887 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6095 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6097 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6110 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6111 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6121 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6125 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6134 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6146 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.