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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
91.76%
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 | 583 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 2165 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2622 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2968 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 3213 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 3235 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 3252 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 3252 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 3260 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3283 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3314 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3332 days | 2% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3332 days | 2% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3335 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3536 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3551 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3551 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3559 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3567 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3567 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3569 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3578 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3583 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3593 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3606 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3606 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3606 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3608 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3613 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3639 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3644 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3659 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3892 days | 1% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3921 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3947 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3971 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 4005 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4275 days | 0% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4275 days | 0% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4328 days | 0% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4334 days | 0% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4334 days | 0% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4349 days | 0% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4353 days | 0% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4354 days | 0% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4354 days | 0% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4625 days | 1% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4655 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4662 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4663 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4666 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4678 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4721 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4743 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4743 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4762 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4763 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4764 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 5008 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 5012 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 5012 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 5019 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 5019 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 5023 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 5032 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 5032 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 5039 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 5041 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 5049 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 5054 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 5055 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 5055 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 5067 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 5087 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 5127 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 5129 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 5133 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 5135 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 5138 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5361 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5361 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5361 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5378 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5378 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5379 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5379 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5380 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5387 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5390 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5394 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5395 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5396 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5398 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5404 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5409 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5412 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5416 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5417 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5727 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5727 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5744 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5745 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5748 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5748 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5749 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5760 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5761 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5767 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5772 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5780 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5781 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5784 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5802 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5832 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5832 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5852 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5855 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5858 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5859 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5860 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5874 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 6082 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 6084 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 6097 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 6098 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 6108 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 6112 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 6121 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 6133 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.