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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 Lake Matheson Walk.
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.
109 Valid Reviews
The Lake Matheson Walk experience has a total of 109 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 109 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 33 |
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30% |
9/10 | 29 |
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27% |
8/10 | 29 |
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27% |
7/10 | 11 |
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10% |
6/10 | 3 |
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3% |
5/10 | 4 |
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4% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
86.06% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Matheson Walk valid reviews is 86.06% and is based on 109 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
95 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 109 valid reviews, the experience has 95 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 95 face-to-face reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 26 |
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27% |
9/10 | 27 |
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28% |
8/10 | 27 |
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28% |
7/10 | 9 |
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9% |
6/10 | 3 |
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3% |
5/10 | 3 |
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3% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
85.79% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Matheson Walk face-to-face reviews is 85.79% and is based on 95 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
93.38%
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 |
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Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 326 days | 100% |
Mike Robertson | 10/10 | 813 days | 66% |
Susanne | 10/10 | 1939 days | 5% |
Flatlanders | 7/10 | 2184 days | 4% |
Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2335 days | 4% |
Katrina | 10/10 | 2638 days | 4% |
Tony Wilcomes | 7/10 | 2668 days | 3% |
Sally Caboche | 10/10 | 2852 days | 3% |
Jasmin Thuess | 6/10 | 2951 days | 3% |
John Farley | 5/10 | 2966 days | 2% |
Jair | 10/10 | 2983 days | 3% |
Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
Colin Fisher | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
Katrina Sedl | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
Sigrid Duus | 7/10 | 3004 days | 3% |
Mads Nielsen | 8/10 | 3004 days | 3% |
Jake Bullin | 8/10 | 3016 days | 3% |
Dylan Smyth | 7/10 | 3041 days | 3% |
Rae Hoath | 8/10 | 3055 days | 3% |
Mathilde | 9/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
Phlippe | 9/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
Caleigh | 10/10 | 3261 days | 2% |
Jeff Barth | 9/10 | 3261 days | 2% |
Helene Christensen | 10/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
Sofie Madson | 10/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
Navina | 7/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
Lucy Murray | 8/10 | 3278 days | 2% |
Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3278 days | 2% |
Alina Hummel | 8/10 | 3289 days | 2% |
Udo Wagner | 5/10 | 3356 days | 2% |
Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 8/10 | 3399 days | 2% |
Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
Roeland Driessen | 9/10 | 3703 days | 1% |
Sheila Galpin | 10/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
Douglas Dean | 8/10 | 4010 days | 1% |
Libby | 6/10 | 4031 days | 1% |
Xavier | 9/10 | 4031 days | 1% |
Colin Billington | 9/10 | 4032 days | 1% |
Lionel | 7/10 | 4042 days | 1% |
Guillemette | 8/10 | 4042 days | 1% |
Paul Wallace | 8/10 | 4044 days | 1% |
Marc Schnelanburger | 9/10 | 4062 days | 1% |
Nicolas Trezeguet | 10/10 | 4070 days | 1% |
Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4079 days | 1% |
Kim Maertens | 9/10 | 4079 days | 1% |
Sven Woelk | 10/10 | 4339 days | 0% |
Ron Stenhouse | 9/10 | 4344 days | 0% |
Abby Rescr | 8/10 | 4375 days | 0% |
Helen Dean | 10/10 | 4375 days | 0% |
Dave Mertzig | 8/10 | 4375 days | 0% |
Lorna and Seb | 8/10 | 4378 days | 0% |
Raquel | 9/10 | 4382 days | 1% |
Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4456 days | 1% |
Dovis Heinemann | 10/10 | 4724 days | 1% |
Norman UK | 9/10 | 4732 days | 1% |
Evelyn Mackie | 10/10 | 4733 days | 1% |
Signe Kaspersen | 10/10 | 4734 days | 1% |
Roy Barton | 9/10 | 4737 days | 1% |
Lucy Duffy | 9/10 | 4743 days | 1% |
Beeny | 7/10 | 4750 days | 1% |
Tim & Judith | 8/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
Karin | 9/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
Kolen | 8/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
Randewyk | 8/10 | 4753 days | 1% |
Jessica Lane | 6/10 | 4766 days | 1% |
Mike1952 | 10/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
Dorthe | 10/10 | 4832 days | 1% |
Les and Carole Savins | 8/10 | 4837 days | 1% |
Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 4838 days | 1% |
Marc Edwards | 10/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
Peter Cade | 8/10 | 5089 days | 1% |
Mr & Mrs Palmer | 9/10 | 5092 days | 1% |
Claire Colquhoun | 5/10 | 5093 days | 1% |
Kauzta | 10/10 | 5094 days | 1% |
Pein van Nosrt | 8/10 | 5105 days | 1% |
katjarege | 10/10 | 5106 days | 1% |
Julie Pasquignon | 8/10 | 5107 days | 1% |
Ini & Cees | 8/10 | 5108 days | 1% |
Mr & Mrs Mackie | 8/10 | 5116 days | 1% |
Teum and Orselien | 9/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
Hvid | 10/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
Helen Keighley | 9/10 | 5126 days | 1% |
John Clarkson | 10/10 | 5132 days | 1% |
Kristie | 8/10 | 5157 days | 1% |
Schumacher | 9/10 | 5458 days | 1% |
Rob | 7/10 | 5473 days | 1% |
Bouwma | 9/10 | 5492 days | 1% |
Silvia Kern | 9/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
Annie | 8/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
Kevin and Teresa | 7/10 | 5499 days | 1% |
nigelst | 9/10 | 5505 days | 1% |
Michael and Tanja Kreugel | 10/10 | 5508 days | 1% |
Sally Hall | 5/10 | 5519 days | 1% |
Susi Schoetzler | 8/10 | 5519 days | 1% |
sophiep | 9/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
niekv | 8/10 | 5546 days | 1% |
Mark Coffey | 9/10 | 5561 days | 1% |
Primavesi | 9/10 | 5573 days | 1% |
Emily and Alex | 9/10 | 5588 days | 1% |
linus | 9/10 | 5687 days | 1% |
AndyEngland | 8/10 | 5793 days | 1% |
JonK | 7/10 | 5793 days | 1% |
Dave Ashun | 9/10 | 5812 days | 1% |
CraigB | 10/10 | 5817 days | 1% |
EricS | 8/10 | 5817 days | 1% |
MundschanGermany | 10/10 | 5821 days | 1% |
Rissmann | 10/10 | 5821 days | 1% |
Sarah Bridge | 9/10 | 5825 days | 1% |
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Matheson Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
0.60% 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.
94%
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.