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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.
93.40%
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 | 318 days | 100% |
Mike Robertson | 10/10 | 805 days | 67% |
Susanne | 10/10 | 1931 days | 5% |
Flatlanders | 7/10 | 2176 days | 4% |
Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2327 days | 4% |
Katrina | 10/10 | 2630 days | 4% |
Tony Wilcomes | 7/10 | 2660 days | 3% |
Sally Caboche | 10/10 | 2844 days | 3% |
Jasmin Thuess | 6/10 | 2943 days | 3% |
John Farley | 5/10 | 2958 days | 2% |
Jair | 10/10 | 2975 days | 3% |
Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
Colin Fisher | 10/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
Katrina Sedl | 10/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
Sigrid Duus | 7/10 | 2996 days | 3% |
Mads Nielsen | 8/10 | 2996 days | 3% |
Jake Bullin | 8/10 | 3008 days | 3% |
Dylan Smyth | 7/10 | 3033 days | 3% |
Rae Hoath | 8/10 | 3047 days | 3% |
Mathilde | 9/10 | 3252 days | 2% |
Phlippe | 9/10 | 3252 days | 2% |
Caleigh | 10/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
Jeff Barth | 9/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
Helene Christensen | 10/10 | 3254 days | 2% |
Sofie Madson | 10/10 | 3254 days | 2% |
Navina | 7/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
Lucy Murray | 8/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
Alina Hummel | 8/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
Udo Wagner | 5/10 | 3348 days | 2% |
Ahmed Mohsen Aly | 8/10 | 3391 days | 2% |
Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3501 days | 2% |
Roeland Driessen | 9/10 | 3695 days | 1% |
Sheila Galpin | 10/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
Douglas Dean | 8/10 | 4002 days | 1% |
Libby | 6/10 | 4023 days | 1% |
Xavier | 9/10 | 4023 days | 1% |
Colin Billington | 9/10 | 4024 days | 1% |
Lionel | 7/10 | 4034 days | 1% |
Guillemette | 8/10 | 4034 days | 1% |
Paul Wallace | 8/10 | 4036 days | 1% |
Marc Schnelanburger | 9/10 | 4054 days | 1% |
Nicolas Trezeguet | 10/10 | 4062 days | 1% |
Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4071 days | 1% |
Kim Maertens | 9/10 | 4071 days | 1% |
Sven Woelk | 10/10 | 4331 days | 0% |
Ron Stenhouse | 9/10 | 4336 days | 0% |
Abby Rescr | 8/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
Helen Dean | 10/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
Dave Mertzig | 8/10 | 4367 days | 0% |
Lorna and Seb | 8/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
Raquel | 9/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4448 days | 1% |
Dovis Heinemann | 10/10 | 4716 days | 1% |
Norman UK | 9/10 | 4724 days | 1% |
Evelyn Mackie | 10/10 | 4725 days | 1% |
Signe Kaspersen | 10/10 | 4726 days | 1% |
Roy Barton | 9/10 | 4729 days | 1% |
Lucy Duffy | 9/10 | 4735 days | 1% |
Beeny | 7/10 | 4742 days | 1% |
Tim & Judith | 8/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
Karin | 9/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
Kolen | 8/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
Randewyk | 8/10 | 4745 days | 1% |
Jessica Lane | 6/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
Mike1952 | 10/10 | 4761 days | 1% |
Dorthe | 10/10 | 4824 days | 1% |
Les and Carole Savins | 8/10 | 4829 days | 1% |
Harry Simpson | 9/10 | 4830 days | 1% |
Marc Edwards | 10/10 | 5056 days | 1% |
Peter Cade | 8/10 | 5081 days | 1% |
Mr & Mrs Palmer | 9/10 | 5084 days | 1% |
Claire Colquhoun | 5/10 | 5085 days | 1% |
Kauzta | 10/10 | 5086 days | 1% |
Pein van Nosrt | 8/10 | 5097 days | 1% |
katjarege | 10/10 | 5098 days | 1% |
Julie Pasquignon | 8/10 | 5099 days | 1% |
Ini & Cees | 8/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
Mr & Mrs Mackie | 8/10 | 5108 days | 1% |
Teum and Orselien | 9/10 | 5114 days | 1% |
Hvid | 10/10 | 5114 days | 1% |
Helen Keighley | 9/10 | 5118 days | 1% |
John Clarkson | 10/10 | 5124 days | 1% |
Kristie | 8/10 | 5149 days | 1% |
Schumacher | 9/10 | 5450 days | 1% |
Rob | 7/10 | 5465 days | 1% |
Bouwma | 9/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
Silvia Kern | 9/10 | 5485 days | 1% |
Annie | 8/10 | 5485 days | 1% |
Kevin and Teresa | 7/10 | 5491 days | 1% |
nigelst | 9/10 | 5497 days | 1% |
Michael and Tanja Kreugel | 10/10 | 5500 days | 1% |
Sally Hall | 5/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
Susi Schoetzler | 8/10 | 5511 days | 1% |
sophiep | 9/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
niekv | 8/10 | 5538 days | 1% |
Mark Coffey | 9/10 | 5553 days | 1% |
Primavesi | 9/10 | 5565 days | 1% |
Emily and Alex | 9/10 | 5580 days | 1% |
linus | 9/10 | 5679 days | 1% |
AndyEngland | 8/10 | 5785 days | 1% |
JonK | 7/10 | 5785 days | 1% |
Dave Ashun | 9/10 | 5804 days | 1% |
CraigB | 10/10 | 5809 days | 1% |
EricS | 8/10 | 5809 days | 1% |
MundschanGermany | 10/10 | 5813 days | 1% |
Rissmann | 10/10 | 5813 days | 1% |
Sarah Bridge | 9/10 | 5817 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.
0.59% 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.