Kia ora, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.
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 Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake.
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.
Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake
Valid Reviews
53 Valid Reviews
The Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake experience has a total of 53 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 53 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 18 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 15 |
|
28% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.30% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake valid reviews is 88.30% and is based on 53 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
45 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 53 valid reviews, the experience has 45 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 45 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 15 |
|
33% |
| 9/10 | 13 |
|
29% |
| 8/10 | 13 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake face-to-face reviews is 88.00% and is based on 45 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
89.13%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violette Z | 10/10 | 2134 days | 100% |
| Chris | 10/10 | 2165 days | 99% |
| Huan Quintero | 9/10 | 2561 days | 80% |
| Carl von Horstig | 8/10 | 2970 days | 61% |
| Dana | 8/10 | 3204 days | 51% |
| Rob and Nicole | 8/10 | 3223 days | 50% |
| Harold Booy | 10/10 | 3232 days | 51% |
| Gena Bond | 8/10 | 3237 days | 50% |
| Leif Marienlund | 9/10 | 3244 days | 50% |
| Anouk Goemans | 9/10 | 3295 days | 47% |
| Danny | 9/10 | 3302 days | 47% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 6/10 | 3306 days | 41% |
| Marine Audoire | 10/10 | 3533 days | 37% |
| Manu T | 10/10 | 3534 days | 37% |
| Mathilde | 9/10 | 3547 days | 36% |
| Phlippe | 9/10 | 3547 days | 36% |
| Floriane Desnoyer | 10/10 | 3548 days | 37% |
| Jeff Barth | 8/10 | 3548 days | 36% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 3576 days | 35% |
| Hannah Stiles | 10/10 | 3620 days | 33% |
| Diego Pablos | 8/10 | 3645 days | 32% |
| Suzanne Vermeulen | 8/10 | 3687 days | 30% |
| Jam Boggomann | 8/10 | 4018 days | 15% |
| Bartlomiej Berger | 10/10 | 4027 days | 15% |
| Anna Grafenstein | 8/10 | 4262 days | 4% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4267 days | 4% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4297 days | 3% |
| Crousse | 8/10 | 4297 days | 3% |
| Sapir Lifshitz | 10/10 | 4346 days | 1% |
| Maya Barad | 10/10 | 4346 days | 1% |
| Marc Schnelanburger | 9/10 | 4349 days | 1% |
| Elly Zimmer | 9/10 | 4363 days | 0% |
| Clive West | 9/10 | 4417 days | 22% |
| Clarissa Hanck | 10/10 | 4637 days | 22% |
| Pieke | 10/10 | 4662 days | 22% |
| Loesje | 8/10 | 4721 days | 22% |
| Marieke | 6/10 | 4738 days | 19% |
| Knorr Bracher | 9/10 | 4756 days | 22% |
| Kali Lohman | 9/10 | 4768 days | 22% |
| Ton Franke | 9/10 | 4768 days | 22% |
| Margreet Hanemaaijer | 8/10 | 5013 days | 22% |
| Elaine | 10/10 | 5037 days | 22% |
| Ursi Meier | 10/10 | 5050 days | 22% |
| Frank & Ruth | 10/10 | 5377 days | 22% |
| female40 | 10/10 | 5378 days | 22% |
| Stoop | 8/10 | 5379 days | 22% |
| Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5383 days | 22% |
| Nicolas | 9/10 | 5394 days | 22% |
| Stefanie E | 10/10 | 5855 days | 22% |
| Sarah Smith | 7/10 | 5874 days | 21% |
| HovingL | 6/10 | 6104 days | 19% |
| Peter Bowen-Simpkins | 8/10 | 6112 days | 22% |
| KathrinS | 8/10 | 6112 days | 22% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Rocky Mountain and Diamond Lake does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.12% 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
90%
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.