Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 Harwoods Hole.

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.

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Harwoods Hole

Valid Reviews

46 Valid Reviews

The Harwoods Hole experience has a total of 46 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 46 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 15
33%
9/10 15
33%
8/10 9
20%
7/10 4
9%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 2
4%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.17% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Harwoods Hole valid reviews is 87.17% and is based on 46 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

39 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 46 valid reviews, the experience has 39 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 39 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 14
36%
9/10 13
33%
8/10 6
15%
7/10 4
10%
6/10 1
3%
5/10 1
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.21% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Harwoods Hole face-to-face reviews is 88.21% and is based on 39 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

84.98%

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
Susanne 5/10 1928 days 100%
Sandra Marangi 9/10 2952 days 75%
Matthias Wohlegamuth 7/10 2952 days 70%
Anna Wooster 10/10 2954 days 76%
Theo Macer 10/10 2955 days 76%
Natasha 7/10 2976 days 69%
Evelyn Rloeh 8/10 3005 days 72%
Rulp Niet 9/10 3005 days 72%
Luke 8/10 3005 days 72%
Eline-Jessica van der Hoeven 8/10 3022 days 71%
Jenna Kuittinen 7/10 3248 days 55%
Jari Kahelin 7/10 3248 days 55%
Ellie Perkin 8/10 3253 days 58%
George Bellwood 9/10 3259 days 59%
Sarah Dorsett 10/10 3259 days 59%
Lauren Dinnage 9/10 3268 days 58%
Josh Symons 6/10 3275 days 50%
Ellen Holmgren 10/10 3276 days 58%
Natasha Harbinson 8/10 3286 days 56%
Anaelle Morand 9/10 3305 days 56%
Iris Kerbler 9/10 3312 days 56%
Thorbeu Scholz 9/10 3313 days 56%
Jitka and Matej 9/10 3341 days 54%
Max Brunner 9/10 3351 days 54%
Ron Web 10/10 3389 days 52%
Jan Suoboda 10/10 3854 days 27%
Anja Weppler 10/10 3966 days 21%
Friederike Kranzin 10/10 4006 days 18%
Sophia 10/10 4012 days 18%
Jakob 9/10 4012 days 18%
Dana 10/10 4017 days 18%
Elena Goschia 9/10 4025 days 17%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 4034 days 17%
kamil Benes 10/10 4055 days 16%
Anne Schneider 10/10 4063 days 15%
Miranda 9/10 4341 days 0%
Janicha Blumenthal 10/10 4743 days 26%
Weez18 8/10 5064 days 25%
Lillian van Wegen 8/10 5083 days 25%
Victor Lewis 8/10 5092 days 25%
Senel 10/10 5467 days 26%
Uwe Rieper 9/10 5487 days 26%
Tait Suridge 9/10 5561 days 26%
Vivienne O'Reilly 5/10 5573 days 19%
Clem 9/10 5677 days 26%
Mike Howe 8/10 6250 days 25%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Harwoods Hole does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.83% 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

87%

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.