Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Tapotupotu Campsite.

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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Tapotupotu Campsite

Valid Reviews

176 Valid Reviews

The Tapotupotu Campsite experience has a total of 180 reviews. There are 176 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 176 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 63
36%
9/10 53
30%
8/10 35
20%
7/10 10
6%
6/10 6
3%
5/10 4
2%
4/10 3
2%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 1
1%

86.82% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Tapotupotu Campsite valid reviews is 86.82% and is based on 176 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

49 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 176 valid reviews, the experience has 49 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 49 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 18
37%
9/10 16
33%
8/10 9
18%
7/10 2
4%
6/10 2
4%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 2
4%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.76% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Tapotupotu Campsite face-to-face reviews is 87.76% and is based on 49 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

80.17%

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
Marielle 4/10 101 days 70%
Nico 5/10 284 days 78%
McLean 10/10 345 days 100%
Debbie 8/10 376 days 97%
Celine 6/10 404 days 84%
BR 5/10 435 days 73%
Evelína 7/10 435 days 89%
Loui 7/10 435 days 89%
Evelína 8/10 435 days 94%
Sara 8/10 435 days 94%
Gamini jay 10/10 435 days 96%
Mladen Savov 10/10 435 days 96%
Jodie Sugg 6/10 435 days 82%
Tim Schmitter 8/10 466 days 92%
Apple 9/10 496 days 91%
John Holschier 9/10 527 days 89%
Katie 9/10 557 days 87%
Beth 9/10 557 days 87%
Maria 10/10 1076 days 40%
Gstto 8/10 1197 days 29%
Mike Englisch 6/10 1227 days 23%
Ngaire & Kylie 'The Darlings' 8/10 1258 days 25%
Stefanie 10/10 1319 days 21%
Trevor Russell 9/10 1319 days 21%
Paulo 8/10 1350 days 19%
Dan 9/10 1380 days 17%
Ammar 1/10 1411 days 6%
Toni 10/10 1441 days 14%
Hannah 8/10 1531 days 10%
Amy 10/10 1531 days 11%
Sandy 10/10 1776 days 5%
Kat 9/10 1896 days 5%
Joannda 10/10 1896 days 5%
Sarah Coughlan 9/10 2018 days 5%
Kris 10/10 2018 days 5%
Alice 10/10 2202 days 5%
Orlane 2/10 2262 days 2%
Adrian Tyrrell 9/10 2262 days 4%
Emma 8/10 2446 days 4%
Kate 8/10 2507 days 4%
Jeff 9/10 2537 days 4%
Kerik 8/10 2537 days 4%
Kristen 7/10 2568 days 4%
JT 7/10 2568 days 4%
JAN SCOTT 10/10 2596 days 4%
Michael S 5/10 2596 days 3%
Andy and Julia 8/10 2596 days 4%
Cameron 8/10 2627 days 4%
Chrissy 10/10 2627 days 4%
Don Strachan 8/10 2627 days 4%
Sabine 8/10 2627 days 4%
Nielsa 7/10 2688 days 3%
Markus 9/10 2688 days 3%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2811 days 3%
The Olivers 10/10 2902 days 3%
Amy Lord 9/10 2965 days 3%
Manuel Fessler 6/10 3006 days 2%
Zelie Frechin 9/10 3012 days 3%
Navdeep Singh 10/10 3019 days 3%
Ewan Evans 9/10 3025 days 3%
Laura 9/10 3084 days 3%
Viola Cube 9/10 3161 days 2%
Poppy Ritchie 8/10 3167 days 2%
Kathrina Handschuh 10/10 3181 days 2%
Fifi and Jay 10/10 3211 days 2%
Haley Bailey 8/10 3229 days 2%
Lucile Gendre 8/10 3255 days 2%
Julia Weiss 10/10 3261 days 2%
Artemis 9/10 3270 days 2%
Alun Owen 10/10 3283 days 2%
Yulia Sukhankina 10/10 3298 days 2%
Blu Ice 10/10 3315 days 2%
John Smith 8/10 3326 days 2%
Mark Haydon 7/10 3326 days 2%
Matthias Wohlgemuth 7/10 3333 days 2%
Catherine Kay 10/10 3341 days 2%
Martina Boss 9/10 3357 days 2%
Matthew Hassam 10/10 3357 days 2%
Geoffrey McCall 9/10 3389 days 2%
Maxine Fallot 10/10 3393 days 2%
Ulrica Vilen-Letts 10/10 3406 days 2%
Ernst Mayerhofer 9/10 3414 days 2%
Robert Wolf 10/10 3424 days 2%
Kelsey Nolan 10/10 3430 days 2%
Tim Burnett 9/10 3480 days 2%
Michelle Smit 10/10 3510 days 2%
Paul Busson 10/10 3513 days 2%
Alizee Petit 7/10 3582 days 2%
Gordon Lee 9/10 3598 days 2%
Loz & Jake Masters 10/10 3602 days 2%
Bjarne McDonald 9/10 3610 days 2%
Goldfinger 9/10 3632 days 2%
Hugo Delubac 9/10 3635 days 2%
Connie Hopper 10/10 3637 days 2%
Thomas Le Buzulier 9/10 3642 days 1%
Bill Milburn 8/10 3695 days 1%
Janneke Hekhuis 8/10 3703 days 1%
Chris Brasell 9/10 3720 days 1%
Michael Braham 10/10 3723 days 1%
mathieu boustie 9/10 3754 days 1%
Chloe Grand 10/10 3759 days 1%
Michelle Rushton 10/10 3761 days 1%
Alexander Gerbe 5/10 3770 days 1%
Corry Stucki 9/10 3806 days 1%
Anna Simon 10/10 3807 days 1%
Dennis Biedermann 10/10 3814 days 1%
Annie Crafar 10/10 3814 days 1%
Rebecca Can 8/10 3905 days 1%
Christine Slowiak 8/10 3906 days 1%
Martin Hall-May 9/10 3965 days 1%
Gregory Agnoux 10/10 3967 days 1%
Kurz Werner 10/10 3968 days 1%
Helen Ameis 9/10 3973 days 1%
Christian Wiertelorz 8/10 4032 days 1%
Dave Ruijter 9/10 4070 days 1%
Ian 9/10 4088 days 1%
Tobias Herrmann 10/10 4094 days 1%
Michiel Brunsveld 9/10 4097 days 1%
Heather Kingston 8/10 4149 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4333 days 0%
Andrew Potratz 10/10 4363 days 0%
Boneschova Jarka 10/10 4363 days 0%
Leon Courtney 10/10 4401 days 1%
Matthias Freiling 10/10 4420 days 1%
Thomas Dequidt 8/10 4421 days 1%
Johannes 8/10 4421 days 1%
Anna 9/10 4424 days 1%
Clarissa Krote 10/10 4434 days 1%
Valerio Penita 8/10 4436 days 1%
David Esner 10/10 4442 days 1%
Adam Balcar 10/10 4442 days 1%
kiwifamily2 9/10 4453 days 1%
arnaud paquet 10/10 4484 days 1%
julian 9/10 4606 days 1%
Douglas Walker 8/10 4754 days 1%
Loesje 10/10 4759 days 1%
Frederic Birke 9/10 4761 days 1%
Harry Findeis 7/10 4768 days 1%
Will and Taylor 9/10 4787 days 1%
Patricia Busbach 6/10 4787 days 1%
Regan Fairley 10/10 4787 days 1%
Keegan Jansen 10/10 5119 days 1%
Richard Rite 9/10 5120 days 1%
Sebastian Hol 8/10 5120 days 1%
Schael 10/10 5128 days 1%
Daniel & Manuela 10/10 5130 days 1%
Luis Valenzuela 9/10 5146 days 1%
Renate Rohlin 4/10 5147 days 0%
Claudia & Julian 10/10 5151 days 1%
Leander Siegert 9/10 5151 days 1%
Shelly_Brian 10/10 5153 days 1%
Lisa Beutler 9/10 5204 days 1%
Theresa 9/10 5231 days 1%
Thierry Meylan 9/10 5466 days 1%
Danielle 9/10 5468 days 1%
Boi Sagarra 9/10 5473 days 1%
Harald Schmidt 9/10 5475 days 1%
Andreas Rath 10/10 5475 days 1%
Nikolas Woelzel 7/10 5492 days 1%
Hartheib Schmid 8/10 5493 days 1%
Anja Allphell 10/10 5499 days 1%
Denis 9/10 5501 days 1%
Bernard Gastaud 4/10 5503 days 0%
Valerie 10/10 5504 days 1%
Jared Hambley 9/10 5505 days 1%
Sven 10/10 5505 days 1%
Bolt 8/10 5509 days 1%
Cymen Crick 9/10 5763 days 1%
Martin 9/10 5794 days 1%
Maria Lorentzen 8/10 5862 days 1%
Krause 8/10 5864 days 1%
Leanne Rogan 10/10 5879 days 1%
klinger 10/10 5929 days 1%
Frank de Voogd 9/10 5949 days 1%
BryonyS 6/10 6177 days 1%
Halley 10/10 6233 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

2.95% 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

83%

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.