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 Port Jackson 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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Port Jackson Campsite

Valid Reviews

51 Valid Reviews

The Port Jackson Campsite experience has a total of 52 reviews. There are 51 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 51 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 26
51%
9/10 19
37%
8/10 6
12%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.92% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Jackson Campsite valid reviews is 93.92% and is based on 51 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

22 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 51 valid reviews, the experience has 22 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 22 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 8
36%
9/10 12
55%
8/10 2
9%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

92.73% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Jackson Campsite face-to-face reviews is 92.73% and is based on 22 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.79%

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
Christopher 10/10 78 days 100%
Beth 8/10 262 days 95%
Rokki Bud 10/10 748 days 68%
Jacob Carrapetta 10/10 809 days 63%
Nicky 8/10 1052 days 38%
Hannah 10/10 1174 days 29%
Alex 10/10 1236 days 25%
Jenni 9/10 1478 days 12%
Gareth 10/10 1783 days 5%
Bert 9/10 1814 days 5%
Sheryll 10/10 2089 days 4%
Ashleigh 10/10 2117 days 4%
Krishna Ponguru 10/10 2240 days 4%
Michael Smith 9/10 2637 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 10/10 2825 days 3%
Paul Smith 8/10 2841 days 3%
Claire Buckham 10/10 2846 days 3%
James Oakes 10/10 2859 days 3%
Sarah Stone 9/10 2902 days 3%
Rima 9/10 2939 days 3%
Patrick Baritz 10/10 3219 days 2%
Dave O'Brien 9/10 3221 days 2%
Michael 10/10 3309 days 2%
Camille Guevel 10/10 3540 days 2%
Hans Munster 10/10 3554 days 1%
Matthias Bohmert 9/10 3576 days 1%
Jurgen Moors 10/10 3644 days 1%
James Russell 9/10 3891 days 1%
Hannah Watt 10/10 3891 days 1%
Mark Hofmann 9/10 3921 days 1%
Steven Lotrian 10/10 3929 days 1%
Clarissa Krote 10/10 3955 days 1%
Lane 10/10 3974 days 1%
sharyn wright 8/10 4005 days 1%
GN100 10/10 4005 days 1%
FlyingKiwiGirl 9/10 4249 days 0%
Nigel Shaw 10/10 4249 days 0%
Menu 9/10 4270 days 0%
Kathy Arthurs 8/10 4280 days 0%
Fabian Brand 9/10 4301 days 0%
Nora and Edward 9/10 4303 days 0%
Markus Frei 8/10 4631 days 1%
Jessica Marling 9/10 4654 days 1%
Mike & Suzann 9/10 4656 days 1%
Kaelin 10/10 4750 days 1%
Harald Schmidt 10/10 4996 days 1%
Sophie 9/10 5039 days 1%
Brent S 9/10 5370 days 1%
olafrick 9/10 5404 days 1%
Johannes & Jopke Fokkema 9/10 5730 days 1%
Lars 10/10 5753 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.55% 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

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.