Ranking Score Explained

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 Trounson Kauri Park Campground.

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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Trounson Kauri Park Campground

Valid Reviews

87 Valid Reviews

The Trounson Kauri Park Campground experience has a total of 89 reviews. There are 87 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 87 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 23
26%
9/10 18
21%
8/10 26
30%
7/10 13
15%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 4
5%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

83.45% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Trounson Kauri Park Campground valid reviews is 83.45% and is based on 87 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

27 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 87 valid reviews, the experience has 27 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 27 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 9
33%
9/10 5
19%
8/10 9
33%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.04% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Trounson Kauri Park Campground face-to-face reviews is 87.04% and is based on 27 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

85.97%

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
Natasha 9/10 50 days 99%
John Holschier 10/10 50 days 100%
Mike Fricker 9/10 203 days 97%
Matt 10/10 233 days 97%
AmericanToby 10/10 233 days 97%
Sietse 9/10 324 days 93%
Kelly 7/10 416 days 84%
Lucas 8/10 416 days 88%
Mike 5/10 781 days 50%
Stefanie 8/10 842 days 58%
Leet 9/10 873 days 56%
Henk 6/10 1023 days 36%
Steph and Denise 10/10 1115 days 34%
Mrs H 5/10 1450 days 10%
Mrs H 5/10 1450 days 10%
Layna 8/10 1785 days 5%
Sabine 8/10 1846 days 5%
Charlie 8/10 2119 days 4%
Don Strachan 9/10 2150 days 4%
Coco B. 3/10 2242 days 2%
Mike Fricker 8/10 2272 days 4%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2334 days 4%
Teb 7/10 2334 days 4%
Nancy 6/10 2425 days 3%
Dominic Gould 8/10 2541 days 4%
Kendra Seamus Matilda and Oskar 10/10 2628 days 3%
Eugenie Desforges 9/10 2667 days 3%
Viola Cube 7/10 2684 days 3%
Kathrina Handschuh 10/10 2704 days 3%
Haley Everitt 9/10 2743 days 3%
John Smith 8/10 2818 days 3%
Maxine Fallot 7/10 2916 days 3%
Diandra Buesen 8/10 2975 days 3%
Michelle Smit 9/10 3033 days 3%
Gordon Lee 9/10 3121 days 2%
Sean Stevens 10/10 3187 days 2%
Bill Milburn 5/10 3218 days 2%
Tim De Boer 7/10 3264 days 2%
mathieu boustie 9/10 3277 days 2%
Michelle Rushton 8/10 3284 days 2%
Mabel Vanasperen 7/10 3287 days 2%
Sebastian 10/10 3307 days 2%
Andrew Watts 10/10 3317 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 8/10 3324 days 2%
Lionel C. 8/10 3368 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 9/10 3376 days 2%
Christine Slowiak 9/10 3429 days 2%
E Kane 8/10 3438 days 2%
Christoph 10/10 3542 days 1%
Sara Gonzalez 9/10 3573 days 2%
Mike Merrick 8/10 3582 days 2%
Celia Nowak 10/10 3585 days 1%
Alexis Leneveu 10/10 3618 days 1%
Heather Kingston 8/10 3672 days 1%
Sara Berton 8/10 3926 days 1%
Elise Boinnot 9/10 3944 days 1%
Thomas Dequidt 10/10 3944 days 1%
Harel Cliad 10/10 3974 days 1%
nimrod yaron 10/10 3975 days 1%
kiwifamily2 10/10 3976 days 1%
David Wood 7/10 4068 days 1%
Shantell Hunter 7/10 4160 days 0%
Team Kim&James 10/10 4160 days 0%
Sarah Horn 10/10 4270 days 0%
Sebastian Russell-Smits 10/10 4270 days 0%
Loesje 7/10 4282 days 0%
lisa taylor 8/10 4282 days 0%
Darren Abbott 8/10 4365 days 0%
Roshnie 8/10 4382 days 1%
Boule_de_gomme 10/10 4647 days 1%
Daniel & Manuela 8/10 4653 days 1%
Danielle 7/10 4659 days 1%
Lotte Foged 7/10 4674 days 1%
Mike1952 8/10 4676 days 1%
Johanna & Mark 7/10 4995 days 1%
Oliver Berg 8/10 4996 days 1%
Christoph & Maria 9/10 5003 days 1%
K & J Overton 9/10 5007 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5014 days 1%
Omar Candon 8/10 5014 days 1%
Heike Toepelt 10/10 5033 days 1%
Liz Dolman 8/10 5036 days 1%
Mieke Knoops 8/10 5388 days 1%
Josy 9/10 5398 days 1%
Ines Diana 9/10 5405 days 1%
carolineder 7/10 5468 days 1%
billdee 10/10 5590 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Trounson Kauri Park Campground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.64% 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

88%

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.