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 Ruatiti Domain.

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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Ruatiti Domain

Valid Reviews

37 Valid Reviews

The Ruatiti Domain experience has a total of 37 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.

Within these 37 valid reviews, the experience has 1 face-to-face review collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 37 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 26
70%
9/10 10
27%
8/10 1
3%
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%

96.76% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ruatiti Domain valid reviews is 96.76% and is based on 37 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

99.11%

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
Gerald 10/10 246 days 100%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 337 days 97%
RM 10/10 490 days 89%
Adrian 10/10 671 days 77%
Jouke 10/10 732 days 72%
Leigh 10/10 1005 days 45%
Sky 10/10 1036 days 42%
James 9/10 1097 days 36%
Richard 10/10 1220 days 27%
Sarah B 10/10 1370 days 17%
Liv 10/10 1401 days 16%
Bee Rogers 10/10 1432 days 14%
Felix 10/10 1462 days 13%
Klára Křesťanová 9/10 2101 days 4%
Burt 10/10 2101 days 5%
Eager Beaver 10/10 2224 days 4%
steve currie 9/10 2407 days 4%
Lindsay 10/10 2438 days 4%
Magenta McHalick 10/10 2463 days 4%
Mat B 10/10 2513 days 4%
Annina Jarvinen 10/10 2520 days 4%
Thomas Moller 10/10 2536 days 4%
Deanna Incledon 10/10 2543 days 4%
Malai Berg 9/10 2696 days 3%
Rian Talen 10/10 2751 days 3%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 2760 days 3%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 2772 days 3%
deborah cooper 10/10 2803 days 3%
Nicole Hewitt 10/10 2820 days 3%
Jose Verli 9/10 2941 days 3%
Adam Shaw 9/10 2987 days 3%
Arjan van Brakel 9/10 3128 days 2%
Marcia Becker 10/10 3136 days 2%
Henry Collinson 10/10 3246 days 2%
Leroy Lee 8/10 3256 days 2%
Guillaume Boudrand 9/10 4247 days 0%
sarah and kane 9/10 4323 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.07% 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

99%

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.