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 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

99.12%

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 10/10 266 days 100%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 357 days 97%
RM 10/10 509 days 89%
Adrian 10/10 691 days 76%
Jouke 10/10 752 days 71%
Leigh 10/10 1025 days 43%
Sky 10/10 1056 days 40%
James 9/10 1117 days 35%
Richard 10/10 1239 days 26%
Sarah B 10/10 1390 days 16%
Liv 10/10 1421 days 15%
Bee Rogers 10/10 1452 days 13%
Felix 10/10 1482 days 12%
Klára Křesťanová 9/10 2121 days 4%
Burt 10/10 2121 days 5%
Eager Beaver 10/10 2244 days 4%
steve currie 9/10 2427 days 4%
Lindsay 10/10 2458 days 4%
Magenta McHalick 10/10 2483 days 4%
Mat B 10/10 2533 days 4%
Annina Jarvinen 10/10 2540 days 4%
Thomas Moller 10/10 2556 days 4%
Deanna Incledon 10/10 2563 days 4%
Malai Berg 9/10 2715 days 3%
Rian Talen 10/10 2770 days 3%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 2779 days 3%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 2791 days 3%
deborah cooper 10/10 2822 days 3%
Nicole Hewitt 10/10 2840 days 3%
Jose Verli 9/10 2961 days 3%
Adam Shaw 9/10 3006 days 3%
Arjan van Brakel 9/10 3147 days 2%
Marcia Becker 10/10 3156 days 2%
Henry Collinson 10/10 3266 days 2%
Leroy Lee 8/10 3276 days 2%
Guillaume Boudrand 9/10 4267 days 0%
sarah and kane 9/10 4342 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.