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 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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Valid Reviews

40 Valid Reviews

The Ruatiti Domain experience has a total of 40 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 40 valid reviews, the experience has 1 face-to-face review collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 40 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 28
70%
9/10 11
28%
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%

96.75% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ruatiti Domain valid reviews is 96.75% and is based on 40 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

98.30%

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
Kiran 10/10 104 days 100%
Ike 10/10 135 days 100%
Brian 9/10 165 days 98%
Gerald 10/10 410 days 91%
Ashley + Mike 10/10 501 days 86%
RM 10/10 654 days 76%
Adrian 10/10 835 days 60%
Jouke 10/10 896 days 54%
Leigh 10/10 1169 days 29%
Sky 10/10 1200 days 27%
James 9/10 1261 days 22%
Richard 10/10 1384 days 15%
Sarah B 10/10 1534 days 9%
Liv 10/10 1565 days 8%
Bee Rogers 10/10 1596 days 7%
Felix 10/10 1626 days 6%
Klára Křesťanová 9/10 2265 days 3%
Burt 10/10 2265 days 3%
Eager Beaver 10/10 2388 days 3%
steve currie 9/10 2571 days 3%
Lindsay 10/10 2602 days 3%
Magenta McHalick 10/10 2627 days 2%
Mat B 10/10 2677 days 2%
Annina Jarvinen 10/10 2684 days 2%
Thomas Moller 10/10 2700 days 2%
Deanna Incledon 10/10 2707 days 2%
Malai Berg 9/10 2860 days 2%
Rian Talen 10/10 2915 days 2%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 2924 days 2%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 2935 days 2%
deborah cooper 10/10 2966 days 2%
Nicole Hewitt 10/10 2984 days 2%
Jose Verli 9/10 3105 days 2%
Adam Shaw 9/10 3151 days 1%
Arjan van Brakel 9/10 3292 days 1%
Marcia Becker 10/10 3300 days 1%
Henry Collinson 10/10 3410 days 1%
Leroy Lee 8/10 3420 days 1%
Guillaume Boudrand 9/10 4411 days 0%
sarah and kane 9/10 4486 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

0.14% 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

98%

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.