Hi, 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 Okarito Camping Ground.

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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Okarito Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

110 Valid Reviews

The Okarito Camping Ground experience has a total of 114 reviews. There are 110 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 110 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 41
37%
9/10 29
26%
8/10 21
19%
7/10 12
11%
6/10 3
3%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.09% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Okarito Camping Ground valid reviews is 87.09% and is based on 110 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

18 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 110 valid reviews, the experience has 18 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 18 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 9
50%
9/10 6
33%
8/10 2
11%
7/10 1
6%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

92.78% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Okarito Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 92.78% and is based on 18 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.80%

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
CharlieL 10/10 13 days 100%
CharlieL 10/10 13 days 100%
Sophie 10/10 44 days 100%
Andy & Jo 9/10 319 days 93%
Jane 10/10 379 days 92%
Sabine 10/10 410 days 90%
Maren 8/10 441 days 87%
Astrid 9/10 471 days 86%
Kilee Leblanc 10/10 685 days 73%
Tracy 10/10 716 days 71%
PAULA WALLACE 8/10 775 days 64%
Rebecca Woodbridge 10/10 836 days 60%
Ruth D 10/10 1201 days 27%
Allan Reade 10/10 1201 days 27%
Wai wai 10/10 1446 days 13%
Cait Turner 8/10 1505 days 11%
Maskwahine 6/10 1505 days 9%
Boardwalk Blss 10/10 1689 days 6%
Anna Swain 9/10 1719 days 6%
Linda 8/10 1811 days 5%
Liz Wade 9/10 1839 days 5%
Enzo 10/10 1840 days 5%
Tim 9/10 1871 days 5%
lisa taylor 9/10 1871 days 5%
lisa 9/10 1871 days 5%
Richard & Chris, UK 9/10 1871 days 5%
Garne2019 8/10 2116 days 4%
Maelys 8/10 2146 days 4%
Rachel 10/10 2177 days 4%
TP&MM 7/10 2177 days 4%
Ceri 10/10 2205 days 4%
Shaun 10/10 2205 days 4%
Marinette Kegels 7/10 2205 days 4%
Lauren 9/10 2236 days 4%
Mahi 6/10 2267 days 4%
Raphaele 9/10 2267 days 4%
David Aylmore 10/10 2297 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 9/10 2328 days 4%
Angela 8/10 2328 days 4%
Floatyurboater 8/10 2328 days 4%
Melinda Pyke 10/10 2358 days 4%
Kevin 10/10 2511 days 4%
Nathaniel Bond 10/10 2540 days 3%
Helen Rimmer 4/10 2582 days 2%
Oceane Imber 10/10 2596 days 3%
Joanna Dring 9/10 2597 days 3%
Helen Bond 10/10 2601 days 3%
Matthijs van Dijk 8/10 2611 days 3%
Katrina 10/10 2631 days 3%
Paul and Paula 10/10 2637 days 3%
Arron and Vema 8/10 2861 days 3%
Lucy Oury 8/10 2863 days 3%
Jerry Bart 7/10 2880 days 3%
Emily Livesey 9/10 2896 days 3%
Katie Marx 10/10 2907 days 3%
Andy Kubic 7/10 2913 days 3%
Margo Wiltens 9/10 3064 days 3%
Jennifer Ellis 8/10 3190 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3217 days 2%
Sean Stevens 10/10 3273 days 2%
Paul Smith 7/10 3277 days 2%
Ed Linklater 7/10 3277 days 2%
Gabor Kabacs 9/10 3283 days 2%
Marina 9/10 3298 days 2%
Lisa Conradie 5/10 3301 days 2%
Sven Hasselberger 6/10 3313 days 2%
Toby Regan 9/10 3325 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 10/10 3364 days 2%
Steve Warren 9/10 3453 days 2%
Alistair Millward 7/10 3634 days 1%
Vincent S. 7/10 3637 days 1%
Sebastiaan Kemperman 10/10 3652 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3663 days 1%
Wilma Senior 8/10 3665 days 1%
Elles Janssen 8/10 3696 days 1%
Christian Roerig 3/10 3696 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 5/10 3696 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 7/10 3715 days 1%
kim 7/10 3818 days 1%
Brita Topp 10/10 3972 days 1%
Andrew Young 7/10 4031 days 1%
Clara Hayes 10/10 4057 days 0%
Cornelia Stark 8/10 4059 days 0%
Ludovic Moulou 10/10 4062 days 1%
Andrea Beck 9/10 4062 days 0%
Hannah 9/10 4093 days 1%
Helene & Peter 8/10 4123 days 0%
Steve Warren 10/10 4154 days 0%
Jonathan 8/10 4154 days 0%
I & K Urquhart 9/10 4215 days 0%
Sylvia Klatt 9/10 4337 days 0%
Rainer 10/10 4343 days 0%
Maria Klister 10/10 4352 days 0%
Cloarec Guillaume 10/10 4363 days 0%
Mycall 9/10 4368 days 0%
Katharina Littlemann 10/10 4380 days 1%
Nils Poppenborg 9/10 4381 days 1%
Phil & Laura 9/10 4396 days 1%
Karsten Meyer 9/10 4473 days 1%
Boule_de_gomme 9/10 4733 days 1%
Diane Moss 7/10 4747 days 1%
Graeme 8/10 4793 days 1%
pepette31 10/10 4915 days 1%
damaca 10/10 4915 days 1%
Kevin Morris 10/10 5071 days 1%
Rachel 9/10 5071 days 1%
David Taylor 9/10 5073 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 8/10 5103 days 1%
Daniel Dubach 10/10 5127 days 1%
MundschanGermany 10/10 5814 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Okarito Camping Ground 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.