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 Wharariki Beach Walk.

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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Wharariki Beach Walk

Valid Reviews

117 Valid Reviews

The Wharariki Beach Walk experience has a total of 117 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.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 117 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 79
68%
9/10 21
18%
8/10 11
9%
7/10 5
4%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

94.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk valid reviews is 94.70% and is based on 117 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

98 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 117 valid reviews, the experience has 98 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 98 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 62
63%
9/10 19
19%
8/10 11
11%
7/10 5
5%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

93.88% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk face-to-face reviews is 93.88% and is based on 98 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.99%

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
Nick 9/10 2598 days 100%
Mike Dw 10/10 2655 days 98%
Nicole Kasischke 10/10 2661 days 97%
Heather Flanders 8/10 2880 days 83%
Melanie and Pascal 8/10 2907 days 82%
Sebastian and Johanna 9/10 2916 days 82%
Tereza Bulova 9/10 2935 days 81%
Bernd Giermann 8/10 2954 days 79%
Magdalena 7/10 2979 days 74%
Kayla 10/10 2998 days 78%
Sean 10/10 2998 days 78%
Louis Nilsson 10/10 3000 days 78%
Lene Nilsson 10/10 3000 days 78%
Janina 10/10 3005 days 78%
Evelyn Rloeh 7/10 3006 days 72%
Gio Zy 8/10 3009 days 76%
Kirsty Smith 10/10 3025 days 77%
Huon 8/10 3242 days 63%
Ana Coulee 9/10 3243 days 64%
Cecile Santiaux 10/10 3243 days 64%
Molly Bogeberg 9/10 3248 days 63%
Jenna Kuittinen 8/10 3249 days 63%
Ben Keiser 10/10 3250 days 64%
Tom Teuber 10/10 3252 days 64%
Anika Danits 10/10 3252 days 64%
Valerie Bernardini 10/10 3258 days 63%
Dan Ramsl 10/10 3263 days 63%
Lauren Dinnage 10/10 3269 days 63%
Patrick Thumeyer 10/10 3269 days 63%
Max 10/10 3270 days 63%
John and Jan 9/10 3271 days 62%
Volker Stroenisch 10/10 3275 days 62%
Josh Symons 10/10 3276 days 62%
Emily Garside 10/10 3277 days 62%
Chandra Macraigne 7/10 3277 days 58%
Horitz 10/10 3282 days 62%
Dani 10/10 3282 days 62%
Lee Sandberg 8/10 3287 days 60%
Tina Rust 10/10 3288 days 62%
William Lendway 9/10 3289 days 61%
Sophie Kalnymsky 10/10 3290 days 62%
Xavier Bistodeau 10/10 3294 days 61%
Quinn McCusker 10/10 3298 days 61%
Maria and Grace 6/10 3300 days 52%
Maria Brauherr 10/10 3301 days 61%
Veronique Kaplan 10/10 3302 days 61%
Christine Schtenker 10/10 3305 days 61%
Kristyna Mokrackoua 9/10 3307 days 60%
Florian Mueller 10/10 3309 days 60%
Anna 10/10 3309 days 60%
Iris Kerbler 10/10 3313 days 60%
Livia and Dave 10/10 3315 days 60%
Elisabeth Grabner 7/10 3316 days 56%
Christian Reimund 9/10 3318 days 59%
Stefanie Giese 10/10 3318 days 60%
Kim and Leon 10/10 3322 days 60%
Matthew Hallowell 10/10 3326 days 60%
Justin Kechanski 8/10 3344 days 57%
Steffen and Johannes 9/10 3348 days 58%
Ixtaso Roncal 10/10 3393 days 56%
Naelan Le Borgue 10/10 3625 days 42%
Oliver Pester 10/10 3635 days 42%
Kristina M 10/10 3663 days 40%
Bes 10/10 3668 days 40%
Inge van Noorf 10/10 3722 days 37%
FlyingKiwiGirl 10/10 3816 days 32%
Caroline Jonsson 10/10 3968 days 23%
Jonny Ronnblom 10/10 3968 days 23%
Martin Buchta 9/10 4000 days 21%
Anne Haenchen 9/10 4000 days 21%
Markus 10/10 4011 days 20%
Cornelia Witte 10/10 4011 days 20%
Sarah 10/10 4024 days 20%
Mike Majnik 10/10 4024 days 20%
Pioter Jurkowski 10/10 4059 days 18%
Patrick 8/10 4059 days 17%
Emma 7/10 4059 days 16%
Christin Woelk 10/10 4329 days 2%
Patrick Stoeit 10/10 4339 days 2%
Pete Wilson 10/10 4351 days 1%
Yu-Ti Chu 9/10 4356 days 1%
Alice Berg 10/10 4358 days 1%
Camille Coombes 9/10 4358 days 1%
Jan 10/10 4365 days 0%
Frederic Birke 10/10 4367 days 0%
Glenn Surzur 8/10 4367 days 0%
Caderet 10/10 4367 days 0%
Jan & Jile 10/10 4370 days 0%
Lars Schulz 10/10 4380 days 29%
N smith 10/10 4424 days 29%
Michael Kretzschmar 10/10 4441 days 29%
Tanja Rudolf 10/10 4443 days 29%
Peter Adams 9/10 4724 days 28%
Martin Guillaume 10/10 4726 days 29%
Jeroen Bartos 9/10 4743 days 28%
Jon Winter 9/10 4745 days 28%
Roeland Driessen 10/10 4790 days 29%
Rachel_Flowers 10/10 4821 days 29%
Sid 10/10 4851 days 29%
Alibeare 10/10 4882 days 29%
Susannah Eduart 10/10 5076 days 29%
Ann-Katrine & Sille 10/10 5094 days 29%
Josef & Christine Evers 9/10 5105 days 28%
Petersen 10/10 5117 days 29%
Gerry Nichols 10/10 5119 days 29%
Helen T 10/10 5430 days 29%
Bob Lenihan 10/10 5447 days 29%
Radek Hoferek 9/10 5485 days 28%
Pam K 10/10 5488 days 29%
Sabine Locker 10/10 5505 days 29%
csziegler 10/10 5535 days 29%
Rankers Rocks 10/10 5551 days 29%
Tait Suridge 8/10 5562 days 28%
Becca1 9/10 5797 days 28%
Barry Treve 9/10 5802 days 28%
AnjaChrist 10/10 5813 days 29%
qofd 10/10 6496 days 29%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.53% 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.