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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 Roys Peak Track.
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.
Roys Peak Track
Valid Reviews
115 Valid Reviews
The Roys Peak Track experience has a total of 115 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 115 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 50 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 40 |
|
35% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
14% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track valid reviews is 91.13% and is based on 115 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
105 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 115 valid reviews, the experience has 105 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 105 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 42 |
|
40% |
| 9/10 | 38 |
|
36% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
15% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.48% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track face-to-face reviews is 90.48% and is based on 105 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
93.27%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 333 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 699 days | 76% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2130 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2372 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2525 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2610 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 2906 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 2908 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 2909 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 2918 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 2929 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 2934 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 2936 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 2941 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 2950 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 2950 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 2964 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 2970 days | 3% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 2970 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 2971 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 2973 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 2995 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 2995 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 2995 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 2995 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3007 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3010 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3013 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3013 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3015 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3019 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3019 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3022 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3026 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3026 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3036 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3045 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3052 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3256 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3256 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3258 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3264 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3265 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3266 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3266 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3271 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3272 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3274 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3274 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3276 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3276 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3278 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3285 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3287 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3287 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3290 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3290 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3290 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3295 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3304 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3310 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3311 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3317 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3322 days | 2% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3324 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3327 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3335 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3338 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3339 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3361 days | 2% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3373 days | 2% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3639 days | 2% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3639 days | 2% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3667 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 3725 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 3983 days | 1% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 3983 days | 1% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 3983 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 3985 days | 1% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4001 days | 1% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4001 days | 1% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4017 days | 1% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4036 days | 1% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4064 days | 1% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4457 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4459 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4463 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4477 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4757 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5114 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5117 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5141 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5466 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5472 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5482 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5488 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5592 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 5834 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 5834 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Roys Peak Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.61% 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.