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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
93.45%
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 | 614 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 980 days | 58% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2410 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2653 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2805 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2891 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3187 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3189 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3190 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3194 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3194 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3199 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3210 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3215 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3217 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3222 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3231 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3231 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3245 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3251 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3251 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3252 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3254 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3273 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3276 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3276 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3276 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3276 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3288 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3288 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3288 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3288 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3291 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3294 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3294 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3300 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3300 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3303 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3307 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3307 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3317 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3326 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3333 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3537 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3537 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3546 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3551 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3551 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3552 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3559 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3562 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3566 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3571 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3571 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3571 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3576 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3585 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3591 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3598 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3605 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3608 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3616 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3619 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3620 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3642 days | 2% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3654 days | 2% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3948 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4006 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4264 days | 0% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4264 days | 0% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4264 days | 0% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4282 days | 0% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4282 days | 0% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4298 days | 0% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4345 days | 0% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4649 days | 1% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4738 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4758 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5381 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5392 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5395 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5398 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5422 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5747 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5753 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5763 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5769 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5873 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6115 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6115 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
0.59% 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.