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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 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
93.20%
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 | 258 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 624 days | 80% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2054 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2297 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2449 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2535 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 2831 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 2833 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 2834 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 2838 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 2838 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 2843 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 2854 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 2859 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 2861 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 2866 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 2875 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 2875 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 2889 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 2895 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 2895 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 2896 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 2898 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 2917 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 2920 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 2920 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 2920 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 2920 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 2932 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 2935 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 2938 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 2938 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 2940 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 2944 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 2944 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 2947 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 2951 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 2951 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 2961 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 2970 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 2977 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3181 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3181 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3183 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3189 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3190 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3191 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3191 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3195 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3195 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3196 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3197 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3199 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3199 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3201 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3201 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3203 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3206 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3206 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3206 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3210 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3212 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3212 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3215 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3215 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3215 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3218 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3220 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3235 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3236 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3242 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3247 days | 2% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3249 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3252 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3263 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3264 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3286 days | 2% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3298 days | 2% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3564 days | 1% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3564 days | 1% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3592 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 3650 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 3908 days | 1% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 3908 days | 1% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 3908 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 3910 days | 1% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 3926 days | 1% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 3926 days | 1% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 3942 days | 1% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 3961 days | 1% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 3989 days | 1% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4293 days | 0% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4382 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4388 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4402 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4682 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 4695 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5025 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5036 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5039 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5042 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5066 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5391 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5397 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5407 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5413 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5517 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 5759 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 5759 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.