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 Kuirau Park walkway.

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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Kuirau Park walkway

Valid Reviews

54 Valid Reviews

The Kuirau Park walkway experience has a total of 54 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 54 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
13%
9/10 14
26%
8/10 13
24%
7/10 16
30%
6/10 3
6%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

80.56% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kuirau Park walkway valid reviews is 80.56% and is based on 54 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

50 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 54 valid reviews, the experience has 50 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 50 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
14%
9/10 14
28%
8/10 11
22%
7/10 14
28%
6/10 3
6%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

81.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kuirau Park walkway face-to-face reviews is 81.00% and is based on 50 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

79.25%

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
C J B 8/10 2447 days 100%
Jeny Smolders 7/10 2666 days 84%
Micha Kuster 7/10 2984 days 68%
Holger Worner 8/10 2989 days 72%
Sebastian 8/10 3000 days 71%
Evelyn Rloeh 6/10 3006 days 62%
Jeanne 8/10 3030 days 70%
Bernd Muller 7/10 3218 days 57%
Camilla Geert 7/10 3249 days 55%
Gerbrand Smidt 10/10 3252 days 59%
Marka Okrutny 7/10 3253 days 55%
Sarah Dorsett 7/10 3260 days 55%
Andre 10/10 3261 days 59%
Selina You 8/10 3356 days 53%
Celia Nowak 9/10 3668 days 37%
Paul de Bruijn 7/10 3735 days 31%
Christina Perez 6/10 3975 days 18%
Konrad Ullmann 5/10 4006 days 14%
Laurene 9/10 4020 days 18%
Claudia 9/10 4037 days 17%
Katharina 9/10 4352 days 1%
Sarah Horn 10/10 4353 days 1%
Steen Rausmussen 10/10 4363 days 0%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4447 days 26%
Fam von Hattem 9/10 4467 days 26%
Huw Davies 6/10 4705 days 23%
Florion Scheffel 9/10 4735 days 26%
Danielle 10/10 4742 days 26%
M Neuman 7/10 4751 days 24%
Frank Waskikowski 10/10 4753 days 26%
Anika 7/10 4758 days 24%
Meagan Bradder 9/10 4804 days 26%
Steve Neilson 9/10 4828 days 26%
A Jones 9/10 5068 days 26%
Walker 7/10 5068 days 24%
Knapen 7/10 5076 days 24%
Margaret Lally 8/10 5078 days 26%
Birgette Lindved 9/10 5085 days 26%
Wheeler 8/10 5085 days 26%
Richard Bennink 9/10 5086 days 26%
Mr Stanley and Miss Christy 9/10 5086 days 26%
Marty Fey 9/10 5087 days 26%
Fam de Kruyf 7/10 5093 days 24%
Katharina Dierkes 8/10 5111 days 26%
Seifert 10/10 5116 days 26%
Michelle Booty 8/10 5123 days 26%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5247 days 24%
Mette 7/10 5456 days 24%
Malcolm Glad 8/10 5474 days 26%
Martÿn Steenvoorden 8/10 5481 days 26%
A Southwood 9/10 5483 days 26%
Thomas 7/10 5558 days 24%
Ann Riley 8/10 5563 days 26%
Tracy & Peter Cassidy 7/10 5590 days 24%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kuirau Park walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

3.21% 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

82%

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.