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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 Cape Foulwind 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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Cape Foulwind Walkway
Valid Reviews
84 Valid Reviews
The Cape Foulwind Walkway experience has a total of 84 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 84 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 25 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 32 |
|
38% |
| 8/10 | 22 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.45% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cape Foulwind Walkway valid reviews is 88.45% and is based on 84 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
77 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 84 valid reviews, the experience has 77 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 77 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 23 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 30 |
|
39% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.96% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cape Foulwind Walkway face-to-face reviews is 88.96% and is based on 77 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
88.99%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becky Fox | 8/10 | 2999 days | 100% |
| Emma Millett | 8/10 | 2999 days | 100% |
| Alicia Speisekorn-Gil | 10/10 | 3044 days | 99% |
| Daphne Andrey | 8/10 | 3046 days | 96% |
| Anna | 9/10 | 3053 days | 97% |
| Rocco | 10/10 | 3296 days | 79% |
| Sylvain Blanchet | 8/10 | 3347 days | 74% |
| Ronja and Lena | 8/10 | 3397 days | 70% |
| Brian Lexmond | 6/10 | 4017 days | 20% |
| Julian Kuemme | 9/10 | 4020 days | 23% |
| Max Backelandt | 9/10 | 4024 days | 23% |
| Austin Johns | 9/10 | 4047 days | 21% |
| Johanna Kofler | 8/10 | 4048 days | 21% |
| Kathrin Deichmann | 9/10 | 4050 days | 21% |
| Helen McKevitt | 9/10 | 4051 days | 21% |
| Marion Busch | 9/10 | 4060 days | 20% |
| M K | 10/10 | 4086 days | 19% |
| Cornelia Stark | 10/10 | 4101 days | 17% |
| Azteca | 6/10 | 4288 days | 2% |
| hendrik king | 6/10 | 4318 days | 0% |
| Stefan AuRich | 9/10 | 4418 days | 35% |
| John and Chris Creese | 10/10 | 4433 days | 35% |
| N Zitscher | 10/10 | 4503 days | 35% |
| Fries | 10/10 | 4784 days | 35% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 4784 days | 35% |
| Rick Moth | 9/10 | 4784 days | 35% |
| Josef | 9/10 | 4785 days | 35% |
| Seth & Carla | 9/10 | 4789 days | 35% |
| Butz | 8/10 | 4790 days | 34% |
| Steve Goodyear | 9/10 | 4796 days | 35% |
| Frank Krivauek | 8/10 | 4798 days | 34% |
| Brian Frost | 10/10 | 4798 days | 35% |
| Volker Neumeyer | 9/10 | 4799 days | 35% |
| Tom Connis | 8/10 | 4803 days | 34% |
| Mike1952 | 10/10 | 4804 days | 35% |
| Dirk Faupel | 9/10 | 4870 days | 35% |
| Dirk Faupel | 9/10 | 4870 days | 35% |
| damaca | 9/10 | 4957 days | 35% |
| jhwjhw | 8/10 | 5080 days | 34% |
| Karin Kueng | 10/10 | 5129 days | 35% |
| bryfrance | 10/10 | 5131 days | 35% |
| Juerg & Denise Zuesli | 10/10 | 5134 days | 35% |
| Chris & Anne Pearson | 10/10 | 5135 days | 35% |
| Gael Romain | 8/10 | 5141 days | 34% |
| Matthys Kikke | 9/10 | 5145 days | 35% |
| Edwards | 9/10 | 5148 days | 35% |
| Jennie McIver | 9/10 | 5156 days | 35% |
| Hvid | 10/10 | 5157 days | 35% |
| Robert Cox | 9/10 | 5160 days | 35% |
| Mike and Alice Powner | 8/10 | 5160 days | 34% |
| Webster | 10/10 | 5162 days | 35% |
| Gordon Daniels | 4/10 | 5164 days | 22% |
| Niels Van Welsenes | 8/10 | 5169 days | 34% |
| Risch & Seybold | 10/10 | 5488 days | 35% |
| Gerald Veldink | 9/10 | 5494 days | 35% |
| Evans | 7/10 | 5494 days | 32% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5500 days | 35% |
| Tom Bos | 8/10 | 5501 days | 34% |
| Giaque | 9/10 | 5512 days | 35% |
| Armand | 8/10 | 5520 days | 34% |
| Eva | 9/10 | 5523 days | 35% |
| kararina Kosten | 10/10 | 5528 days | 35% |
| Birgit Haver | 10/10 | 5528 days | 35% |
| Hugli | 9/10 | 5539 days | 35% |
| Chris Kevin | 10/10 | 5543 days | 35% |
| Omar Frenchy | 9/10 | 5543 days | 35% |
| Catherine Clavel | 9/10 | 5543 days | 35% |
| Bo Moenstead | 9/10 | 5543 days | 35% |
| Nigel Armstrong | 10/10 | 5545 days | 35% |
| Colin Morbey | 8/10 | 5548 days | 34% |
| Johan Vaartjes | 8/10 | 5550 days | 34% |
| Connie Graae | 9/10 | 5551 days | 35% |
| Greg Kennedy | 10/10 | 5553 days | 35% |
| Heinrich Hax | 10/10 | 5554 days | 35% |
| Heino keyssler | 10/10 | 5554 days | 35% |
| Decuq | 8/10 | 5607 days | 34% |
| Simon Bartholomew | 8/10 | 5608 days | 34% |
| Emily and Alex | 9/10 | 5623 days | 35% |
| Ruth Kinder | 9/10 | 5626 days | 35% |
| HansH1 | 10/10 | 5835 days | 35% |
| StephaineFrance | 8/10 | 5840 days | 34% |
| Enno Brehm | 8/10 | 5852 days | 34% |
| AndrewW | 8/10 | 5852 days | 34% |
| Rissmann | 9/10 | 5856 days | 35% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cape Foulwind Walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.14% 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
90%
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.