G'day, 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 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.
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 | |
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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 |
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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.
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 | |
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10/10 | 23 |
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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 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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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.
88.91%
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 |
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Becky Fox | 8/10 | 2955 days | 100% |
Emma Millett | 8/10 | 2955 days | 100% |
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil | 10/10 | 3000 days | 99% |
Daphne Andrey | 8/10 | 3002 days | 97% |
Anna | 9/10 | 3009 days | 97% |
Rocco | 10/10 | 3252 days | 81% |
Sylvain Blanchet | 8/10 | 3303 days | 75% |
Ronja and Lena | 8/10 | 3353 days | 72% |
Brian Lexmond | 6/10 | 3973 days | 25% |
Julian Kuemme | 9/10 | 3976 days | 28% |
Max Backelandt | 9/10 | 3980 days | 28% |
Austin Johns | 9/10 | 4003 days | 26% |
Johanna Kofler | 8/10 | 4004 days | 26% |
Kathrin Deichmann | 9/10 | 4006 days | 26% |
Helen McKevitt | 9/10 | 4007 days | 26% |
Marion Busch | 9/10 | 4016 days | 25% |
M K | 10/10 | 4042 days | 24% |
Cornelia Stark | 10/10 | 4057 days | 23% |
Azteca | 6/10 | 4244 days | 8% |
hendrik king | 6/10 | 4274 days | 6% |
Stefan AuRich | 9/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
John and Chris Creese | 10/10 | 4389 days | 36% |
N Zitscher | 10/10 | 4459 days | 36% |
Fries | 10/10 | 4740 days | 36% |
Les Barnes | 9/10 | 4740 days | 36% |
Rick Moth | 9/10 | 4740 days | 36% |
Josef | 9/10 | 4741 days | 36% |
Seth & Carla | 9/10 | 4745 days | 36% |
Butz | 8/10 | 4746 days | 36% |
Steve Goodyear | 9/10 | 4752 days | 36% |
Frank Krivauek | 8/10 | 4754 days | 36% |
Brian Frost | 10/10 | 4754 days | 36% |
Volker Neumeyer | 9/10 | 4755 days | 36% |
Tom Connis | 8/10 | 4759 days | 36% |
Mike1952 | 10/10 | 4760 days | 36% |
Dirk Faupel | 9/10 | 4826 days | 36% |
Dirk Faupel | 9/10 | 4826 days | 36% |
damaca | 9/10 | 4913 days | 36% |
jhwjhw | 8/10 | 5036 days | 36% |
Karin Kueng | 10/10 | 5085 days | 36% |
bryfrance | 10/10 | 5087 days | 36% |
Juerg & Denise Zuesli | 10/10 | 5090 days | 36% |
Chris & Anne Pearson | 10/10 | 5091 days | 36% |
Gael Romain | 8/10 | 5097 days | 36% |
Matthys Kikke | 9/10 | 5101 days | 36% |
Edwards | 9/10 | 5104 days | 36% |
Jennie McIver | 9/10 | 5112 days | 36% |
Hvid | 10/10 | 5113 days | 36% |
Robert Cox | 9/10 | 5116 days | 36% |
Mike and Alice Powner | 8/10 | 5116 days | 36% |
Webster | 10/10 | 5118 days | 36% |
Gordon Daniels | 4/10 | 5120 days | 24% |
Niels Van Welsenes | 8/10 | 5125 days | 36% |
Risch & Seybold | 10/10 | 5444 days | 36% |
Gerald Veldink | 9/10 | 5450 days | 36% |
Evans | 7/10 | 5450 days | 34% |
Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5456 days | 36% |
Tom Bos | 8/10 | 5457 days | 36% |
Giaque | 9/10 | 5468 days | 36% |
Armand | 8/10 | 5476 days | 36% |
Eva | 9/10 | 5479 days | 36% |
kararina Kosten | 10/10 | 5484 days | 36% |
Birgit Haver | 10/10 | 5484 days | 36% |
Hugli | 9/10 | 5495 days | 36% |
Chris Kevin | 10/10 | 5499 days | 36% |
Omar Frenchy | 9/10 | 5499 days | 36% |
Catherine Clavel | 9/10 | 5499 days | 36% |
Bo Moenstead | 9/10 | 5499 days | 36% |
Nigel Armstrong | 10/10 | 5501 days | 36% |
Colin Morbey | 8/10 | 5504 days | 36% |
Johan Vaartjes | 8/10 | 5506 days | 36% |
Connie Graae | 9/10 | 5507 days | 36% |
Greg Kennedy | 10/10 | 5509 days | 36% |
Heinrich Hax | 10/10 | 5510 days | 36% |
Heino keyssler | 10/10 | 5510 days | 36% |
Decuq | 8/10 | 5563 days | 36% |
Simon Bartholomew | 8/10 | 5564 days | 36% |
Emily and Alex | 9/10 | 5579 days | 36% |
Ruth Kinder | 9/10 | 5582 days | 36% |
HansH1 | 10/10 | 5791 days | 36% |
StephaineFrance | 8/10 | 5796 days | 36% |
Enno Brehm | 8/10 | 5808 days | 36% |
AndrewW | 8/10 | 5808 days | 36% |
Rissmann | 9/10 | 5812 days | 36% |
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.
1.15% 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.
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.