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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 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

88.93%

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 2963 days 100%
Emma Millett 8/10 2963 days 100%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 10/10 3008 days 99%
Daphne Andrey 8/10 3010 days 96%
Anna 9/10 3017 days 97%
Rocco 10/10 3260 days 79%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3311 days 74%
Ronja and Lena 8/10 3361 days 70%
Brian Lexmond 6/10 3981 days 20%
Julian Kuemme 9/10 3984 days 24%
Max Backelandt 9/10 3988 days 23%
Austin Johns 9/10 4011 days 22%
Johanna Kofler 8/10 4012 days 21%
Kathrin Deichmann 9/10 4014 days 21%
Helen McKevitt 9/10 4015 days 21%
Marion Busch 9/10 4024 days 21%
M K 10/10 4050 days 19%
Cornelia Stark 10/10 4065 days 18%
Azteca 6/10 4252 days 2%
hendrik king 6/10 4282 days 0%
Stefan AuRich 9/10 4382 days 32%
John and Chris Creese 10/10 4397 days 33%
N Zitscher 10/10 4467 days 33%
Fries 10/10 4748 days 33%
Les Barnes 9/10 4748 days 32%
Rick Moth 9/10 4748 days 32%
Josef 9/10 4749 days 32%
Seth & Carla 9/10 4753 days 32%
Butz 8/10 4754 days 32%
Steve Goodyear 9/10 4760 days 32%
Frank Krivauek 8/10 4762 days 32%
Brian Frost 10/10 4762 days 33%
Volker Neumeyer 9/10 4763 days 32%
Tom Connis 8/10 4767 days 32%
Mike1952 10/10 4768 days 33%
Dirk Faupel 9/10 4834 days 32%
Dirk Faupel 9/10 4834 days 32%
damaca 9/10 4921 days 32%
jhwjhw 8/10 5044 days 32%
Karin Kueng 10/10 5093 days 33%
bryfrance 10/10 5095 days 33%
Juerg & Denise Zuesli 10/10 5098 days 33%
Chris & Anne Pearson 10/10 5099 days 33%
Gael Romain 8/10 5105 days 32%
Matthys Kikke 9/10 5109 days 32%
Edwards 9/10 5112 days 32%
Jennie McIver 9/10 5120 days 32%
Hvid 10/10 5121 days 33%
Robert Cox 9/10 5124 days 32%
Mike and Alice Powner 8/10 5124 days 32%
Webster 10/10 5126 days 33%
Gordon Daniels 4/10 5128 days 19%
Niels Van Welsenes 8/10 5133 days 32%
Risch & Seybold 10/10 5452 days 33%
Gerald Veldink 9/10 5458 days 32%
Evans 7/10 5458 days 30%
Jana Steve 10/10 5464 days 33%
Tom Bos 8/10 5465 days 32%
Giaque 9/10 5476 days 32%
Armand 8/10 5484 days 32%
Eva 9/10 5487 days 32%
kararina Kosten 10/10 5492 days 33%
Birgit Haver 10/10 5492 days 33%
Hugli 9/10 5503 days 32%
Chris Kevin 10/10 5507 days 33%
Omar Frenchy 9/10 5507 days 32%
Catherine Clavel 9/10 5507 days 32%
Bo Moenstead 9/10 5507 days 32%
Nigel Armstrong 10/10 5509 days 33%
Colin Morbey 8/10 5512 days 32%
Johan Vaartjes 8/10 5514 days 32%
Connie Graae 9/10 5515 days 32%
Greg Kennedy 10/10 5517 days 33%
Heinrich Hax 10/10 5518 days 33%
Heino keyssler 10/10 5518 days 33%
Decuq 8/10 5571 days 32%
Simon Bartholomew 8/10 5572 days 32%
Emily and Alex 9/10 5587 days 32%
Ruth Kinder 9/10 5590 days 32%
HansH1 10/10 5799 days 33%
StephaineFrance 8/10 5804 days 32%
Enno Brehm 8/10 5816 days 32%
AndrewW 8/10 5816 days 32%
Rissmann 9/10 5820 days 32%

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

1.15% 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.

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.