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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

89.01%

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 3007 days 100%
Emma Millett 8/10 3007 days 100%
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil 10/10 3052 days 99%
Daphne Andrey 8/10 3054 days 96%
Anna 9/10 3061 days 97%
Rocco 10/10 3304 days 79%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3355 days 74%
Ronja and Lena 8/10 3405 days 70%
Brian Lexmond 6/10 4025 days 20%
Julian Kuemme 9/10 4028 days 23%
Max Backelandt 9/10 4032 days 23%
Austin Johns 9/10 4055 days 21%
Johanna Kofler 8/10 4056 days 21%
Kathrin Deichmann 9/10 4058 days 21%
Helen McKevitt 9/10 4059 days 21%
Marion Busch 9/10 4068 days 20%
M K 10/10 4094 days 18%
Cornelia Stark 10/10 4109 days 17%
Azteca 6/10 4296 days 2%
hendrik king 6/10 4326 days 0%
Stefan AuRich 9/10 4426 days 35%
John and Chris Creese 10/10 4441 days 36%
N Zitscher 10/10 4511 days 36%
Fries 10/10 4792 days 36%
Les Barnes 9/10 4792 days 35%
Rick Moth 9/10 4792 days 35%
Josef 9/10 4793 days 35%
Seth & Carla 9/10 4797 days 35%
Butz 8/10 4798 days 35%
Steve Goodyear 9/10 4804 days 35%
Frank Krivauek 8/10 4806 days 35%
Brian Frost 10/10 4806 days 36%
Volker Neumeyer 9/10 4807 days 35%
Tom Connis 8/10 4811 days 35%
Mike1952 10/10 4812 days 36%
Dirk Faupel 9/10 4878 days 35%
Dirk Faupel 9/10 4878 days 35%
damaca 9/10 4965 days 35%
jhwjhw 8/10 5088 days 35%
Karin Kueng 10/10 5137 days 36%
bryfrance 10/10 5139 days 36%
Juerg & Denise Zuesli 10/10 5142 days 36%
Chris & Anne Pearson 10/10 5143 days 36%
Gael Romain 8/10 5149 days 35%
Matthys Kikke 9/10 5153 days 35%
Edwards 9/10 5156 days 35%
Jennie McIver 9/10 5164 days 35%
Hvid 10/10 5165 days 36%
Robert Cox 9/10 5168 days 35%
Mike and Alice Powner 8/10 5168 days 35%
Webster 10/10 5170 days 36%
Gordon Daniels 4/10 5172 days 22%
Niels Van Welsenes 8/10 5177 days 35%
Risch & Seybold 10/10 5496 days 36%
Gerald Veldink 9/10 5502 days 35%
Evans 7/10 5502 days 33%
Jana Steve 10/10 5508 days 36%
Tom Bos 8/10 5509 days 35%
Giaque 9/10 5520 days 35%
Armand 8/10 5528 days 35%
Eva 9/10 5531 days 35%
kararina Kosten 10/10 5536 days 36%
Birgit Haver 10/10 5536 days 36%
Hugli 9/10 5547 days 35%
Chris Kevin 10/10 5551 days 36%
Omar Frenchy 9/10 5551 days 35%
Catherine Clavel 9/10 5551 days 35%
Bo Moenstead 9/10 5551 days 35%
Nigel Armstrong 10/10 5553 days 36%
Colin Morbey 8/10 5556 days 35%
Johan Vaartjes 8/10 5558 days 35%
Connie Graae 9/10 5559 days 35%
Greg Kennedy 10/10 5561 days 36%
Heinrich Hax 10/10 5562 days 36%
Heino keyssler 10/10 5562 days 36%
Decuq 8/10 5615 days 35%
Simon Bartholomew 8/10 5616 days 35%
Emily and Alex 9/10 5631 days 35%
Ruth Kinder 9/10 5634 days 35%
HansH1 10/10 5843 days 36%
StephaineFrance 8/10 5848 days 35%
Enno Brehm 8/10 5860 days 35%
AndrewW 8/10 5860 days 35%
Rissmann 9/10 5864 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.