Ranking Score Explained

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 Hokitika Gorge Walk.

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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Hokitika Gorge Walk

Valid Reviews

46 Valid Reviews

The Hokitika Gorge Walk experience has a total of 46 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 46 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 24
52%
9/10 8
17%
8/10 8
17%
7/10 4
9%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.22% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hokitika Gorge Walk valid reviews is 90.22% and is based on 46 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

33 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 46 valid reviews, the experience has 33 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 33 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
39%
9/10 8
24%
8/10 7
21%
7/10 3
9%
6/10 1
3%
5/10 1
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.88% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hokitika Gorge Walk face-to-face reviews is 87.88% and is based on 33 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

95.86%

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
Mike Fricker 10/10 245 days 100%
Em 10/10 1858 days 5%
Mike Fricker 10/10 2254 days 4%
Pete 10/10 2284 days 4%
Cefa 10/10 2437 days 4%
Katrina 10/10 2558 days 4%
Jozef Pinkerton 10/10 2639 days 4%
deborah cooper 10/10 2833 days 3%
Danielle 8/10 2881 days 3%
CMG 10/10 2892 days 3%
Anouk Goemans 6/10 2927 days 3%
Maarten 7/10 2934 days 3%
victor diego 9/10 2955 days 3%
MARK CURPHEY 9/10 2963 days 3%
Shay 10/10 3076 days 3%
Sam Creecy 8/10 3177 days 2%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3180 days 2%
Leonie Kaufmann 8/10 3182 days 2%
Damian 8/10 3187 days 2%
Brenda Oomen 8/10 3197 days 2%
Elisabet 10/10 3200 days 2%
Lisa 10/10 3200 days 2%
Ross Clark 9/10 3203 days 2%
Lena 10/10 3208 days 2%
Angharad Lloyd 9/10 3210 days 2%
Yarden Oliva 10/10 3219 days 2%
Wil Goes 8/10 3223 days 2%
Grace and Maria 8/10 3229 days 2%
Wayne Brew 9/10 3248 days 2%
Nicola Wiggan 9/10 3271 days 2%
Nicole and Elliott 10/10 3288 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 7/10 3318 days 2%
Tom Grigg 10/10 3604 days 2%
techno69 10/10 3715 days 1%
Martin Sajdok 10/10 3900 days 1%
Anna Neuenfeldt 10/10 4300 days 0%
Hanneke P 8/10 4353 days 0%
Chew (Peter) 7/10 4375 days 0%
Stephanie Levepue 7/10 4388 days 1%
Ton Franke 9/10 4400 days 1%
Stephanie Wirthlin 10/10 4682 days 1%
Gordon Agent 5/10 5002 days 1%
Lomas 10/10 5320 days 1%
Yona 10/10 5404 days 1%
Nicole 10/10 5415 days 1%
JonK 9/10 5712 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Hokitika Gorge Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.35% 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

96%

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.