Ranking Score Explained

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 Lake Whakamaru Reserve.

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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Lake Whakamaru Reserve

Valid Reviews

24 Valid Reviews

The Lake Whakamaru Reserve experience has a total of 24 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.

Within these 24 valid reviews, the experience has 1 face-to-face review collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 24 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 10
42%
9/10 6
25%
8/10 4
17%
7/10 1
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 1
4%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 2
8%

82.92% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Whakamaru Reserve valid reviews is 82.92% and is based on 24 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

91.95%

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
Vanessa 9/10 37 days 99%
Don 10/10 97 days 100%
Gary Sattler 9/10 128 days 99%
Trisha T 10/10 251 days 97%
Meg 10/10 282 days 96%
Alex Towler 9/10 282 days 95%
Alex 9/10 342 days 93%
Jade Ballantine 10/10 373 days 93%
Madge 8/10 434 days 88%
Jolanda Krikke 10/10 525 days 85%
Isa 9/10 676 days 74%
Dave J 8/10 707 days 70%
River 8/10 768 days 65%
Terrah2o 10/10 2443 days 4%
Tyler Ram 10/10 2494 days 4%
Anne Newland 4/10 2532 days 2%
Daniel Needham 9/10 2816 days 3%
Wendi 10/10 2898 days 3%
Bryant Faaola 7/10 3263 days 2%
Mark 1/10 3263 days 1%
Sarah Cook 1/10 3263 days 1%
Cody Gilbert 10/10 3532 days 1%
Thomas and Sonja 10/10 3652 days 1%
Nigel Shaw 8/10 4269 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Whakamaru Reserve does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.76% 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

93%

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.