Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Palliser.

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 Palliser

Valid Reviews

62 Valid Reviews

The Cape Palliser experience has a total of 66 reviews. There are 62 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 62 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 28
45%
9/10 21
34%
8/10 9
15%
7/10 3
5%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.61% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cape Palliser valid reviews is 91.61% and is based on 62 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

12 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 62 valid reviews, the experience has 12 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 12 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
33%
9/10 3
25%
8/10 2
17%
7/10 2
17%
6/10 1
8%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

85.83% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Cape Palliser face-to-face reviews is 85.83% and is based on 12 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.72%

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
Terry 10/10 305 days 100%
Ae Marika 10/10 305 days 100%
Davespg 9/10 336 days 98%
Jan 9/10 336 days 98%
Adel 8/10 397 days 94%
@saltyskin 10/10 519 days 89%
Mechthild Wilkowski 9/10 611 days 82%
Nicola Tuschwitz 9/10 670 days 78%
Marc 9/10 670 days 78%
Stefanie 9/10 792 days 67%
Mike 9/10 1127 days 34%
Ae Marika 10/10 1157 days 32%
Stubby 10/10 1341 days 19%
AMR 10/10 1400 days 16%
Mark Dalgety 9/10 1400 days 16%
Marine 10/10 1400 days 16%
Rob 10/10 1400 days 16%
Finlay 10/10 1522 days 11%
Zae 8/10 1553 days 9%
Stefan Hohmann 8/10 1735 days 5%
Traveler 10/10 1858 days 5%
Andy and Julia 9/10 2041 days 4%
BER&GENE 9/10 2100 days 4%
Kevin 10/10 2100 days 4%
Niven 8/10 2100 days 4%
Maë 10/10 2162 days 4%
Thomas Mende 9/10 2192 days 4%
Brian Warburton 10/10 2253 days 4%
Phil 8/10 2376 days 4%
Sarah 9/10 2406 days 4%
Becky 10/10 2406 days 4%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 9/10 2420 days 3%
Simon Springett 10/10 2460 days 4%
Look Out 9/10 2465 days 4%
Ronald Daigneault 10/10 2520 days 2%
Lukas and Katka 9/10 2552 days 3%
Leonie Scholten 10/10 2637 days 3%
Lizzy Cobeldick 9/10 2648 days 3%
Mara Schneider 10/10 2865 days 3%
Saskia Ruttor 10/10 2908 days 3%
Craig Workman 9/10 2936 days 2%
Connie Hopper 7/10 3122 days 2%
Chloe Grand 9/10 3230 days 2%
Geordie Zimmermanster 10/10 3238 days 2%
Marianne Leclerco 8/10 3262 days 1%
Reinout Schrijver 8/10 3493 days 1%
Tatiana Rochereau 8/10 3580 days 1%
Radek Ouhel 10/10 3591 days 1%
Graeme 10/10 3591 days 1%
Cherie Marshall 10/10 3607 days 1%
Antoine Lerin 7/10 3615 days 1%
Lois Moreland 10/10 3622 days 1%
Lea Darotchetche 9/10 3788 days 1%
Pavel Macek 8/10 3869 days 0%
Zuzana Holubova 7/10 3869 days 0%
Christopher Buch Madsen 10/10 3893 days 0%
Stephen Revah 10/10 3895 days 0%
Arnaud Memay 6/10 3950 days 0%
David Restell 10/10 4141 days 0%
Mike and Caroline 9/10 4232 days 0%
Johann Maier 10/10 4641 days 0%
Boule_de_gomme 9/10 4810 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.67% 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.