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 Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground.

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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Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

66 Valid Reviews

The Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground experience has a total of 67 reviews. There are 66 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 66 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 29
44%
9/10 17
26%
8/10 12
18%
7/10 4
6%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 2
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

89.24% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground valid reviews is 89.24% and is based on 66 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

13 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 66 valid reviews, the experience has 13 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 13 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 7
54%
9/10 3
23%
8/10 2
15%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
8%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.77% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 90.77% and is based on 13 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

82.35%

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
Toni 8/10 104 days 100%
@saltyskin 7/10 958 days 46%
Emmy 6/10 1078 days 33%
Peter menzies 9/10 1078 days 37%
ElizabethE 7/10 1078 days 35%
Daniel 9/10 1139 days 32%
Jak 10/10 1323 days 20%
Paul Costelloe 9/10 1443 days 14%
Loaf 10/10 1627 days 7%
Wendy. 10/10 1749 days 5%
Kyje 8/10 1749 days 5%
Bonbons 10/10 1777 days 5%
Danielle Pegge 9/10 1777 days 5%
Rob 10/10 1808 days 5%
Clara 5/10 1808 days 4%
Vicky 8/10 1900 days 5%
Amy 9/10 2143 days 4%
Eloïse Cook 10/10 2143 days 4%
Javier Williams 9/10 2235 days 4%
Richard and Anne Amphlett 8/10 2266 days 4%
Charlotte 8/10 2358 days 4%
Sarah 10/10 2508 days 4%
Ralph Gleek 7/10 2508 days 3%
Paul Smith 8/10 2508 days 4%
MaryCC 9/10 2570 days 4%
Sarah 6/10 2814 days 3%
Jakub Horner 9/10 2835 days 3%
Robin Heels 10/10 2866 days 2%
Amy Lord 9/10 2880 days 2%
Gordon Otte 9/10 2894 days 2%
Annina Jarvinen 5/10 2923 days 1%
Lukas Kuratko 10/10 2962 days 3%
Haley Everitt 8/10 3132 days 2%
Martin Badley 9/10 3141 days 2%
carter Kedzlie 10/10 3148 days 2%
Rian Talen 8/10 3158 days 2%
Ally Rowe 10/10 3230 days 2%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 3268 days 2%
Emanresu 10/10 3329 days 2%
midlife crisis 10/10 3360 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 9/10 3590 days 2%
Linda Frank 10/10 3616 days 2%
Lucilo Del Castillo 10/10 3622 days 1%
Kiria Logtenberg 9/10 3637 days 1%
Chloe Grand 10/10 3638 days 1%
Christine Slowiak 10/10 3818 days 1%
Christian Jenny 9/10 3888 days 1%
Julia 10/10 3940 days 1%
Felix Holm 9/10 4012 days 0%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 4091 days 1%
tim winders 10/10 4214 days 0%
Leeann Newton 10/10 4332 days 0%
Jason MacLeod 9/10 4365 days 0%
arnaud paquet 10/10 4396 days 1%
Helene & Peter 10/10 4426 days 1%
GN100 9/10 4457 days 1%
David Restell 10/10 4549 days 1%
Cloarec Guillaume 10/10 4666 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4666 days 1%
Phil & Laura 7/10 4699 days 1%
Morayfm 10/10 4699 days 1%
Danish_family 8/10 4699 days 1%
Jennifer 10/10 5047 days 1%
Stefan 10/10 5050 days 1%
Susannah Eduart 10/10 5382 days 1%
Craig 8/10 6143 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

2.40% 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

85%

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.