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 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

67 Valid Reviews

The Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground experience has a total of 68 reviews. There are 67 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 67 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 29
43%
9/10 18
27%
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%

89.25% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaitoke Regional Park Camping Ground valid reviews is 89.25% and is based on 67 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 67 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

83.96%

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
Marit 9/10 93 days 100%
Toni 8/10 184 days 98%
@saltyskin 7/10 1038 days 38%
Emmy 6/10 1158 days 26%
Peter menzies 9/10 1158 days 30%
ElizabethE 7/10 1158 days 29%
Daniel 9/10 1219 days 26%
Jak 10/10 1403 days 15%
Paul Costelloe 9/10 1523 days 10%
Loaf 10/10 1707 days 6%
Wendy. 10/10 1829 days 5%
Kyje 8/10 1829 days 5%
Bonbons 10/10 1857 days 5%
Danielle Pegge 9/10 1857 days 5%
Rob 10/10 1888 days 5%
Clara 5/10 1888 days 4%
Vicky 8/10 1980 days 5%
Amy 9/10 2223 days 4%
Eloïse Cook 10/10 2223 days 4%
Javier Williams 9/10 2315 days 4%
Richard and Anne Amphlett 8/10 2346 days 4%
Charlotte 8/10 2438 days 4%
Sarah 10/10 2588 days 3%
Ralph Gleek 7/10 2588 days 3%
Paul Smith 8/10 2588 days 3%
MaryCC 9/10 2650 days 3%
Sarah 6/10 2894 days 2%
Jakub Horner 9/10 2915 days 3%
Robin Heels 10/10 2946 days 2%
Amy Lord 9/10 2960 days 2%
Gordon Otte 9/10 2974 days 2%
Annina Jarvinen 5/10 3003 days 1%
Lukas Kuratko 10/10 3042 days 2%
Haley Everitt 8/10 3212 days 2%
Martin Badley 9/10 3221 days 2%
carter Kedzlie 10/10 3228 days 2%
Rian Talen 8/10 3238 days 2%
Ally Rowe 10/10 3310 days 2%
Lizzy Cobeldick 10/10 3348 days 2%
Emanresu 10/10 3409 days 2%
midlife crisis 10/10 3440 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 9/10 3670 days 1%
Linda Frank 10/10 3696 days 1%
Lucilo Del Castillo 10/10 3702 days 1%
Kiria Logtenberg 9/10 3717 days 1%
Chloe Grand 10/10 3718 days 1%
Christine Slowiak 10/10 3898 days 1%
Christian Jenny 9/10 3968 days 1%
Julia 10/10 4020 days 1%
Felix Holm 9/10 4092 days 0%
Sidney Stokkers 8/10 4171 days 0%
tim winders 10/10 4294 days 0%
Leeann Newton 10/10 4412 days 1%
Jason MacLeod 9/10 4445 days 1%
arnaud paquet 10/10 4476 days 1%
Helene & Peter 10/10 4506 days 1%
GN100 9/10 4537 days 1%
David Restell 10/10 4629 days 1%
Cloarec Guillaume 10/10 4746 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4746 days 1%
Phil & Laura 7/10 4779 days 1%
Morayfm 10/10 4779 days 1%
Danish_family 8/10 4779 days 1%
Jennifer 10/10 5127 days 1%
Stefan 10/10 5130 days 1%
Susannah Eduart 10/10 5462 days 1%
Craig 8/10 6223 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

2.04% 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

86%

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.