Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge.

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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AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge

Valid Reviews

141 Valid Reviews

The AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge experience has a total of 142 reviews. There are 141 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 141 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 61
43%
9/10 30
21%
8/10 28
20%
7/10 17
12%
6/10 3
2%
5/10 2
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.72% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge valid reviews is 88.72% and is based on 141 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

118 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 141 valid reviews, the experience has 118 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 118 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 53
45%
9/10 23
19%
8/10 24
20%
7/10 14
12%
6/10 3
3%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.98% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge face-to-face reviews is 88.98% and is based on 118 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

89.14%

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
Rachael Sleege 10/10 3243 days 100%
Filipe Santos 10/10 3293 days 96%
Sebastian Braun 7/10 3316 days 87%
Hailey S 10/10 3328 days 93%
Sarah 9/10 3329 days 92%
Laura Leoekloek 10/10 3336 days 92%
Sam Lawrence 9/10 3341 days 90%
Alberto 8/10 3546 days 72%
Ben Keiser 10/10 3560 days 72%
Bruno 8/10 3567 days 70%
Adrien Gaumont 9/10 3575 days 70%
Rossella 6/10 3575 days 61%
Lukas Havlicek 10/10 3583 days 70%
Chris 10/10 3597 days 69%
Nils Kissel 9/10 3618 days 66%
Anais Boileau 7/10 3653 days 59%
Matthias Hofer 7/10 3656 days 59%
Tobias 10/10 3934 days 39%
Sarah Jane O'Reilly 10/10 4306 days 6%
Tomas Shairi 8/10 4306 days 6%
Sagi 8/10 4314 days 6%
Helen McKevitt 10/10 4316 days 6%
Wouter Bosch 9/10 4351 days 2%
Anthony Brown 9/10 4362 days 1%
Cornelia Stark 8/10 4366 days 1%
Nicolas Trezeguet 9/10 4370 days 1%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4379 days 0%
Robin Hales 10/10 4461 days 45%
hendrik king 8/10 4583 days 44%
Cherlyn Chong 10/10 4703 days 45%
Martyn Kool 7/10 4751 days 42%
Stefan and Brigit and Janek 8/10 4757 days 44%
Oliver Kalmbach 9/10 4774 days 44%
Simon Rawlinson 10/10 5021 days 45%
Def Fem 8/10 5035 days 44%
Sam 10/10 5044 days 45%
Elaine 10/10 5050 days 45%
Kolen 10/10 5052 days 45%
Rebecca Doehl 7/10 5053 days 42%
Nicholas Prakenhammar 10/10 5053 days 45%
Paul & Sharon Sneller 9/10 5053 days 44%
Paul Fairbrass 10/10 5062 days 45%
Nikita Sue 10/10 5062 days 45%
Dave McLeish 9/10 5067 days 44%
Frank & Julia 7/10 5068 days 42%
joerem 10/10 5069 days 45%
Dorthe 10/10 5132 days 45%
deJong 7/10 5135 days 42%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 5375 days 44%
Becky Edney 10/10 5380 days 45%
Hanggi 8/10 5386 days 44%
K & J Overton 7/10 5400 days 42%
Tanya & Florian 10/10 5400 days 45%
dadelina 9/10 5406 days 44%
John Hensman 10/10 5410 days 45%
Jesper Hassel 8/10 5411 days 44%
Carolin Moberg 9/10 5411 days 44%
JohnHaestad 7/10 5434 days 42%
Christian Foerster 9/10 5434 days 44%
Tomtraverse 10/10 5434 days 45%
phydough 9/10 5496 days 44%
Zac Morris 10/10 5587 days 45%
Jess 10/10 5745 days 45%
John Casey 10/10 5752 days 45%
Horst 10/10 5774 days 45%
Sievers 8/10 5774 days 44%
Nicola 8/10 5780 days 44%
Lasse Olesen 10/10 5792 days 45%
Belinda Roderiguez 10/10 5793 days 45%
quazy 10/10 5799 days 45%
Jessica 7/10 5804 days 42%
Ross & Catherine Litherland 8/10 5812 days 44%
Lindsay Brown 10/10 5871 days 45%
TomL 7/10 5891 days 42%
PatH 10/10 5905 days 45%
harryb 8/10 5970 days 44%
ToryL 5/10 5983 days 34%
DustyLaptop 8/10 6044 days 44%
KarinS 8/10 6098 days 44%
marianneb 10/10 6105 days 45%
Heath 10/10 6109 days 45%
AlbertF 9/10 6109 days 44%
AndrewW 10/10 6117 days 45%
Anna Hansson 10/10 6122 days 45%
Anna Hansson 10/10 6122 days 45%
StijnH 8/10 6122 days 44%
Anton 9/10 6128 days 44%
TammyH 10/10 6131 days 45%
amyd 10/10 6136 days 45%
MarieS 10/10 6139 days 45%
Amanda Williams 10/10 6145 days 45%
Ralf 10/10 6153 days 45%
Christian 9/10 6167 days 44%
Debbie Mossman 9/10 6180 days 44%
PhillS 8/10 6186 days 44%
Kori 10/10 6217 days 45%
Maria 10/10 6217 days 45%
Pieter 7/10 6226 days 42%
abby 10/10 6262 days 45%
Gaurav M 9/10 6267 days 44%
Kate 8/10 6291 days 44%
Mike 8/10 6300 days 44%
James 9/10 6315 days 44%
Annie Walsh 8/10 6321 days 44%
jillian 10/10 6324 days 45%
Gemma Harling 9/10 6379 days 44%
Stephanie 9/10 6439 days 44%
Kori Barton 7/10 6447 days 42%
Meike Biel 7/10 6455 days 42%
Daniela 10/10 6481 days 45%
Seungchul 7/10 6482 days 42%
Katy Bray 9/10 6485 days 44%
Neil 10/10 6496 days 45%
Steven 10/10 6506 days 45%
Knol 9/10 6506 days 44%
Bex 8/10 6532 days 44%
Rebekah Holbrook 10/10 6533 days 45%
Bronwyn Gaby 5/10 6551 days 34%
Mel 9/10 6557 days 44%
Marianna Haworth 7/10 6573 days 42%
Kevin 10/10 6590 days 45%
Killerblow 8/10 6603 days 44%
Kim Tjornhed 6/10 6672 days 39%
Dick Janssen 8/10 6672 days 44%
Nick Bailey 6/10 6672 days 39%
Julie 10/10 6791 days 45%
Billie 10/10 6817 days 45%
Michael 9/10 6823 days 44%
Katie 8/10 6838 days 44%
NeilYeoman 9/10 6842 days 44%
Millie 8/10 6846 days 44%
Kate 7/10 6846 days 42%
Jacob Mille 10/10 6849 days 45%
Elin 9/10 6852 days 44%
Maninder 9/10 6860 days 44%
Vibeke 10/10 6870 days 45%
Dave 10/10 6882 days 45%
KerrieHymers 10/10 6882 days 45%
Leah 8/10 6883 days 44%
Marc 10/10 6888 days 45%
Albert 8/10 6888 days 44%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.05% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The AJ Hackett Bungy Kawarau Bridge experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.99%
198 -4.01%
199 -4.03%
200 -4.05%
201 -4.07%
202 -4.09%
203 -4.11%

Balancing Adjustment

1.81% 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 customers 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

87%

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.