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 Caroline Bay.

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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Caroline Bay

Valid Reviews

64 Valid Reviews

The Caroline Bay experience has a total of 64 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 64 valid reviews, the experience has 2 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 64 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
20%
9/10 12
19%
8/10 14
22%
7/10 8
13%
6/10 6
9%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 2
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 5
8%

73.91% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Caroline Bay valid reviews is 73.91% and is based on 64 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

70.69%

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
Josie 6/10 74 days 92%
Filip Vorech 8/10 288 days 100%
Debyron 7/10 347 days 93%
Elise 1/10 347 days 40%
Niels 3/10 347 days 54%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 347 days 40%
Ellen 10/10 378 days 98%
Vivi 5/10 378 days 75%
Jamp pollock 1/10 378 days 40%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 378 days 40%
Alex 5/10 378 days 75%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 408 days 95%
Sebastian 7/10 439 days 89%
Glenda 1/10 469 days 38%
Ann 9/10 653 days 80%
Tom B 8/10 682 days 77%
Drew 3/10 682 days 43%
Tine Warner 10/10 713 days 76%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 713 days 76%
Carolyn 9/10 744 days 72%
tortuga 8/10 774 days 69%
Susan 9/10 897 days 57%
Daisy 8/10 1019 days 44%
Matthew 10/10 1019 days 45%
AMR 10/10 1078 days 39%
Tom 9/10 1078 days 39%
Rugby 8/10 1170 days 31%
Cem P T 8/10 1262 days 24%
Jenny 8/10 1353 days 18%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1474 days 13%
EvaBelle 6/10 1474 days 11%
Felipe 5/10 1627 days 6%
Dr.A 10/10 1749 days 5%
Ray 8/10 1777 days 5%
Daniel 10/10 1900 days 5%
Karin 6/10 2143 days 4%
Lua 10/10 2205 days 4%
FZ 8/10 2205 days 4%
EmStems 7/10 2296 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2327 days 3%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2327 days 4%
Arndt 9/10 2358 days 4%
Aaron 10/10 2419 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2480 days 3%
Therese 10/10 2508 days 4%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2539 days 4%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2631 days 3%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 2723 days 3%
Cefa 8/10 2784 days 3%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 2865 days 2%
Jo Dawson 7/10 3104 days 2%
Greg 9/10 3146 days 2%
Harriet Smith 9/10 3201 days 2%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3344 days 2%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3434 days 2%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3521 days 1%
Jan mentink 7/10 3768 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 3781 days 1%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3940 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 4245 days 0%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4457 days 1%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4677 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 4914 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 5005 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

6.62% 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

77%

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.