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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 McLaren Falls Camping Area.
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.
McLaren Falls Camping Area
Valid Reviews
86 Valid Reviews
The McLaren Falls Camping Area experience has a total of 90 reviews. There are 86 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 86 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 52 |
|
60% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
22% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
7% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
91.63% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area valid reviews is 91.63% and is based on 86 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
34 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 86 valid reviews, the experience has 34 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 34 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
62% |
| 9/10 | 7 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
92.94% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area face-to-face reviews is 92.94% and is based on 34 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
86.32%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | 7/10 | 645 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 980 days | 64% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 1070 days | 53% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 1101 days | 49% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 1162 days | 41% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1466 days | 7% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1619 days | 10% |
| ML | 10/10 | 2014 days | 6% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 2106 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 2166 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 2166 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2592 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2592 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2623 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2653 days | 4% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2653 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2837 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2837 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2843 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2862 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2999 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 3020 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 3090 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 3124 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 3167 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 3175 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 3184 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3225 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3237 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3260 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3303 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3303 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3319 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3330 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3355 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3491 days | 2% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3505 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3508 days | 2% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3537 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3552 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3556 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3556 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3565 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3566 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3566 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3602 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3608 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3613 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3621 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3626 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3633 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3731 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3764 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3888 days | 1% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3906 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3929 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3964 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3966 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3984 days | 1% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 4031 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4206 days | 0% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4276 days | 0% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4276 days | 0% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4280 days | 0% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4280 days | 0% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4302 days | 0% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4326 days | 0% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4329 days | 0% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4357 days | 0% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4388 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4479 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4541 days | 1% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4646 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4646 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4663 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4696 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4722 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 5149 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5691 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. McLaren Falls Camping Area does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.58% 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
88%
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.