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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
86.27%
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 | 296 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 631 days | 87% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 721 days | 80% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 752 days | 76% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 813 days | 69% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1117 days | 15% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1270 days | 26% |
| ML | 10/10 | 1665 days | 7% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 1757 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 1817 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 1817 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2243 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2243 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2274 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2304 days | 3% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2304 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2488 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2488 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2494 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2513 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2650 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 2671 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 2741 days | 4% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 2775 days | 4% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 2818 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 2826 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 2835 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 2876 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 2888 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 2911 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 2954 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 2954 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 2970 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 2981 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3006 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3142 days | 3% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3156 days | 3% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3159 days | 3% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3188 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3203 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3204 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3207 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3207 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3216 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3217 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3217 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3225 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3259 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3264 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3272 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3277 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3284 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3382 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3415 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3615 days | 2% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3617 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3635 days | 2% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 3682 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 3857 days | 1% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3927 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 3927 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 3953 days | 1% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 3975 days | 1% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 3977 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 3980 days | 1% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4039 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4130 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4192 days | 0% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4314 days | 0% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4318 days | 0% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4373 days | 0% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4395 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 4800 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5342 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
1.59% 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.