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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 | 653 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 988 days | 63% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 1078 days | 52% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 1109 days | 48% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 1170 days | 41% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1474 days | 7% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1627 days | 10% |
| ML | 10/10 | 2022 days | 7% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 2114 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 2174 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 2174 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2600 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2600 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2631 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2661 days | 4% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2661 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2845 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2845 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2851 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2870 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 3007 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 3028 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 3098 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 3132 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 3175 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 3183 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 3192 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3233 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3245 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3268 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3311 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3311 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3327 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3338 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3363 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3499 days | 2% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3513 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3516 days | 2% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3545 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3574 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3582 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3616 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3621 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3629 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3634 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3641 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3739 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3772 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3896 days | 1% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3914 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3937 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3972 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3974 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3992 days | 1% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 4039 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4214 days | 0% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4310 days | 0% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4332 days | 0% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4334 days | 0% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4337 days | 0% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4365 days | 0% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4396 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4487 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4549 days | 1% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4654 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4654 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4671 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4704 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4730 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4752 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 5157 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5699 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.