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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
86.26%
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 | 266 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 601 days | 88% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 691 days | 81% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 722 days | 78% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 783 days | 71% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1087 days | 16% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1240 days | 27% |
| ML | 10/10 | 1635 days | 8% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 1727 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 1787 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 1787 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2213 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2213 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2244 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2274 days | 3% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2274 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2458 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2458 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2464 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2483 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2620 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 2641 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 2711 days | 4% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 2745 days | 4% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 2788 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 2796 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 2805 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 2846 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 2858 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 2881 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 2924 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 2924 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 2940 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 2951 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 2976 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3112 days | 3% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3126 days | 3% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3129 days | 3% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3158 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3173 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3174 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3177 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3177 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3186 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3187 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3195 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3223 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3234 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3242 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3247 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3254 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3352 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3385 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3509 days | 2% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3527 days | 2% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3550 days | 2% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3585 days | 2% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3587 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3605 days | 2% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 3652 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 3827 days | 1% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3897 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 3897 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 3923 days | 1% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 3925 days | 1% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 3925 days | 1% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 3945 days | 1% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 3947 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 3978 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4009 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4100 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4162 days | 0% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4267 days | 0% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4317 days | 0% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4365 days | 0% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5312 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.