Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground.

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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Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

67 Valid Reviews

The Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground experience has a total of 68 reviews. There are 67 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 67 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 28
42%
9/10 14
21%
8/10 11
16%
7/10 5
7%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 3
4%
4/10 2
3%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 2
3%
1/10 0
0%

84.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground valid reviews is 84.33% and is based on 67 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

16 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 67 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
13%
9/10 5
31%
8/10 3
19%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 2
13%
4/10 2
13%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 2
13%
1/10 0
0%

69.38% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 69.38% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

91.56%

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
Emily 8/10 19 days 98%
Dalton 10/10 80 days 100%
Jorian 10/10 264 days 96%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 264 days 96%
Kate 10/10 293 days 95%
Michael 9/10 416 days 90%
gazza 7/10 446 days 83%
Max 9/10 599 days 79%
Jess Cullen 8/10 630 days 76%
Julia 10/10 689 days 73%
Josie 10/10 781 days 65%
gazza 5/10 873 days 43%
Vicki 10/10 934 days 50%
Emer 9/10 934 days 50%
Rach 10/10 964 days 47%
Kbee 10/10 1146 days 31%
Amber 10/10 1388 days 16%
Mel 10/10 1419 days 14%
Teesh K 10/10 1450 days 13%
Nadia 10/10 1450 days 13%
Kim 10/10 1450 days 13%
Jo 10/10 1511 days 11%
Jenna 10/10 1541 days 10%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 1754 days 5%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 1816 days 5%
Katie 8/10 1816 days 5%
Martin Hansen 10/10 1877 days 5%
Mystery van 10/10 1969 days 5%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 1999 days 5%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2060 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2119 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2119 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2150 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2150 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2181 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2211 days 4%
Kenza 8/10 2242 days 4%
Kim 7/10 2303 days 4%
Anna 7/10 2456 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2494 days 4%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2516 days 4%
Susan Boyton 8/10 2760 days 3%
Kaisu 9/10 2787 days 3%
Brandon 9/10 2810 days 3%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 2958 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3215 days 2%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3501 days 2%
James Webster 9/10 3529 days 2%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3544 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3552 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 3586 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 3586 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 3629 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 3703 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 3733 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 3893 days 1%
Igor 9/10 3917 days 1%
Alexis Redor 4/10 3948 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 3952 days 1%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 3959 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 3959 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 3974 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4277 days 0%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4286 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4286 days 0%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4296 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4300 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.80% 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

93%

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.