Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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

91.53%

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 47 days 99%
Dalton 10/10 108 days 100%
Jorian 10/10 292 days 96%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 292 days 96%
Kate 10/10 321 days 95%
Michael 9/10 444 days 88%
gazza 7/10 474 days 82%
Max 9/10 627 days 77%
Jess Cullen 8/10 658 days 74%
Julia 10/10 717 days 71%
Josie 10/10 809 days 63%
gazza 5/10 901 days 41%
Vicki 10/10 961 days 48%
Emer 9/10 962 days 47%
Rach 10/10 992 days 45%
Kbee 10/10 1174 days 29%
Amber 10/10 1416 days 15%
Mel 10/10 1447 days 13%
Teesh K 10/10 1478 days 12%
Nadia 10/10 1478 days 12%
Kim 10/10 1478 days 12%
Jo 10/10 1539 days 10%
Jenna 10/10 1569 days 9%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 1782 days 5%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 1844 days 5%
Katie 8/10 1844 days 5%
Martin Hansen 10/10 1905 days 5%
Mystery van 10/10 1997 days 5%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 2027 days 5%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2088 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2147 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2147 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2177 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2178 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2209 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2239 days 4%
Kenza 8/10 2270 days 4%
Kim 7/10 2331 days 4%
Anna 7/10 2484 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2522 days 4%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2544 days 4%
Susan Boyton 8/10 2787 days 3%
Kaisu 9/10 2815 days 3%
Brandon 9/10 2838 days 3%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 2986 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3243 days 2%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3529 days 2%
James Webster 9/10 3557 days 2%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3572 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3579 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 3614 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 3614 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 3657 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 3730 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 3760 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 3921 days 1%
Igor 9/10 3945 days 1%
Alexis Redor 4/10 3976 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 3980 days 1%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 3987 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 3987 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 4002 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4305 days 0%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4314 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4314 days 0%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4324 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4328 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

92%

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.