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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 Lake Ōkāreka Campsite.

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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Valid Reviews

65 Valid Reviews

The Lake Ōkāreka Campsite experience has a total of 66 reviews. There are 65 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 65 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 19
29%
9/10 14
22%
8/10 13
20%
7/10 11
17%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 2
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
2%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 3
5%

80.77% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Ōkāreka Campsite valid reviews is 80.77% and is based on 65 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

26 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 65 valid reviews, the experience has 26 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 26 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 8
31%
9/10 7
27%
8/10 6
23%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 1
4%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.54% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lake Ōkāreka Campsite face-to-face reviews is 86.54% and is based on 26 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

73.66%

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
Ike 8/10 112 days 99%
Christopher 10/10 173 days 100%
Ruby 8/10 173 days 98%
Marijng 1/10 386 days 38%
Jakub Matyszczak 5/10 386 days 71%
Morgane 7/10 448 days 84%
Broos 7/10 782 days 62%
Brigit Pratt 1/10 1361 days 7%
Emer 9/10 1512 days 11%
Josiah 9/10 1878 days 5%
Izzy 7/10 1939 days 5%
Jenny 9/10 1939 days 5%
Julianne McKie 8/10 1970 days 5%
Loretta 10/10 2031 days 5%
Andrea 1/10 2304 days 2%
Matt MacD 3/10 2488 days 2%
Thomas Syesha 10/10 2613 days 4%
Alisa Makkaveeva 7/10 2620 days 3%
deborah cooper 7/10 2914 days 3%
Fabio Flepp 10/10 2920 days 3%
Laura David 9/10 2991 days 2%
Nic 10/10 3157 days 2%
Michelle Smit 9/10 3157 days 2%
Gordon Lee 10/10 3214 days 2%
Pamela Hoffman 9/10 3220 days 2%
Russell Opland 8/10 3227 days 2%
S Scott 9/10 3329 days 2%
Bryant Faaola 8/10 3339 days 2%
Jan B 10/10 3379 days 2%
Michael 10/10 3404 days 2%
Carsten Philipp 10/10 3424 days 2%
Ben Apellido 8/10 3461 days 2%
Christina L 10/10 3561 days 2%
K C Costonis 10/10 3583 days 2%
Michael Stibor 9/10 3636 days 1%
Dene 9/10 3645 days 1%
Ines 7/10 3676 days 1%
Daniel Jarrett 8/10 3826 days 1%
Mattias 8/10 3981 days 1%
Guillaume Yedoux 8/10 3981 days 1%
Janek Belcher 8/10 3987 days 1%
Christoph Betten 6/10 3988 days 1%
Elena Goschia 7/10 4036 days 1%
Philipp Kluseuer 7/10 4036 days 1%
David Haines-Hanham 7/10 4044 days 1%
Sally Haines 8/10 4044 days 1%
Roland Beer 10/10 4057 days 1%
Alexia Greasbaum 10/10 4057 days 1%
David Esner 9/10 4058 days 1%
Pioter Jurkowski 10/10 4069 days 1%
Thi Baut 7/10 4074 days 0%
Steffi and Phil 6/10 4100 days 0%
Sam Garret 5/10 4253 days 0%
FlyingKiwiGirl 7/10 4283 days 0%
Anton Thisted 9/10 4342 days 0%
Josefine Sjodin 9/10 4342 days 0%
Katie Fleck 9/10 4342 days 0%
Thomas 10/10 4373 days 0%
Neele & Philipp 10/10 4385 days 1%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4398 days 1%
nl 9/10 4477 days 1%
Lars 8/10 4749 days 1%
Briulier 10/10 4753 days 1%
Luis Valenzuela 8/10 4762 days 1%
Johanna & Mark 10/10 5088 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Lake Ōkāreka Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

5.20% 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

79%

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.