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 Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours.

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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Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours

Valid Reviews

70 Valid Reviews

The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has a total of 70 valid reviews. There are no 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 70 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 61
87%
9/10 8
11%
8/10 1
1%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

98.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours valid reviews is 98.57% and is based on 70 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

98.60%

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
Minesh Govenji 10/10 2264 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2264 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2325 days 96%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2356 days 96%
Mariano 10/10 2448 days 91%
Océane 10/10 2509 days 88%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2570 days 85%
Nir 10/10 2598 days 84%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2690 days 80%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2721 days 78%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2935 days 68%
John M 10/10 2994 days 65%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 3025 days 63%
Stephen Forte 10/10 3055 days 62%
Christian 10/10 3665 days 33%
gloria tseng 10/10 4365 days 0%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4424 days 24%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4424 days 23%
David McLemore 10/10 4424 days 24%
Carrie 10/10 4424 days 24%
Ed 10/10 4455 days 24%
reviewer 10/10 4486 days 24%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4516 days 24%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4516 days 24%
Christian 10/10 4516 days 24%
anton prawira 9/10 4608 days 23%
june isono 9/10 4639 days 23%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4639 days 24%
angeline_ang 9/10 4669 days 23%
Alex London 8/10 4761 days 23%
Sharon K 10/10 4761 days 24%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4789 days 24%
Philips 10/10 4820 days 24%
scott 10/10 4851 days 24%
Courtney1 10/10 4912 days 24%
aurbanes 10/10 4973 days 24%
joanhsieh 10/10 5004 days 24%
Varda Mehta 10/10 5004 days 24%
raminderrayar 10/10 5065 days 24%
PegTraveller 10/10 5065 days 24%
Shaunhk 10/10 5095 days 24%
arlenemattera 10/10 5095 days 24%
MBaum735 10/10 5126 days 24%
terig 10/10 5155 days 24%
tfeng 9/10 5155 days 23%
james09173 10/10 5247 days 24%
Lei 10/10 5308 days 24%
shlomo iager 10/10 5308 days 24%
gigirup 10/10 5308 days 24%
pinecliffs 10/10 5520 days 24%
GiancarloB 10/10 5520 days 24%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5520 days 24%
gtspencer 10/10 5551 days 24%
dgreddy 10/10 5582 days 24%
nancy33 10/10 5643 days 24%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5673 days 24%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5765 days 24%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5826 days 24%
clive903 10/10 5947 days 24%
Carlos 10/10 5947 days 24%
Jody 10/10 6008 days 24%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6222 days 24%
Irina 10/10 6281 days 24%
franz_renate 10/10 6342 days 24%
harpal 10/10 6526 days 24%
enngee 10/10 6708 days 24%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6800 days 24%
primarosa 10/10 7043 days 24%
gilluncles 9/10 7104 days 23%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7287 days 24%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.00% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 days. However the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.94%
198 -3.96%
199 -3.98%
200 -4.00%
201 -4.02%
202 -4.04%
203 -4.06%

Balancing Adjustment

0.47% 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 customers 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

95%

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.