Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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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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

98.63%

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 2166 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2166 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2227 days 96%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2258 days 96%
Mariano 10/10 2350 days 92%
Océane 10/10 2411 days 89%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2472 days 86%
Nir 10/10 2500 days 85%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2592 days 81%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2623 days 79%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2837 days 69%
John M 10/10 2895 days 67%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 2926 days 65%
Stephen Forte 10/10 2956 days 64%
Christian 10/10 3566 days 36%
gloria tseng 10/10 4267 days 4%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4326 days 1%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4326 days 1%
David McLemore 10/10 4326 days 1%
Carrie 10/10 4326 days 1%
Ed 10/10 4357 days 0%
reviewer 10/10 4388 days 22%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4418 days 22%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4418 days 22%
Christian 10/10 4418 days 22%
anton prawira 9/10 4510 days 22%
june isono 9/10 4541 days 22%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4541 days 22%
angeline_ang 9/10 4571 days 22%
Alex London 8/10 4663 days 22%
Sharon K 10/10 4663 days 22%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4691 days 22%
Philips 10/10 4722 days 22%
scott 10/10 4753 days 22%
Courtney1 10/10 4814 days 22%
aurbanes 10/10 4875 days 22%
joanhsieh 10/10 4906 days 22%
Varda Mehta 10/10 4906 days 22%
raminderrayar 10/10 4967 days 22%
PegTraveller 10/10 4967 days 22%
Shaunhk 10/10 4997 days 22%
arlenemattera 10/10 4997 days 22%
MBaum735 10/10 5028 days 22%
terig 10/10 5057 days 22%
tfeng 9/10 5057 days 22%
james09173 10/10 5149 days 22%
Lei 10/10 5210 days 22%
shlomo iager 10/10 5210 days 22%
gigirup 10/10 5210 days 22%
pinecliffs 10/10 5422 days 22%
GiancarloB 10/10 5422 days 22%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5422 days 22%
gtspencer 10/10 5453 days 22%
dgreddy 10/10 5484 days 22%
nancy33 10/10 5545 days 22%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5575 days 22%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5667 days 22%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5728 days 22%
clive903 10/10 5849 days 22%
Carlos 10/10 5849 days 22%
Jody 10/10 5910 days 22%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6124 days 22%
Irina 10/10 6183 days 22%
franz_renate 10/10 6244 days 22%
harpal 10/10 6428 days 22%
enngee 10/10 6610 days 22%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6702 days 22%
primarosa 10/10 6945 days 22%
gilluncles 9/10 7006 days 22%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7189 days 22%

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

-4.07% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 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 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%

Balancing Adjustment

0.48% 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.