Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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

98.85%

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 1815 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 1815 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 1876 days 97%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 1907 days 97%
Mariano 10/10 1999 days 93%
Océane 10/10 2060 days 91%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2121 days 88%
Nir 10/10 2149 days 87%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2241 days 84%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2272 days 82%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2486 days 74%
John M 10/10 2545 days 72%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 2576 days 70%
Stephen Forte 10/10 2606 days 69%
Christian 10/10 3216 days 45%
gloria tseng 10/10 3916 days 18%
Steven Hucik 10/10 3975 days 16%
Brid Devlin 9/10 3975 days 15%
David McLemore 10/10 3975 days 16%
Carrie 10/10 3975 days 16%
Ed 10/10 4006 days 14%
reviewer 10/10 4037 days 13%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4067 days 12%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4067 days 12%
Christian 10/10 4067 days 12%
anton prawira 9/10 4159 days 8%
june isono 9/10 4190 days 7%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4190 days 7%
angeline_ang 9/10 4220 days 6%
Alex London 8/10 4312 days 2%
Sharon K 10/10 4312 days 2%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4340 days 1%
Philips 10/10 4371 days 0%
scott 10/10 4402 days 20%
Courtney1 10/10 4463 days 20%
aurbanes 10/10 4524 days 20%
joanhsieh 10/10 4555 days 20%
Varda Mehta 10/10 4555 days 20%
raminderrayar 10/10 4616 days 20%
PegTraveller 10/10 4616 days 20%
Shaunhk 10/10 4646 days 20%
arlenemattera 10/10 4646 days 20%
MBaum735 10/10 4677 days 20%
terig 10/10 4706 days 20%
tfeng 9/10 4706 days 19%
james09173 10/10 4798 days 20%
Lei 10/10 4859 days 20%
shlomo iager 10/10 4859 days 20%
gigirup 10/10 4859 days 20%
pinecliffs 10/10 5071 days 20%
GiancarloB 10/10 5071 days 20%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5071 days 20%
gtspencer 10/10 5102 days 20%
dgreddy 10/10 5133 days 20%
nancy33 10/10 5194 days 20%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5224 days 20%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5316 days 20%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5377 days 20%
clive903 10/10 5498 days 20%
Carlos 10/10 5498 days 20%
Jody 10/10 5559 days 20%
Holdenluvr 10/10 5773 days 20%
Irina 10/10 5832 days 20%
franz_renate 10/10 5893 days 20%
harpal 10/10 6077 days 20%
enngee 10/10 6259 days 20%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6351 days 20%
primarosa 10/10 6594 days 20%
gilluncles 9/10 6655 days 19%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 6838 days 20%

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

-4.04% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 41 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 -3.98%
198 -4.00%
199 -4.02%
200 -4.04%
201 -4.06%
202 -4.08%
203 -4.10%

Balancing Adjustment

0.45% 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.