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 Boyes Beach Reserve.

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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Boyes Beach Reserve

Valid Reviews

37 Valid Reviews

The Boyes Beach Reserve experience has a total of 39 reviews. There are 37 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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.

Within these 37 valid reviews, the experience has 3 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 37 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 3
8%
9/10 6
16%
8/10 14
38%
7/10 6
16%
6/10 2
5%
5/10 3
8%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 3
8%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

74.05% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Boyes Beach Reserve valid reviews is 74.05% and is based on 37 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

66.44%

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
River 7/10 683 days 100%
Jaida 5/10 987 days 50%
Nina 7/10 1048 days 54%
CJ 5/10 1352 days 20%
Joannda 6/10 1383 days 20%
A Brad in a van 3/10 1413 days 11%
Jennifer Millar 8/10 1566 days 12%
Piotr Kostiw 3/10 1749 days 4%
Sarah 7/10 1993 days 6%
JT 8/10 2052 days 6%
Liam Gardiner 5/10 2470 days 4%
Minnie Hayes 9/10 2497 days 5%
Roger 8/10 2709 days 4%
Mailhos Cécile 10/10 2757 days 4%
Jeff Carmean 6/10 2763 days 4%
Gena Bond 8/10 2781 days 4%
Andy Bond 9/10 2781 days 4%
Greg MacFire 8/10 2850 days 4%
Tanja Laube 8/10 3106 days 3%
renee verwey 8/10 3142 days 3%
Bridget Brebner 8/10 3154 days 3%
Pedersen Family 9/10 3184 days 3%
Miaomace 7/10 3216 days 3%
Nicky Hurst 10/10 3470 days 2%
Jade Wright 3/10 3520 days 1%
Julia Emery 10/10 3529 days 2%
Wils 8/10 3553 days 2%
Ally Cook 7/10 3570 days 1%
bzh974 8/10 3575 days 2%
Daniel Capener 9/10 3728 days 2%
Lee Whitley 8/10 3758 days 1%
Sophia 9/10 3867 days 1%
Piotr Jurkowski 9/10 3894 days 1%
Jade Fleming 7/10 3970 days 1%
Will and Taylor 8/10 4274 days 0%
Cymen Crick 8/10 4274 days 0%
Peter 8/10 4640 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Boyes Beach Reserve does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

9.21% 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

76%

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.