Hi, 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 Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre.
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.
Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre
Valid Reviews
71 Valid Reviews
The Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre experience has a total of 72 reviews. There are 71 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 71 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 22 |
|
31% |
| 9/10 | 11 |
|
15% |
| 8/10 | 15 |
|
21% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 7 |
|
10% |
| 4/10 | 6 |
|
8% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
78.17% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre valid reviews is 78.17% and is based on 71 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
69 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 71 valid reviews, the experience has 69 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 69 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 20 |
|
29% |
| 9/10 | 11 |
|
16% |
| 8/10 | 15 |
|
22% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 5/10 | 7 |
|
10% |
| 4/10 | 6 |
|
9% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
77.54% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre face-to-face reviews is 77.54% and is based on 69 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
95.26%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RT | 10/10 | 653 days | 100% |
| Danielle | 10/10 | 836 days | 79% |
| Jennifer Gilbert | 10/10 | 3477 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Wharton | 9/10 | 3500 days | 2% |
| Tom Grigg | 10/10 | 3525 days | 2% |
| Laura and Marie | 4/10 | 3536 days | 1% |
| Kilian Vos | 8/10 | 3560 days | 2% |
| Jam Boggomann | 10/10 | 3571 days | 2% |
| Patricia Revel | 5/10 | 3820 days | 1% |
| Claudia Hillebrand | 5/10 | 3823 days | 1% |
| Julian Kuemme | 7/10 | 3825 days | 1% |
| Andrea Sole | 8/10 | 3825 days | 1% |
| Helen Olsson | 4/10 | 3826 days | 1% |
| Mandy Reich | 8/10 | 3826 days | 1% |
| Patricia Erni | 10/10 | 3828 days | 1% |
| Robert Erni | 10/10 | 3828 days | 1% |
| Lilli Erni | 10/10 | 3828 days | 1% |
| Manuel Bleiker | 10/10 | 3828 days | 1% |
| Mark | 8/10 | 3832 days | 1% |
| Jana Rutkowski | 10/10 | 3836 days | 1% |
| Dennis Philippi | 10/10 | 3836 days | 1% |
| Helene Andersen | 6/10 | 3845 days | 1% |
| Oliver Blackmore | 10/10 | 3849 days | 1% |
| Siobhan Mee | 8/10 | 3849 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 4/10 | 3850 days | 1% |
| Andrea Morello | 8/10 | 3852 days | 1% |
| Mara | 8/10 | 3852 days | 1% |
| Sophie Wolters | 9/10 | 3858 days | 1% |
| Mike Gemmill | 10/10 | 3861 days | 1% |
| Francisco Pablo Miguel | 4/10 | 3875 days | 1% |
| Inga Memmen | 10/10 | 3876 days | 1% |
| Emma Wallace | 9/10 | 3884 days | 1% |
| Lena Jensen | 8/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Jesper Andersen | 8/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 3887 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 10/10 | 3887 days | 1% |
| Uta Dingebauer | 6/10 | 3894 days | 1% |
| Gal Bero | 5/10 | 3912 days | 1% |
| Daniel McAlpine | 5/10 | 3914 days | 1% |
| Yvonne Horpershoeh | 7/10 | 3917 days | 1% |
| Sven Woelk | 8/10 | 4179 days | 0% |
| Annika Schmidt | 8/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 7/10 | 4189 days | 0% |
| Marco Schmidt | 8/10 | 4194 days | 0% |
| Christian Schumacher | 8/10 | 4194 days | 0% |
| Lisa | 4/10 | 4199 days | 0% |
| Socea | 6/10 | 4199 days | 0% |
| Brandon Wells | 9/10 | 4202 days | 0% |
| Luise Fuchs | 9/10 | 4205 days | 0% |
| Postel Ge | 10/10 | 4207 days | 0% |
| Claire | 7/10 | 4215 days | 0% |
| Lydia Kleinkoenen | 5/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Hannah Lia-Isis Kubillus | 1/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Justin Leest | 10/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Francis Ruige | 10/10 | 4219 days | 0% |
| Rogier Ramaker | 7/10 | 4220 days | 0% |
| Andrea Lang | 10/10 | 4221 days | 0% |
| Petra Blumberg | 8/10 | 4221 days | 0% |
| Maja Bogdanowicz | 9/10 | 4222 days | 0% |
| Sara Omary | 3/10 | 4225 days | 0% |
| Alison Langley | 8/10 | 4287 days | 0% |
| Mike Edwards | 10/10 | 4290 days | 0% |
| Mark and Eefie | 5/10 | 4290 days | 0% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 9/10 | 4291 days | 0% |
| Marieke | 5/10 | 4291 days | 0% |
| Sharon Yates | 10/10 | 4293 days | 0% |
| Franz Schueler | 10/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| Andreas and Christine and Nora Busch | 4/10 | 4304 days | 0% |
| Camille | 9/10 | 4310 days | 0% |
| Auger | 9/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
| Auger | 9/10 | 4312 days | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Queenstown isite Visitor Information Centre does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.41% 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
96%
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.