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 Taylor Dam 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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Taylor Dam Reserve

Valid Reviews

38 Valid Reviews

The Taylor Dam Reserve experience has a total of 42 reviews. There are 38 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 38 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
16%
9/10 6
16%
8/10 13
34%
7/10 9
24%
6/10 2
5%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
3%
2/10 1
3%
1/10 0
0%

78.42% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taylor Dam Reserve valid reviews is 78.42% and is based on 38 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

82.90%

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
Cucamest 9/10 130 days 99%
Anaïs 10/10 130 days 100%
Sam 6/10 313 days 82%
Valg 8/10 313 days 93%
HK 9/10 373 days 92%
Yany 10/10 465 days 88%
Cholly 9/10 496 days 86%
Mags 10/10 526 days 85%
Matthew 9/10 618 days 78%
Orla 8/10 649 days 75%
Tom 7/10 738 days 64%
Josh Harrop 7/10 769 days 62%
David 6/10 800 days 55%
Virg 8/10 830 days 60%
Lara 8/10 861 days 57%
Jemandy06 7/10 861 days 54%
Stefanie 7/10 891 days 51%
P Whit 8/10 891 days 54%
Jrod 8/10 1044 days 39%
Juanita 8/10 1044 days 39%
Gem 9/10 1195 days 27%
Nicole 8/10 1379 days 15%
Valg 9/10 1440 days 13%
Michael 10/10 1499 days 10%
DolphinShavingLtd 10/10 1499 days 10%
Jackue 3/10 1652 days 3%
Shans 7/10 1683 days 5%
Don Marco 7/10 1865 days 4%
Sheri 10/10 1926 days 4%
Geoff Walker 8/10 1957 days 4%
Carl Fogarty 7/10 2505 days 2%
Emma Guthrie 7/10 2578 days 2%
Rogier Kavelaars 8/10 2648 days 2%
Henry 8/10 2799 days 2%
Shannon Radcliffe 8/10 2933 days 2%
midlife crisis 8/10 3051 days 2%
Bethany Pirkis 2/10 3173 days 0%
Sarrob Sarrob 7/10 3631 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

2.27% 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

85%

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.