Ranking Score Explained

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 Wagon Wheel Holiday Park.

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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Wagon Wheel Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

37 Valid Reviews

The Wagon Wheel Holiday Park experience has a total of 41 reviews. There are 37 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 37 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 15
41%
9/10 11
30%
8/10 5
14%
7/10 5
14%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
3%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.92% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Wagon Wheel Holiday Park valid reviews is 88.92% 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

89.36%

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
LeoRatte 10/10 31 days 100%
Jenny 8/10 62 days 95%
M. Smolders 10/10 62 days 100%
Veronika 9/10 92 days 96%
Mark 8/10 123 days 93%
Ken 8/10 245 days 87%
Susan Edwards 10/10 245 days 92%
David 9/10 276 days 87%
Mike Fricker 9/10 276 days 87%
@getlostwanders 9/10 306 days 85%
Caron 10/10 337 days 84%
Katherine Fell 9/10 337 days 82%
Morten 5/10 366 days 27%
Maui Tane 10/10 366 days 81%
Haywards 10/10 366 days 81%
Rex+Pam Smith 9/10 366 days 79%
Tracey Apiata 10/10 397 days 78%
Rod Mathers 7/10 397 days 62%
Jo 10/10 458 days 70%
E&J 7/10 489 days 51%
Kim 8/10 489 days 62%
Lindis 9/10 489 days 64%
Mona Birgitta Pedersen 10/10 489 days 66%
Candelaria 9/10 489 days 64%
Paige McLiesh 9/10 519 days 60%
Marie 10/10 519 days 62%
T. Ourist 7/10 550 days 43%
Gonzalez Carrera Pablo 9/10 731 days 23%
Amber Sutherland 10/10 762 days 18%
Myrtle 7/10 762 days 6%
Steve Hawes 9/10 762 days 16%
Two Happy Campers🤙✌ 10/10 762 days 18%
Sophie Robert 10/10 762 days 18%
Julie 7/10 793 days 0%
Russ Hendry 10/10 823 days 4%
Corli Husselmann 10/10 823 days 4%
sam 8/10 823 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Wagon Wheel Holiday Park does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.09% 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

90%

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.