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 Hooker Valley Track.

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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Hooker Valley Track

Valid Reviews

314 Valid Reviews

The Hooker Valley Track experience has a total of 314 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 314 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 127
40%
9/10 104
33%
8/10 61
19%
7/10 18
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track valid reviews is 90.57% and is based on 314 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

289 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 314 valid reviews, the experience has 289 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 289 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 112
39%
9/10 98
34%
8/10 59
20%
7/10 16
6%
6/10 4
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.31% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Hooker Valley Track face-to-face reviews is 90.31% and is based on 289 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.04%

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
Mike Fricker 10/10 312 days 100%
Terrence 10/10 1225 days 27%
Guru 8/10 1712 days 6%
Melanie Bunch 10/10 1925 days 5%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 1986 days 5%
Davina 7/10 2198 days 4%
Cynthia Liew 10/10 2290 days 4%
Ben H 9/10 2535 days 4%
Hannibal Winther 9/10 2660 days 4%
Jayni L'Azou 9/10 2669 days 3%
Roland Eggli 10/10 2877 days 3%
Moe Bouchard 10/10 2892 days 3%
Lois and Gary Hampton 10/10 2903 days 3%
Sevi 8/10 2904 days 3%
Gilbert Keiser 10/10 2905 days 3%
Fritsi and Flo 10/10 2914 days 3%
Katie and Rob 10/10 2915 days 3%
Patrick and Valerie 8/10 2917 days 3%
Car R 9/10 2927 days 3%
Taylor Doolittle 10/10 2936 days 3%
Bruce Steadman 10/10 2936 days 3%
Sarah Doolittle 10/10 2936 days 3%
Barb Steadman 10/10 2936 days 3%
Jasmin Thuess 8/10 2937 days 3%
James Macguire 9/10 2941 days 3%
Orane Lefebuee 10/10 2941 days 3%
Ingrid Maple 8/10 2942 days 3%
Daniel Nanjh 10/10 2946 days 3%
Breanna Alexander 10/10 2948 days 3%
Emma Millett 8/10 2950 days 3%
Ilona Roeters 9/10 2971 days 3%
Loic Besson 10/10 2972 days 3%
Jerome Cluzel 10/10 2972 days 3%
Natasha 8/10 2973 days 3%
Oliver Francis 8/10 2973 days 3%
Adam Pullinger 7/10 2976 days 3%
Vallee Manon 10/10 2978 days 3%
Rebecca Holmes 9/10 2980 days 3%
Ruden Perez 10/10 2981 days 3%
Manu Liberta 10/10 2988 days 3%
Carole Schwab 10/10 2988 days 3%
Moreno 8/10 2989 days 3%
Sigrid Duus 10/10 2990 days 3%
Mads Nielsen 10/10 2990 days 3%
Olde Vogel 8/10 2992 days 3%
Lieke vol Velde 8/10 2992 days 3%
Bob 10/10 2994 days 3%
Yee How 7/10 2996 days 3%
Marc Perales 8/10 2997 days 3%
Mikkel Thomassen 9/10 3001 days 3%
Jannika Cao 9/10 3001 days 3%
Maarten 6/10 3001 days 2%
Jakob Lovdahl 8/10 3005 days 3%
Lina Kiellamn 10/10 3005 days 3%
Sarah 10/10 3015 days 3%
Simon Mueller 10/10 3015 days 3%
Karine Dransart 8/10 3024 days 3%
Thomas Nolwenn 10/10 3025 days 3%
Cat Johnston 10/10 3030 days 3%
James Jackson 10/10 3031 days 3%
Meghan Maloney 9/10 3050 days 3%
Moni Basuki 10/10 3080 days 3%
Matilda 8/10 3232 days 2%
Katharina Schick 8/10 3234 days 2%
Cecile 10/10 3238 days 2%
Patricia 9/10 3241 days 2%
Sam Creecy 9/10 3244 days 2%
Mathilde 10/10 3246 days 2%
Phlippe 9/10 3246 days 2%
Floriane Desnoyer 10/10 3247 days 2%
Arthur Tymins 9/10 3247 days 2%
Sophia and Karen 10/10 3247 days 2%
Helene Christensen 9/10 3248 days 2%
Sofie Madson 9/10 3248 days 2%
Laurine 9/10 3249 days 2%
Sonya Grimm 10/10 3250 days 2%
Milan Maiwald 8/10 3251 days 2%
Jeeyoung Kim 7/10 3251 days 2%
Kim Rasun 9/10 3251 days 2%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3251 days 2%
Alvaro Rodriguez 9/10 3251 days 2%
Lisa Fenzl 9/10 3253 days 2%
Cori Schultz 8/10 3255 days 2%
Jill Stebbing 10/10 3255 days 2%
Nico Neubauer 10/10 3255 days 2%
Michael L 10/10 3257 days 2%
Celine 10/10 3257 days 2%
Kathryn Nolan 7/10 3258 days 2%
Jeroen 8/10 3259 days 2%
Lucy Mulvin 10/10 3260 days 2%
Michael Menrath 10/10 3262 days 2%
Alexandre Roche 8/10 3262 days 2%
Diane Toupaine 9/10 3262 days 2%
Anouk Jongsma 9/10 3263 days 2%
Lucy Murray 9/10 3264 days 2%
Elisabet 10/10 3267 days 2%
Lisa 10/10 3267 days 2%
Cecile Seramis 10/10 3271 days 2%
Alex 10/10 3273 days 2%
Kathi 10/10 3273 days 2%
Jacob Winchester 10/10 3273 days 2%
Anna Jungclaus 9/10 3273 days 2%
Sandra 9/10 3275 days 2%
Kim 8/10 3275 days 2%
Selina Frankenberger 10/10 3275 days 2%
Isaliner and Mathieu 6/10 3276 days 2%
Riviere 8/10 3276 days 2%
Tomas Lloyd 10/10 3277 days 2%
Paul and Astrid 10/10 3277 days 2%
Nadav Knoll 8/10 3286 days 2%
Rachel Aspinall 10/10 3287 days 2%
Levin Stuers 9/10 3288 days 2%
Laurent Petit 7/10 3289 days 2%
Cindy Rizzo 10/10 3296 days 2%
Sylvain Blanchet 8/10 3298 days 2%
Peter Hodgson 10/10 3299 days 2%
Leanna Wyer 10/10 3301 days 2%
Eric Hertort 8/10 3302 days 2%
Brendon Rudland 9/10 3304 days 2%
Sven and Annie 10/10 3307 days 2%
Fiona and Matthew 9/10 3312 days 2%
Philip 10/10 3312 days 2%
Hannes Puediger 9/10 3313 days 2%
Bonnie Krautz 10/10 3314 days 2%
Veronika and Radovan 10/10 3315 days 2%
Sabina Carney 10/10 3316 days 2%
Chloe 9/10 3322 days 2%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3342 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 10/10 3385 days 2%
Suzanne Vermeulen 10/10 3386 days 2%
Rachel S 10/10 3599 days 2%
Nurlaily Abu Bakar 10/10 3630 days 2%
Maria Schober 10/10 3647 days 2%
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer 9/10 3652 days 1%
Annika Funk 9/10 3656 days 1%
Thomas Blom 10/10 3658 days 1%
Tobias Becker 8/10 3673 days 1%
Laura and Marie 9/10 3682 days 1%
Corinna Fallenbuchel 10/10 3706 days 1%
Logan Leduc 9/10 3727 days 1%
Caroline Hennache 9/10 3964 days 1%
Calvin Becker 7/10 3964 days 1%
Jacques Revel 10/10 3966 days 1%
Karen Garvin 10/10 3966 days 1%
Claudia Hillebrand 8/10 3969 days 1%
Marek Heiurich 10/10 3974 days 1%
Te-Ana and Mark 10/10 3975 days 1%
Mark 7/10 3978 days 1%
Wouter Vanmoz 8/10 3980 days 1%
Laure Cops 8/10 3980 days 1%
Agathe Dupuis 8/10 3993 days 1%
Linda Wainman 10/10 3993 days 1%
Chris Wainman 10/10 3993 days 1%
jefft 8/10 3996 days 1%
Mara 9/10 3998 days 1%
Andrea Morello 8/10 3998 days 1%
Denise Ewbank 9/10 4011 days 1%
Antton Vappula 7/10 4014 days 1%
Xavier 10/10 4017 days 1%
Bjoern 7/10 4023 days 1%
Lena Jensen 9/10 4031 days 1%
Jesper Andersen 9/10 4031 days 1%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4037 days 1%
Julien de la lande 7/10 4037 days 1%
Wouter Bosch 8/10 4037 days 1%
Aude Moulin 8/10 4037 days 1%
Claire Lieval 10/10 4043 days 1%
Andrea Beck 6/10 4055 days 1%
Marc Greeve 10/10 4063 days 1%
Yvonne Horpershoeh 9/10 4063 days 1%
Bjorn Van Mulders 10/10 4065 days 1%
Kim Maertens 9/10 4065 days 1%
Clarissa Hanck 10/10 4336 days 0%
Marco Schmidt 8/10 4340 days 0%
Patrick 9/10 4345 days 0%
Lisa 10/10 4345 days 0%
Brandon Wells 8/10 4348 days 0%
Marcel 7/10 4354 days 0%
Maria 8/10 4354 days 0%
Billy Koichopolos 10/10 4354 days 0%
James Young 10/10 4363 days 0%
Eric 7/10 4366 days 0%
Rogier Ramaker 9/10 4366 days 0%
Kathryn Pisco 8/10 4367 days 0%
Raquel 9/10 4368 days 0%
Fernando Martin 7/10 4368 days 0%
Kristin Denny 9/10 4371 days 0%
Enna Keet 9/10 4373 days 0%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4402 days 1%
Mathieu Brias 9/10 4407 days 1%
Loesje 8/10 4420 days 1%
Mark and Eefie 9/10 4436 days 1%
Karin Genyn 10/10 4437 days 1%
Steven Switsers 9/10 4441 days 1%
Natalie Nubler 10/10 4443 days 1%
Annie 8/10 4444 days 1%
Jacquemard 9/10 4456 days 1%
Barbara Berkhout 9/10 4711 days 1%
Margreet Hanemaaijer 8/10 4712 days 1%
Sally Gordie 10/10 4713 days 1%
Def Fem 9/10 4721 days 1%
Alex Ross 10/10 4722 days 1%
M Robinson 10/10 4722 days 1%
Alan Brady 10/10 4723 days 1%
Richard and Janet 9/10 4729 days 1%
Laura Diepeveen 8/10 4731 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 8/10 4733 days 1%
Siegfried Richter 9/10 4736 days 1%
Peter & Kate Carmichael 9/10 4737 days 1%
Ed & Katie Riches 9/10 4738 days 1%
Tom Pratt 7/10 4738 days 1%
Beat Kindler 8/10 4738 days 1%
Seth & Carla 9/10 4740 days 1%
Houter 9/10 4740 days 1%
Butz 10/10 4741 days 1%
Marilyn Mobley 10/10 4741 days 1%
David & Sue Lokkerbol 9/10 4741 days 1%
Helen Chilton 9/10 4743 days 1%
Domroes 9/10 4747 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 9/10 4749 days 1%
Chris Marsh 10/10 4752 days 1%
Jessica Lane 10/10 4752 days 1%
Dave McLeish 8/10 4753 days 1%
Thyg Lingdal 10/10 4754 days 1%
Nicole van Bergen 8/10 4754 days 1%
Mike1952 9/10 4755 days 1%
Allison Meyoz 9/10 5037 days 1%
Fontvieille 10/10 5044 days 1%
Stephane Lebel 10/10 5065 days 1%
Gertz 10/10 5065 days 1%
Faith Whitcraft 10/10 5069 days 1%
Julie and Russ Charles 10/10 5074 days 1%
Sophia Kelly 9/10 5076 days 1%
Judith 9/10 5078 days 1%
Richard Dudfield 9/10 5078 days 1%
Thomas 10/10 5079 days 1%
Kauzta 9/10 5080 days 1%
Tricia Goggin 8/10 5084 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5085 days 1%
Michael Long 9/10 5085 days 1%
Harry Hammond 10/10 5085 days 1%
Gerstmann 6/10 5086 days 1%
E C Frans 9/10 5090 days 1%
Martin 10/10 5090 days 1%
Jessica Vogels 9/10 5090 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5091 days 1%
Gert Vogelaers 9/10 5095 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 9/10 5096 days 1%
Jesper Hassel 9/10 5097 days 1%
Rian Bach 9/10 5098 days 1%
Dieter Uhlmann 8/10 5103 days 1%
Laura Hayes 8/10 5107 days 1%
Teum and Orselien 8/10 5108 days 1%
Cheryl 8/10 5110 days 1%
Ruben and Jetske 9/10 5110 days 1%
Dave and Lin Mungham 9/10 5113 days 1%
Tom Hill 9/10 5115 days 1%
Sue Haward 10/10 5115 days 1%
Rissa W 9/10 5120 days 1%
dollimyxture 10/10 5151 days 1%
Mikeminch 9/10 5212 days 1%
Pete & Judy McChesney 10/10 5389 days 1%
BelindaT 10/10 5404 days 1%
Martina Pankova 10/10 5432 days 1%
Agnes 9/10 5436 days 1%
Russ Turner 9/10 5443 days 1%
Ingrid Zell 10/10 5448 days 1%
Jana Steve 10/10 5451 days 1%
Bert Meuleuorijks 9/10 5453 days 1%
johnandgin 8/10 5457 days 1%
Schlaepfer 10/10 5459 days 1%
Horst 9/10 5460 days 1%
Don & Alice 7/10 5461 days 1%
Hans Suess 9/10 5463 days 1%
Yssel de Schepper 8/10 5463 days 1%
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow 7/10 5463 days 1%
Chris Glasg 8/10 5465 days 1%
Nicola 9/10 5466 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 9/10 5466 days 1%
Max Mareen 10/10 5466 days 1%
Dieter Groscurth 9/10 5467 days 1%
Ronny 9/10 5471 days 1%
Jamie 10/10 5477 days 1%
Christian 7/10 5477 days 1%
Schygulla 9/10 5477 days 1%
Loleit 10/10 5478 days 1%
Harmann Volker 9/10 5479 days 1%
Susan Hitchins 9/10 5481 days 1%
Dick Rosman 9/10 5481 days 1%
Sinjc Grude 10/10 5482 days 1%
Carl Diehl 9/10 5483 days 1%
Kevin and Teresa 8/10 5485 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5494 days 1%
mariak 9/10 5533 days 1%
Marons 9/10 5536 days 1%
koellner 8/10 5545 days 1%
Melanie Bielefeld 10/10 5549 days 1%
Louis Duhaime 9/10 5558 days 1%
Chris Bulman 10/10 5558 days 1%
Katrin Wennin 10/10 5558 days 1%
Sara Reekmans 10/10 5570 days 1%
harryb 10/10 5656 days 1%
brianp 10/10 5663 days 1%
simonsandra 9/10 5664 days 1%
andriesk 8/10 5673 days 1%
jessica 9/10 5712 days 1%
DustyLaptop 10/10 5730 days 1%
HermannR 10/10 5779 days 1%
DanielGermany 10/10 5783 days 1%
Nathalie 8/10 5788 days 1%
annysp 8/10 5791 days 1%
johnst 9/10 5791 days 1%
Barry Smith 9/10 5811 days 1%
Robert 9/10 5835 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Hooker Valley Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.63% 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

94%

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.