Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Ahipara Top 10 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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Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

99 Valid Reviews

The Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 103 reviews. There are 99 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 99 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 49
49%
9/10 29
29%
8/10 13
13%
7/10 5
5%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.52% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 91.52% and is based on 99 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

13 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 99 valid reviews, the experience has 13 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 13 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
15%
9/10 7
54%
8/10 4
31%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.46% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 88.46% and is based on 13 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.93%

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
Stefan Lee 9/10 202 days 100%
Stu 10/10 233 days 100%
Morgane 9/10 263 days 98%
Roger Clark 9/10 384 days 94%
Kurt 10/10 690 days 75%
Roger Heckly 10/10 721 days 73%
Anne Hiske 10/10 749 days 70%
Kellie 9/10 902 days 55%
Dan 10/10 994 days 46%
Jo Pullar 10/10 1086 days 37%
Amy 9/10 1145 days 32%
Tyler 7/10 1176 days 28%
Peri 10/10 1420 days 15%
Tayler 8/10 1451 days 13%
Richard ChCh NZ 7/10 1479 days 11%
Paul Thomas 10/10 1510 days 11%
Edy @#$ 10/10 1602 days 8%
Sara 9/10 1632 days 7%
Kris 10/10 1632 days 7%
Swiny101 10/10 1632 days 7%
Robo 9/10 1663 days 7%
Evans Family 10/10 1694 days 6%
Michael Northam 10/10 1845 days 5%
Wendy 10/10 1845 days 5%
Dave Kitson 9/10 1845 days 5%
Maria 10/10 1876 days 5%
N&A 5/10 1907 days 4%
Dean 10/10 1968 days 5%
Traveller 10/10 2210 days 4%
Jen Doherty 9/10 2210 days 4%
Paul Smith 10/10 2241 days 4%
Sabine 10/10 2241 days 4%
Lizzie 10/10 2302 days 4%
Harrie 10/10 2302 days 4%
Stefan Beiner 10/10 2302 days 4%
Daphne H 10/10 2363 days 4%
Kimberly 10/10 2363 days 4%
Teaghan 10/10 2455 days 4%
Phil Masters 10/10 2515 days 4%
Michael Stützle 10/10 2516 days 4%
Birte 9/10 2547 days 4%
Annette 10/10 2547 days 4%
Cindy Blignaut 10/10 2585 days 3%
Leanne Taylor-Smith 8/10 2625 days 3%
Nora Tobies 10/10 2642 days 3%
Sandra Wilson-Ryke 10/10 2677 days 3%
Eline Stoutjesdijk 8/10 2681 days 3%
Leonie Scholten 10/10 2747 days 3%
Viola Cube 9/10 2775 days 3%
Jonathan Smith 10/10 2899 days 3%
Wayne Britton 10/10 2904 days 3%
Bert Tory 10/10 2924 days 3%
Paul Smith 10/10 2942 days 3%
Paul Schleifenbaum 10/10 2948 days 3%
Catherine Kay 9/10 2955 days 3%
Geoffrey McCall 10/10 3000 days 3%
Robert Hunt 8/10 3012 days 3%
Rima 9/10 3032 days 3%
Kelsey Nolan 8/10 3044 days 3%
Miraz Tastula 10/10 3072 days 3%
Graeme Herbert 9/10 3078 days 2%
Michelle Smit 9/10 3123 days 2%
Stephanie Oliver 10/10 3141 days 2%
Julian Minnis 10/10 3224 days 2%
Goldfinger 9/10 3245 days 2%
Clare Backman 8/10 3247 days 2%
Elaine Carter 9/10 3252 days 2%
Volker Stroenisch 10/10 3253 days 2%
Ulrich Rix 9/10 3276 days 2%
Bill Milburn 9/10 3309 days 2%
Darma Bone 9/10 3318 days 2%
Ashley Shand 10/10 3319 days 2%
Chris Brasell 7/10 3334 days 2%
Ron Ozarka 9/10 3367 days 2%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3471 days 2%
Benjamin Buehlmann 5/10 3587 days 1%
Heather Kingston 7/10 3762 days 1%
chris young 6/10 3855 days 1%
Sarah Beyeler 10/10 4007 days 0%
Kim Lavener 10/10 4007 days 0%
Family Trip 10/10 4008 days 1%
catherine welsh 9/10 4067 days 0%
Sabine 8/10 4128 days 0%
Chris 10/10 4312 days 0%
KDS_Holiday 7/10 4524 days 1%
Adrian Weidell 9/10 4668 days 1%
Markus Heummer 9/10 4751 days 1%
Fleur & Nils 9/10 4760 days 1%
Sashia 9/10 4819 days 1%
Chris & Susanna 8/10 4830 days 1%
Eri & Udo Seifert 9/10 4838 days 1%
Erik Folkersen 8/10 4843 days 1%
Julie Norton 8/10 5074 days 1%
Kari Tervo 9/10 5096 days 1%
GrantW 10/10 5194 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 5255 days 1%
Taya Cross 10/10 5497 days 1%
parker1 9/10 5543 days 1%
Robert 8/10 5850 days 1%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.77% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 53 days. However the Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Ahipara Top 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 182 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
179 -3.71%
180 -3.73%
181 -3.75%
182 -3.77%
183 -3.79%
184 -3.81%
185 -3.84%

Balancing Adjustment

0.98% 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

91%

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.