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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 Taumarunui 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.
127 Valid Reviews
The Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has a total of 128 reviews. There are 127 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 127 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 68 |
|
54% |
| 9/10 | 24 |
|
19% |
| 8/10 | 12 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 5 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
85.35% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Holiday Park valid reviews is 85.35% and is based on 127 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
5 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 127 valid reviews, the experience has 5 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 5 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 1 |
|
20% |
| 9/10 | 3 |
|
60% |
| 8/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 7/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
20% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.00% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Taumarunui Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 82.00% and is based on 5 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
71.35%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LN | 9/10 | 78 days | 100% |
| Richard | 3/10 | 260 days | 53% |
| Philippe | 1/10 | 502 days | 35% |
| Carolyn Wilson | 10/10 | 533 days | 85% |
| Hilary Murphy | 5/10 | 625 days | 60% |
| Janet and Kevin | 8/10 | 839 days | 59% |
| Dissatisfied Local | 1/10 | 1113 days | 14% |
| Tanja | 5/10 | 1174 days | 22% |
| River | 6/10 | 1325 days | 17% |
| Colleen | 8/10 | 1629 days | 7% |
| Melanie | 7/10 | 1813 days | 5% |
| Dan | 6/10 | 1843 days | 4% |
| Nik | 7/10 | 2360 days | 4% |
| Shannon | 8/10 | 2391 days | 4% |
| Flatlanders | 9/10 | 2725 days | 3% |
| Merm | 1/10 | 2756 days | 1% |
| Kim | 2/10 | 2756 days | 1% |
| Peter | 10/10 | 2970 days | 3% |
| Lindsey Horton | 10/10 | 3072 days | 2% |
| Jye Hurrell | 10/10 | 3148 days | 2% |
| Anke Vehmeiers | 9/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Eric Tunnicliffe | 10/10 | 3274 days | 2% |
| Sijmen Vos | 10/10 | 3407 days | 2% |
| Alejandro Cano | 10/10 | 3483 days | 2% |
| Tom and Janet | 9/10 | 3522 days | 2% |
| Jenny Dickinson | 10/10 | 3531 days | 2% |
| Kevin Thompson | 8/10 | 3669 days | 1% |
| Sven Kraschinski | 5/10 | 3752 days | 1% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3756 days | 1% |
| Tinna Flower | 9/10 | 3761 days | 1% |
| Paul Smith | 6/10 | 3766 days | 1% |
| Don | 9/10 | 3790 days | 1% |
| Christy Stead | 5/10 | 3813 days | 1% |
| Rob Brown | 10/10 | 3821 days | 1% |
| Kresten Skak | 7/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Jacqui | 5/10 | 3920 days | 1% |
| Yvonne Bell | 9/10 | 3943 days | 1% |
| Susan Chambers | 8/10 | 4155 days | 0% |
| Ines | 8/10 | 4158 days | 0% |
| Adam Taylor | 10/10 | 4186 days | 0% |
| tim harnisch | 10/10 | 4186 days | 0% |
| Sibylle and Nadine | 9/10 | 4208 days | 0% |
| Huw Harvey | 10/10 | 4217 days | 0% |
| Sidney Stokkers | 8/10 | 4247 days | 0% |
| Cedrick Poirier | 4/10 | 4260 days | 0% |
| Mike Fricker | 6/10 | 4431 days | 1% |
| Elise Boinnot | 10/10 | 4519 days | 0% |
| M & S Ross | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Theresa Meredith | 9/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| ManuKris | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| michael@tracey bennett | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Graeme&Ann Bullock | 10/10 | 4551 days | 1% |
| Barbara Schädl | 10/10 | 4582 days | 1% |
| Doug Gerrard | 9/10 | 4582 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Bourla | 10/10 | 4673 days | 1% |
| Sue Clark | 10/10 | 4796 days | 1% |
| Mandy | 10/10 | 4826 days | 1% |
| Tomek | 8/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| KDS_Holiday | 10/10 | 4857 days | 1% |
| allyson wilson | 10/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| Janice Marinkovich | 8/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| Katie T | 10/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| Clive | 8/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| Cabby | 10/10 | 4885 days | 1% |
| marilyncd | 10/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| antje fricke | 10/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| Matt Dobson | 10/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| Fred and Carin | 9/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| Jacksons | 10/10 | 4916 days | 1% |
| Christine196 | 10/10 | 4947 days | 1% |
| Lisa81 | 10/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| akie64 | 10/10 | 5069 days | 1% |
| evvoltura | 10/10 | 5100 days | 1% |
| lindsaynadine | 10/10 | 5161 days | 1% |
| Nepolo | 10/10 | 5161 days | 1% |
| Lindafd1 | 9/10 | 5191 days | 1% |
| Yakker | 10/10 | 5191 days | 1% |
| Ute Rogawski | 9/10 | 5243 days | 0% |
| margaretblakeley | 9/10 | 5251 days | 1% |
| hermanverman | 10/10 | 5282 days | 1% |
| Ela | 8/10 | 5282 days | 1% |
| stevenkarlclark | 10/10 | 5313 days | 1% |
| impivaarajones | 10/10 | 5313 days | 1% |
| simone13 | 10/10 | 5313 days | 1% |
| davedouglas | 10/10 | 5313 days | 1% |
| le60vin | 10/10 | 5343 days | 1% |
| Angela_Kay | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| patricio77 | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| rjbenito | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| agustin | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| steve1234 | 10/10 | 5374 days | 1% |
| forden | 10/10 | 5435 days | 1% |
| pig | 10/10 | 5466 days | 1% |
| tobygeorge | 9/10 | 5527 days | 1% |
| wxcooper | 10/10 | 5527 days | 1% |
| English_Campers | 10/10 | 5557 days | 1% |
| hopkinsfamily | 9/10 | 5557 days | 1% |
| ericn | 10/10 | 5588 days | 1% |
| TJD | 10/10 | 5588 days | 1% |
| amyrobertson | 10/10 | 5588 days | 1% |
| Bain | 9/10 | 5616 days | 1% |
| Kim Verschaffelt | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| richard___ilona | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| bls | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| clydewalshe | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| franciewalshe | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| kated371 | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| ieb | 10/10 | 5647 days | 1% |
| ci600 | 9/10 | 5678 days | 1% |
| kaye | 10/10 | 5678 days | 1% |
| Gerdefisherman | 10/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| KiwiAngler | 9/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| BJP | 9/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| ThePresident | 10/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| Andrea Hasenoehrl | 10/10 | 5708 days | 1% |
| cst | 10/10 | 5739 days | 1% |
| lalaishu | 9/10 | 5800 days | 1% |
| olgazurdo | 10/10 | 5831 days | 1% |
| MXNUT | 8/10 | 5922 days | 1% |
| dino3310 | 9/10 | 5922 days | 1% |
| Caseye | 1/10 | 5981 days | 0% |
| FC46 | 1/10 | 5981 days | 0% |
| HerrKlink | 1/10 | 5981 days | 0% |
| Cabin_fever | 4/10 | 5981 days | 1% |
| dadpole | 3/10 | 5981 days | 0% |
| Kazmeister | 9/10 | 6073 days | 1% |
| david | 9/10 | 6330 days | 0% |
Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.
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 Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
-0.83% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 117 days. However the Taumarunui 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 Taumarunui Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 76 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 73 | -0.79% |
| 74 | -0.81% |
| 75 | -0.82% |
| 76 | -0.83% |
| 77 | -0.84% |
| 78 | -0.85% |
| 79 | -0.86% |
| … | … |
6.71% 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.
77%
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.