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 Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks.

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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Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks

Valid Reviews

118 Valid Reviews

The Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has a total of 120 reviews. There are 118 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 118 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 87
74%
9/10 19
16%
8/10 7
6%
7/10 4
3%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

95.51% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks valid reviews is 95.51% and is based on 118 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

6 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 118 valid reviews, the experience has 6 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 6 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 3
50%
9/10 1
17%
8/10 2
33%
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%

91.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks face-to-face reviews is 91.67% and is based on 6 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

96.19%

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
Nick 9/10 130 days 100%
DJ 10/10 526 days 86%
Silke 10/10 679 days 75%
Elizabeth Keller 10/10 679 days 75%
Jan and Ian 9/10 738 days 69%
Stuart Edwards - Green Jersey Explorer Tours 10/10 861 days 59%
MIke 10/10 891 days 56%
NR 10/10 922 days 52%
Kurt & Rayanna Jacobs 9/10 953 days 49%
Reece and Sonja Allan 10/10 983 days 46%
christine borst 10/10 1014 days 43%
Rachel 10/10 1014 days 43%
Jane 10/10 1014 days 43%
Fids 9/10 1014 days 43%
Jane Sutton 10/10 1044 days 40%
Dianne Mankelow 8/10 1044 days 40%
Heidi 10/10 1044 days 40%
Simone 10/10 1044 days 40%
Cherie 10/10 1075 days 38%
Maureen 8/10 1075 days 37%
Reash 8/10 1075 days 37%
Colin and Heather Lewis 10/10 1075 days 38%
Tim & Jan 10/10 1103 days 35%
Heather 10/10 1134 days 33%
Sharon 10/10 1134 days 33%
MK 10/10 1134 days 33%
David 10/10 1165 days 30%
Sandra Davies 10/10 1165 days 30%
Faisal malik 10/10 1165 days 30%
David 7/10 1165 days 28%
Judith & John Bishop 9/10 1226 days 25%
ML 10/10 1256 days 24%
Stu 10/10 1409 days 15%
Christine Martin 10/10 1409 days 15%
T McLeod 10/10 1409 days 15%
Tracey Kereopa 10/10 1409 days 15%
Jan Mclaren 10/10 1409 days 15%
Desa 10/10 1440 days 13%
Dons 10/10 1440 days 13%
Evelyn Pine 10/10 1440 days 13%
Joan Pritchard 9/10 1440 days 13%
Otilia and Johan 9/10 1468 days 12%
blair stephens 10/10 1468 days 12%
kay henderson 10/10 1468 days 12%
Pete Harrison 10/10 1468 days 12%
Kathleen Chan 9/10 1468 days 12%
Allen 10/10 1468 days 12%
Bethan 7/10 1499 days 10%
MK 10/10 1499 days 11%
Sharon 10/10 1499 days 11%
Sue Shoemack 10/10 1499 days 11%
Elrika Keyser 10/10 1499 days 11%
Aaron Menzies 10/10 1530 days 10%
Ian Buck 10/10 1530 days 10%
Sarah Jane Ramaker 10/10 1560 days 9%
Tess Nesdale 10/10 1591 days 8%
Janet Henderson 10/10 1591 days 8%
Sue 10/10 1591 days 8%
NATALIE ERASMUS 9/10 1683 days 6%
John Jury 10/10 1683 days 6%
Brian Derbyshire 10/10 1713 days 5%
James & Derryn 10/10 1744 days 5%
Karen and Eric 10/10 1805 days 5%
Meryl D 8/10 1805 days 5%
Merle Bray, Elizabeth Watson & Bella 9/10 1834 days 5%
Ian Campbell 10/10 1865 days 5%
Jabba 9/10 1865 days 5%
Johannes 10/10 1896 days 5%
Dieter Giesen 10/10 1896 days 5%
Neal Rastrick 10/10 1926 days 5%
Mike Taylor 10/10 1926 days 5%
Truds/ Shaun McGregor 10/10 2018 days 4%
Rachael 10/10 2049 days 4%
Tarina McKenzie 10/10 2049 days 4%
Dianne Wade 10/10 2079 days 4%
Cliff & Tracey 10/10 2079 days 4%
Beth 10/10 2140 days 4%
Liz 10/10 2140 days 4%
Paul Smith 8/10 2199 days 4%
Alan & Lesley Ball 9/10 2199 days 4%
John Zoetebier 2/10 2230 days 2%
phil smith 9/10 2230 days 4%
Anne & John 10/10 2383 days 4%
Chris&Kevin Rush 10/10 2475 days 3%
Paul and Nat Wright 10/10 2505 days 3%
Dan Kilkelly 10/10 2505 days 3%
John Curries 10/10 2536 days 3%
Trish & Ian 10/10 2536 days 3%
Jenny Sullivan 10/10 2536 days 3%
Tina and Terry 9/10 2564 days 3%
Katie Wiffin 10/10 2595 days 3%
kay henderson 10/10 2595 days 3%
Phil and Dianne Neal 9/10 2596 days 3%
Leith Milson 10/10 2656 days 3%
John Peddie 10/10 3235 days 2%
York Tüchelmann 10/10 3260 days 2%
Liz Peters 10/10 3266 days 2%
Shelley Martin 10/10 3295 days 2%
Debbie Thomas 10/10 3326 days 2%
Hana Rachfalik 10/10 3345 days 2%
Sheriden Derby 10/10 3601 days 1%
Trevor Brown 9/10 3683 days 1%
BernardB 10/10 3691 days 1%
Jason 9/10 3691 days 1%
Ray 10/10 3889 days 0%
C&P Macwhippy 9/10 3966 days 0%
Daisy Shasta 10/10 4004 days 0%
Rita Hochstiasser 9/10 4022 days 0%
Jacqui V 7/10 4025 days 0%
Brendan K 10/10 4025 days 0%
E and C Tipuna 10/10 4056 days 0%
Jenny Hall 7/10 4087 days 0%
Tracie Thornborough 10/10 4087 days 0%
justin butler 10/10 4087 days 0%
Mick McIvor 10/10 4178 days 0%
E Smudde 8/10 4740 days 0%
Eric & Liz McKean 10/10 5075 days 0%
Pieter Middeldorp 8/10 5454 days 0%

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 Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.14% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 51 days. However the Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks 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 Ohiwa Tasman Holiday Parks experience has been adjusted for 103 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
100 -2.08%
101 -2.10%
102 -2.12%
103 -2.14%
104 -2.16%
105 -2.18%
106 -2.20%

Balancing Adjustment

0.53% 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

95%

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.