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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 Blenheim Bridges 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.
Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park
Valid Reviews
126 Valid Reviews
The Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has a total of 126 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 126 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 10 |
|
8% |
| 9/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 34 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 22 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 12 |
|
10% |
| 5/10 | 8 |
|
6% |
| 4/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 3/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 2/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
70.56% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park valid reviews is 70.56% and is based on 126 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
82 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 126 valid reviews, the experience has 82 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 82 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 8 |
|
10% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 24 |
|
29% |
| 7/10 | 16 |
|
20% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
5% |
| 4/10 | 3 |
|
4% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
75.24% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.24% and is based on 82 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
59.05%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eve Catherwood | 5/10 | 22 days | 82% |
| Laura | 7/10 | 81 days | 100% |
| Sarah Kot | 7/10 | 112 days | 100% |
| Angelina Janus | 6/10 | 112 days | 92% |
| Esther | 3/10 | 418 days | 53% |
| Shaun | 1/10 | 478 days | 38% |
| Walnstein | 6/10 | 570 days | 76% |
| Carrie | 7/10 | 784 days | 65% |
| Arie | 5/10 | 812 days | 51% |
| Ray G | 4/10 | 843 days | 42% |
| laurie M haysom | 9/10 | 1300 days | 22% |
| Murray Gamlin | 5/10 | 1453 days | 10% |
| Alexis | 4/10 | 1787 days | 3% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 2061 days | 4% |
| Michelle | 4/10 | 2153 days | 3% |
| Me | 3/10 | 2245 days | 2% |
| Mathias Hauenstein | 10/10 | 2304 days | 4% |
| HElen Bewick | 3/10 | 2335 days | 2% |
| Peter | 7/10 | 2549 days | 3% |
| Christina | 3/10 | 2549 days | 2% |
| The Weathersons | 2/10 | 2623 days | 1% |
| Johannes Bauerle | 1/10 | 2670 days | 1% |
| Lei Horton | 2/10 | 2831 days | 1% |
| Laureen Trainer | 8/10 | 2898 days | 3% |
| Iris Maatman | 4/10 | 2976 days | 2% |
| Erin Polcyn Sailer | 7/10 | 3289 days | 2% |
| Kelly Hitchins | 6/10 | 3312 days | 2% |
| Craig Ferry | 8/10 | 3336 days | 2% |
| Glinys Weller | 9/10 | 3386 days | 2% |
| Jean marc Daubenfeld | 8/10 | 3394 days | 2% |
| Sarah Carter | 8/10 | 3397 days | 2% |
| Blandine Giusti | 9/10 | 3695 days | 1% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 3725 days | 1% |
| Frank Wijnands | 7/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| Lorcan Lennon | 8/10 | 3807 days | 1% |
| Sue H | 7/10 | 3918 days | 1% |
| Nadia R | 6/10 | 4040 days | 0% |
| Family Trip | 8/10 | 4071 days | 0% |
| Casandra Prunica | 8/10 | 4073 days | 0% |
| Emma Wallace | 9/10 | 4105 days | 0% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 9/10 | 4130 days | 0% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 8/10 | 4191 days | 0% |
| M Morgan | 8/10 | 4405 days | 1% |
| Sixflipflops | 3/10 | 4405 days | 0% |
| Ken Milligan | 9/10 | 4423 days | 1% |
| Puma17 | 8/10 | 4495 days | 1% |
| Kevin Desjandino | 8/10 | 4513 days | 1% |
| F Soppelsa | 7/10 | 4519 days | 1% |
| Paul Lawrence | 8/10 | 4524 days | 1% |
| Abby Rushmer | 8/10 | 4525 days | 1% |
| Rolf Zwahlen | 10/10 | 4533 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 9/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Frederick Neilsen | 6/10 | 4538 days | 1% |
| Letitia Wenn | 8/10 | 4543 days | 1% |
| phudgb | 9/10 | 4556 days | 1% |
| Philippe Merino | 8/10 | 4792 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 9/10 | 4793 days | 1% |
| nztintin | 5/10 | 4801 days | 0% |
| Tim Germany | 5/10 | 4801 days | 0% |
| Webb & Muckelt | 1/10 | 4810 days | 0% |
| Barbara | 8/10 | 4811 days | 1% |
| Rebecca Richardson | 7/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Andrew Powell | 8/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 9/10 | 4812 days | 1% |
| Peter Holt | 8/10 | 4818 days | 1% |
| Patricia Motzheim | 10/10 | 4829 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 8/10 | 4829 days | 1% |
| hanal7 | 6/10 | 4861 days | 1% |
| Dorthe | 4/10 | 4893 days | 0% |
| Mikala Dinka | 9/10 | 4893 days | 1% |
| Steve & Maggie | 9/10 | 4893 days | 1% |
| Anders Rathleff | 9/10 | 4908 days | 1% |
| damaca | 8/10 | 4953 days | 1% |
| neilqecosse | 9/10 | 4983 days | 1% |
| GoodTimes | 10/10 | 5075 days | 1% |
| Edward Marhi | 9/10 | 5133 days | 1% |
| Iain Campbell | 7/10 | 5145 days | 1% |
| Peter & Angela Brown | 10/10 | 5157 days | 1% |
| Fam de Kruyf | 9/10 | 5164 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 8/10 | 5164 days | 1% |
| Michael Assfalg | 6/10 | 5166 days | 1% |
| Julie Pasquignon | 7/10 | 5168 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 7/10 | 5168 days | 1% |
| Gert Vogelaers | 9/10 | 5170 days | 1% |
| Jeff Cerjan | 7/10 | 5174 days | 1% |
| Ron Pantzer | 8/10 | 5176 days | 1% |
| Darren Bruestle | 9/10 | 5182 days | 1% |
| Vanderhorst | 6/10 | 5183 days | 1% |
| Gerry Nichols | 8/10 | 5190 days | 1% |
| Kristie | 8/10 | 5218 days | 1% |
| Rob | 9/10 | 5449 days | 1% |
| Haley & Jason | 8/10 | 5464 days | 1% |
| Brett & Tanille | 8/10 | 5520 days | 1% |
| Marcia & Bruce | 6/10 | 5522 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5535 days | 1% |
| Senel | 7/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| Faurack | 10/10 | 5539 days | 1% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 5545 days | 1% |
| Otto | 7/10 | 5559 days | 1% |
| Etienne VanD | 10/10 | 5580 days | 1% |
| mariak | 3/10 | 5608 days | 0% |
| andres | 7/10 | 5614 days | 1% |
| pthreadgood | 6/10 | 5620 days | 1% |
| Gary Brown | 8/10 | 5624 days | 1% |
| Douglas Beresford | 8/10 | 5624 days | 1% |
| Kirsty McGrath | 7/10 | 5626 days | 1% |
| Terry J | 10/10 | 5632 days | 1% |
| Philip Ryott | 4/10 | 5632 days | 0% |
| Sena | 7/10 | 5632 days | 1% |
| Tait Suridge | 10/10 | 5633 days | 1% |
| Susan Fielder | 7/10 | 5652 days | 1% |
| johannac | 9/10 | 5741 days | 1% |
| Andrew Lonsdale | 5/10 | 5850 days | 0% |
| HelenPalmer | 8/10 | 5854 days | 1% |
| LowerD | 8/10 | 5866 days | 1% |
| Andrew Biddle | 9/10 | 5868 days | 1% |
| RonB | 8/10 | 5878 days | 1% |
| Andrew Wilson | 7/10 | 5883 days | 1% |
| JeremyE | 8/10 | 5884 days | 1% |
| LucyT | 5/10 | 5884 days | 0% |
| Suzie Lechner | 5/10 | 5886 days | 0% |
| LindaV | 6/10 | 5900 days | 1% |
| Tolsten | 7/10 | 5908 days | 1% |
| KuzakUSA | 4/10 | 5910 days | 0% |
| Lucy | 6/10 | 5915 days | 1% |
| Visken | 7/10 | 5915 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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-0.23% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 71 days. However the Blenheim Bridges 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 Blenheim Bridges Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 14 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 11 | -0.18% |
| 12 | -0.20% |
| 13 | -0.21% |
| 14 | -0.23% |
| 15 | -0.25% |
| 16 | -0.26% |
| 17 | -0.28% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
14.92% 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
74%
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.