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 Lakes Edge 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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Lakes Edge Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

342 Valid Reviews

The Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has a total of 347 reviews. There are 342 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 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 342 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 40
12%
9/10 57
17%
8/10 84
25%
7/10 63
18%
6/10 34
10%
5/10 21
6%
4/10 10
3%
3/10 12
4%
2/10 9
3%
1/10 12
4%

71.37% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park valid reviews is 71.37% and is based on 342 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

94 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 342 valid reviews, the experience has 94 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 94 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 14
15%
9/10 15
16%
8/10 29
31%
7/10 15
16%
6/10 7
7%
5/10 5
5%
4/10 4
4%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 1
1%

75.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Lakes Edge Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 75.11% and is based on 94 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

76.06%

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
Rich 9/10 105 days 100%
Debra Smith 9/10 258 days 97%
Pedro 5/10 317 days 73%
Hannah 5/10 379 days 71%
Jen 8/10 409 days 90%
Sue Peggs 3/10 409 days 50%
Stu 6/10 440 days 78%
Laura 7/10 470 days 83%
Dean 9/10 501 days 86%
Charlee d 10/10 501 days 87%
JD 7/10 562 days 78%
Becky RYG 1/10 623 days 32%
Jane 10/10 654 days 77%
Symen 9/10 654 days 76%
Vantrolls 7/10 654 days 72%
Loam 6/10 714 days 62%
Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com 8/10 775 days 65%
Nicky 5/10 806 days 49%
Marie Perret 9/10 806 days 63%
June Cormack 8/10 806 days 63%
Sandy 8/10 867 days 57%
Kelsie 9/10 867 days 57%
Bao 9/10 928 days 51%
Walt Drechsler 8/10 959 days 48%
Taylor Russell 7/10 959 days 45%
Christy 7/10 959 days 45%
Amy Catley 9/10 959 days 48%
Ryli West 9/10 989 days 45%
Kilee Leblanc 7/10 989 days 42%
Anne 8/10 989 days 45%
Gee 7/10 989 days 42%
Sarah Woolley 9/10 1020 days 42%
Kornelia Pranjko 7/10 1020 days 40%
Laura 10/10 1020 days 43%
Esther 6/10 1048 days 35%
Kim 5/10 1048 days 31%
Sophie Rellensmann 7/10 1079 days 35%
Arie 6/10 1079 days 32%
Jonny 6/10 1079 days 32%
RR 7/10 1110 days 32%
Amel 9/10 1110 days 34%
Rob J 8/10 1110 days 34%
Jouke 6/10 1140 days 28%
Sophie Cooper 10/10 1201 days 28%
Rachel Wilcox 8/10 1201 days 27%
Kate Harroer 8/10 1232 days 25%
Hannah and Matthew 10/10 1232 days 25%
Joon 7/10 1263 days 22%
Karenw 10/10 1385 days 16%
Bill 1/10 1385 days 7%
Oonagh 8/10 1444 days 13%
Lisa 10/10 1444 days 13%
Rosie 9/10 1536 days 10%
Terry and Dj 10/10 1628 days 7%
Kirsti 10/10 1719 days 6%
Tash and Liam 9/10 1750 days 5%
Ellie Richards 10/10 1750 days 5%
Emma 9/10 1778 days 5%
Will 9/10 1840 days 5%
Matt 2/10 1840 days 2%
Dan 9/10 1840 days 5%
Graham 10/10 1840 days 5%
Rach 6/10 1870 days 4%
Hamish 10/10 1901 days 5%
Chi Niu 2/10 1901 days 2%
Nadia McKay 10/10 1901 days 5%
Morgan 9/10 1901 days 5%
Christopher 1/10 1931 days 2%
Ric van Weede 8/10 1931 days 5%
Edward 5/10 1931 days 4%
Chris 6/10 1962 days 4%
David 8/10 2023 days 5%
Justine 9/10 2023 days 5%
Robert Adler 9/10 2115 days 4%
Jamie Morrison 10/10 2115 days 4%
sandrine sainson 3/10 2144 days 2%
Miles 9/10 2144 days 4%
Clauds 9/10 2144 days 4%
Liz Wade 6/10 2174 days 4%
Tanja & Sven 7/10 2175 days 4%
Adam 9/10 2206 days 4%
Robert Killey 6/10 2206 days 4%
Tanja Rombey 8/10 2206 days 4%
David 7/10 2206 days 4%
Kellen Richter 7/10 2236 days 4%
Tahiti Sailor 2/10 2236 days 2%
Sabine 10/10 2236 days 4%
Sue W 8/10 2236 days 4%
K&KRahimi 4/10 2236 days 3%
Katherine Ong 7/10 2267 days 4%
Lauren Smith 10/10 2267 days 4%
Phil 5/10 2297 days 3%
Andrew Hammond 8/10 2297 days 4%
Ben and Liv 8/10 2328 days 4%
Brendan Trotter 10/10 2359 days 4%
Josie 1/10 2389 days 2%
Topher Ward 2/10 2389 days 2%
Taylor 7/10 2450 days 4%
Aisling 8/10 2481 days 4%
Tuval Rabina 2/10 2509 days 2%
Kimberly Boyle 9/10 2509 days 4%
Blazey’s 9/10 2509 days 4%
Jacqui 5/10 2540 days 3%
Siggi &Brian 8/10 2540 days 4%
Zoe 7/10 2540 days 3%
Kevin O'Brien 8/10 2540 days 4%
Samantha H. 6/10 2571 days 3%
Marieke 8/10 2601 days 3%
Nifty 4/10 2601 days 2%
James & Kerry 7/10 2601 days 3%
Violet Murphy 7/10 2632 days 3%
Mike Fricker 9/10 2632 days 3%
Claudia 8/10 2662 days 3%
Holly Bartholomew 9/10 2662 days 3%
Grizzly Girl 6/10 2662 days 3%
Louis 8/10 2724 days 3%
Rhiannon Mason 7/10 2754 days 3%
Bex & Jake 8/10 2785 days 3%
Charlesbrooksphotographer 7/10 2785 days 3%
Robin 7/10 2815 days 3%
Matt 8/10 2815 days 3%
Mike78 7/10 2815 days 3%
Frances L 9/10 2815 days 3%
Tati Moron 7/10 2819 days 2%
Boguslaw MAKIELLO 3/10 2829 days 1%
Philipp Stech 3/10 2834 days 2%
Nathaniel Bond 7/10 2844 days 2%
Qi Moss 9/10 2846 days 3%
Ben H 9/10 2846 days 3%
Nat 8/10 2846 days 3%
Jon Mulcaster 7/10 2849 days 2%
Clobby 5/10 2874 days 2%
Eversons 8/10 2874 days 3%
Leong Mee Yee 7/10 2878 days 2%
Suzanne Wijsman 8/10 2882 days 3%
Claire Hodges 7/10 2884 days 3%
Christian Schories 10/10 2886 days 3%
Helen Bond 9/10 2905 days 3%
Edwin Bos 3/10 2934 days 2%
Nadene Wheatley 9/10 2962 days 3%
Tammy Schein 8/10 2965 days 3%
Sandra Jeffers 6/10 2982 days 2%
M Karutz 6/10 2990 days 2%
Carl von Horstig 7/10 2994 days 3%
Gary Prescot 7/10 2999 days 3%
Geoff Steele 6/10 3026 days 2%
Andy Dearman 5/10 3048 days 2%
Jane Leong 3/10 3053 days 1%
Brooke McGregor 1/10 3057 days 1%
Nicholas Chan 8/10 3088 days 3%
Linn Niziak 6/10 3111 days 2%
Joanne Haslam 9/10 3130 days 2%
Elena Rusalen 7/10 3146 days 2%
Sama-Al Adim 1/10 3180 days 1%
Cecile 6/10 3185 days 2%
Peter Schurke 3/10 3204 days 1%
Kerry Lee 10/10 3210 days 2%
Fabio Flepp 8/10 3217 days 2%
Hartje Opfietse 4/10 3246 days 1%
Lee Burdett 6/10 3255 days 2%
Erika 2/10 3263 days 1%
Kelly Roxanne 6/10 3269 days 2%
Rebecca Lindsey 7/10 3269 days 2%
Nigel Heinemann 8/10 3298 days 2%
S Webb 5/10 3303 days 2%
Rima 7/10 3309 days 2%
Zipora Risakotta 8/10 3354 days 2%
Salvador Jimenez 1/10 3378 days 1%
Ana Ciocchini 1/10 3378 days 1%
Rosanne van Dooren 8/10 3382 days 2%
Michelle Klein 7/10 3391 days 2%
Jenny Parker 9/10 3402 days 2%
Mike Pierre 5/10 3403 days 1%
Kim Donze 8/10 3404 days 2%
Will Hughes 7/10 3420 days 2%
Jack Metcalfe 7/10 3422 days 2%
Mikael Torres 7/10 3424 days 2%
Peter Savory 8/10 3432 days 2%
Belinda Clarke 10/10 3489 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 7/10 3508 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3521 days 2%
J Neupaertl 1/10 3539 days 1%
Susan Boyton 7/10 3552 days 2%
Rik Lammers 5/10 3554 days 1%
Peter Barker 8/10 3556 days 2%
Al Hindley 9/10 3574 days 2%
Jennifer Gordon-Jones 7/10 3579 days 1%
Mattijs Hoogenbosch 10/10 3582 days 2%
Esther M 6/10 3589 days 1%
Perrine Pilate 6/10 3594 days 1%
Udo Morello 9/10 3598 days 2%
Philippa and Adam 6/10 3608 days 1%
R Werder 7/10 3620 days 1%
Lucia 8/10 3635 days 1%
David From Switzerland 9/10 3647 days 1%
Paul Frost 7/10 3710 days 1%
Lesa Price 4/10 3726 days 1%
Barbara Qin 9/10 3729 days 1%
Chloe Aspinall 9/10 3731 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 8/10 3782 days 1%
Mitchell Henderson 6/10 3787 days 1%
Annabelle deMontignie 8/10 3788 days 1%
Fabien Metro 8/10 3793 days 1%
Georgia Posar 10/10 3857 days 1%
Yann Le Gac 3/10 3880 days 1%
Yvonne Wu 7/10 3880 days 1%
Wolfgang Rank 10/10 3910 days 1%
Mike Gornall 8/10 3941 days 1%
Mike Merrick 6/10 3949 days 1%
Gethin Pearson 8/10 3963 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3967 days 1%
Hol. M. 8/10 4000 days 1%
holidaymad from Solihull 8/10 4000 days 1%
Matthias Thorn 8/10 4000 days 1%
Hugo Hsu 6/10 4012 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 8/10 4019 days 1%
Andreas Iversen 10/10 4023 days 1%
Ron Clarke 8/10 4031 days 1%
Charlee Jayne 6/10 4154 days 0%
Fabian Rodriguez 7/10 4215 days 0%
Richard 8/10 4215 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 8/10 4246 days 0%
Linda Morey 2/10 4246 days 0%
Julian Kuemme 8/10 4282 days 0%
Mandy Reich 8/10 4283 days 0%
Gillian Scott 9/10 4305 days 0%
Eva-Maria Krueger 9/10 4307 days 0%
Mike Fricker 8/10 4307 days 0%
tracey aylmer 3/10 4307 days 0%
Denise Ewbank 8/10 4322 days 0%
Manuela Michelbach 6/10 4324 days 0%
Marius Hoffmann 6/10 4324 days 0%
Sue L 7/10 4335 days 0%
Monique Monique 7/10 4335 days 0%
S B 10/10 4348 days 0%
M K 10/10 4348 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 7/10 4356 days 0%
Anne and Steve Bartlett 8/10 4358 days 0%
Gill Odell 8/10 4366 days 0%
Andrew Cattanach 4/10 4366 days 0%
Angelika Bottcher 9/10 4372 days 0%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 4375 days 0%
andrewmh 9/10 4397 days 1%
Kiwix3 10/10 4458 days 1%
Nigel & Annie Dale 9/10 4458 days 1%
Frankie Branco 4/10 4519 days 1%
Andrew Spooner 1/10 4550 days 0%
shaynne thompson 10/10 4641 days 1%
samuel maull 3/10 4641 days 1%
Friederike 9/10 4656 days 1%
Ken Milligan 8/10 4659 days 1%
Cmi 5/10 4731 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 7/10 4731 days 1%
rvonroad 5/10 4731 days 1%
JandJ Shafer 7/10 4731 days 1%
Loesje 7/10 4731 days 1%
Michael Kretzschmar 6/10 4748 days 1%
Al Stuart 5/10 4749 days 1%
Craig Jones 7/10 4762 days 1%
sueadegizmo 5/10 4945 days 1%
MeganG 8/10 4976 days 1%
TeamJames 1/10 5006 days 0%
Christina Bruellhardt 10/10 5019 days 1%
Marc Schmiedily 7/10 5023 days 1%
Harry Ruys 8/10 5033 days 1%
Marion Hassink 8/10 5043 days 1%
Melanie Mathiak 10/10 5049 days 1%
Stephanie Kohlmann 8/10 5051 days 1%
Judith Fowler 9/10 5052 days 1%
Helen Chilton 10/10 5054 days 1%
Clemens 8/10 5059 days 1%
Horst Langstein 9/10 5059 days 1%
Dugald McCallum 8/10 5065 days 1%
Mike1952 6/10 5066 days 1%
Ray Coombe 10/10 5140 days 1%
Sarah Graham 9/10 5144 days 1%
DJohnson 3/10 5219 days 1%
Lisa Milton 9/10 5365 days 1%
Gertz 8/10 5376 days 1%
Tom Bushell 9/10 5387 days 1%
Thomas 3/10 5390 days 0%
Irene and Werner Keil 7/10 5392 days 1%
Katherine and Pete Smal 5/10 5393 days 1%
T Lipscombe 2/10 5395 days 0%
Michaela Strohmarer 8/10 5395 days 1%
Harry Hammond 9/10 5396 days 1%
Chris & Anne Pearson 6/10 5397 days 1%
Douglas & Alison Mark 8/10 5399 days 1%
Pein van Nosrt 8/10 5402 days 1%
Fiona Crossley 4/10 5403 days 0%
Jennifer Sunderland 8/10 5405 days 1%
Manfred & Gabi 4/10 5414 days 0%
G Elliason 10/10 5417 days 1%
Jennie McIver 1/10 5418 days 0%
Teum and Orselien 4/10 5419 days 0%
Sandra Schneifer 9/10 5422 days 1%
Sarraute 6/10 5423 days 1%
D Hoekstra 6/10 5426 days 1%
John Simpson 8/10 5428 days 1%
Nuro 10/10 5509 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 7/10 5554 days 1%
aay451 7/10 5646 days 1%
Martina Pankova 4/10 5743 days 0%
katrina Marshall 7/10 5754 days 1%
Janny en Bert 8/10 5758 days 1%
Peter G 8/10 5762 days 1%
Chris Helms 8/10 5762 days 1%
Maureen Pearman 7/10 5769 days 1%
Hans Suess 2/10 5774 days 0%
Amanda Iavarone 9/10 5774 days 1%
Jobbs 10/10 5777 days 1%
Maria Newton 8/10 5778 days 1%
Robertson 5/10 5778 days 1%
Mattias Thorm 8/10 5790 days 1%
Ian E 8/10 5792 days 1%
Rob Alston 5/10 5796 days 1%
Michael and Tanja Kreugel 8/10 5805 days 1%
helennz 6/10 5812 days 1%
marylus 5/10 5842 days 1%
carsteng 7/10 5852 days 1%
Silvana Thom 10/10 5868 days 1%
Chris Bulman 7/10 5869 days 1%
Tillener 8/10 5884 days 1%
eowyn2k 8/10 5888 days 1%
bondd 7/10 5967 days 1%
richards1 9/10 5983 days 1%
marianneb 7/10 6102 days 1%
SteveB 9/10 6102 days 1%
Jelle 7/10 6105 days 1%
Dave Ashun 9/10 6109 days 1%
Eckhard Koepper 10/10 6114 days 1%
BevanLisa 9/10 6119 days 1%
Loethke 9/10 6120 days 1%
James O'Neil 10/10 6122 days 1%
Joel 10/10 6122 days 1%
JoanneM 7/10 6137 days 1%
RobC1 8/10 6137 days 1%
SebastianGermany1 8/10 6137 days 1%
JoT 10/10 6137 days 1%
AstridVG 8/10 6143 days 1%
Terry 8/10 6149 days 1%
John&Denise 5/10 6151 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-1.99% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Lakes Edge 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 Lakes Edge Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 98 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
95 -1.93%
96 -1.95%
97 -1.97%
98 -1.99%
99 -2.01%
100 -2.03%
101 -2.05%

Balancing Adjustment

5.02% 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

79%

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.