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 Arrowtown Hampshire 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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Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

81 Valid Reviews

The Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park experience has a total of 82 reviews. There are 81 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 81 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 11
14%
9/10 19
23%
8/10 20
25%
7/10 8
10%
6/10 5
6%
5/10 7
9%
4/10 2
2%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 5
6%
1/10 2
2%

72.59% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park valid reviews is 72.59% and is based on 81 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

18 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 81 valid reviews, the experience has 18 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 18 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 5
28%
9/10 3
17%
8/10 6
33%
7/10 2
11%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
6%
4/10 1
6%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

82.22% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 82.22% and is based on 18 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

75.11%

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
Hannah 7/10 101 days 100%
Larissa 9/10 497 days 92%
Laura 8/10 770 days 70%
Lucy 1/10 954 days 21%
Anne S 8/10 1107 days 36%
Suzanne 9/10 1411 days 15%
HSnow 8/10 1653 days 7%
Kelly 9/10 1745 days 5%
Melanie 5/10 1897 days 4%
Neroli 9/10 1928 days 5%
William 9/10 1958 days 5%
Sarah 9/10 1989 days 5%
Catharina 1/10 2231 days 1%
Fabian 5/10 2262 days 3%
Steve 2/10 2262 days 2%
Francois & Caroline 7/10 2262 days 4%
Arne 5/10 2262 days 3%
chris marshall 5/10 2262 days 3%
Kelsie 5/10 2323 days 3%
Nifty 8/10 2323 days 4%
Yar Ni Ng 6/10 2384 days 3%
Antony Lewis 9/10 2537 days 3%
Bailey Dunne 6/10 2568 days 3%
Simon Zimmermann 2/10 2584 days 1%
Eversons 6/10 2596 days 3%
Fedor Bezrukov 2/10 2620 days 1%
Wen Xin Tan 9/10 2769 days 3%
Gerry Boobis 8/10 2872 days 3%
Louise Russell 9/10 2901 days 3%
Vicky Moore 2/10 2913 days 1%
Roberto 6/10 2918 days 2%
Sophie Ross 8/10 2941 days 3%
Andy Payne 8/10 3036 days 2%
Joost de Hond 2/10 3040 days 1%
Tom Relou 3/10 3076 days 1%
Maggy Kinniburgh 3/10 3102 days 1%
Michelle Klein 10/10 3114 days 2%
Wayne Jeskie 10/10 3254 days 2%
David Elliott 8/10 3267 days 2%
Goldfinger 8/10 3298 days 2%
R Werder 8/10 3342 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 8/10 3395 days 2%
Penny King 9/10 3424 days 2%
Lesa Price 9/10 3448 days 1%
Steve Warren 10/10 3448 days 1%
Viki Ziemba 9/10 3480 days 1%
AusCampa 9/10 3603 days 1%
Kathy Hart 10/10 3603 days 1%
Chris Read 8/10 3608 days 1%
Rossco 10/10 3633 days 1%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3663 days 1%
Jan Collins 10/10 3682 days 1%
Ron Clarke 7/10 3754 days 1%
Hol. M. 7/10 3754 days 1%
bzh974 6/10 3754 days 1%
Andy Jobst 10/10 3754 days 1%
Joanne Robertson 8/10 3761 days 1%
travelscot 9/10 3968 days 0%
Anthony Brown 5/10 4081 days 0%
Claudia 10/10 4091 days 0%
Jonathan Meun 7/10 4424 days 0%
William Notcutt 5/10 4453 days 0%
Lindsay Berquist 7/10 4698 days 1%
Signe Kaspersen 9/10 4753 days 0%
Steve Goodyear 10/10 4780 days 0%
Andreas Kristiansen 8/10 4782 days 0%
John Heal 8/10 4864 days 0%
prasub 4/10 4880 days 0%
qofd 7/10 5064 days 1%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 5094 days 1%
Judith & John Bishop 8/10 5094 days 1%
Tina Madsen 4/10 5111 days 0%
Lenny Appel 8/10 5126 days 0%
Tyson Burnett 8/10 5126 days 0%
Hadleigh 7/10 5130 days 0%
nelliekaye 8/10 5306 days 1%
Kevin & Chris 8/10 5423 days 0%
Chris Bil 9/10 5485 days 0%
Claudia 10/10 5497 days 0%
Bert Tonwen 10/10 5499 days 0%
Ian E 9/10 5514 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 Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-2.01% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 days. However the Arrowtown Hampshire 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 Arrowtown Hampshire Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 100 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
97 -1.95%
98 -1.97%
99 -1.99%
100 -2.01%
101 -2.03%
102 -2.05%
103 -2.07%

Balancing Adjustment

5.43% 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.