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 Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown.

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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Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown

Valid Reviews

81 Valid Reviews

The Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown 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 Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown 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 Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown 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

75.04%

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 7/10 381 days 100%
Larissa 9/10 777 days 76%
Laura 8/10 1050 days 45%
Lucy 1/10 1234 days 12%
Anne S 8/10 1387 days 18%
Suzanne 9/10 1691 days 7%
HSnow 8/10 1933 days 5%
Kelly 9/10 2025 days 5%
Melanie 5/10 2177 days 4%
Neroli 9/10 2208 days 5%
William 9/10 2238 days 5%
Sarah 9/10 2269 days 5%
Catharina 1/10 2511 days 2%
Fabian 5/10 2542 days 3%
Steve 2/10 2542 days 2%
Francois & Caroline 7/10 2542 days 4%
Arne 5/10 2542 days 3%
chris marshall 5/10 2542 days 3%
Kelsie 5/10 2603 days 3%
Nifty 8/10 2603 days 4%
Yar Ni Ng 6/10 2664 days 3%
Antony Lewis 9/10 2817 days 4%
Bailey Dunne 6/10 2848 days 3%
Simon Zimmermann 2/10 2864 days 2%
Eversons 6/10 2876 days 3%
Fedor Bezrukov 2/10 2900 days 2%
Wen Xin Tan 9/10 3049 days 3%
Gerry Boobis 8/10 3151 days 3%
Louise Russell 9/10 3181 days 3%
Vicky Moore 2/10 3193 days 1%
Roberto 6/10 3198 days 2%
Sophie Ross 8/10 3221 days 3%
Andy Payne 8/10 3316 days 2%
Joost de Hond 2/10 3320 days 1%
Tom Relou 3/10 3356 days 1%
Maggy Kinniburgh 3/10 3382 days 1%
Michelle Klein 10/10 3393 days 2%
Wayne Jeskie 10/10 3534 days 2%
David Elliott 8/10 3546 days 2%
Goldfinger 8/10 3577 days 2%
R Werder 8/10 3622 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 8/10 3675 days 2%
Penny King 9/10 3704 days 2%
Lesa Price 9/10 3728 days 1%
Steve Warren 10/10 3728 days 1%
Viki Ziemba 9/10 3760 days 1%
AusCampa 9/10 3882 days 1%
Kathy Hart 10/10 3882 days 1%
Chris Read 8/10 3888 days 1%
Rossco 10/10 3912 days 1%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3943 days 1%
Jan Collins 10/10 3962 days 1%
Ron Clarke 7/10 4033 days 1%
Hol. M. 7/10 4033 days 1%
bzh974 6/10 4033 days 1%
Andy Jobst 10/10 4034 days 1%
Joanne Robertson 8/10 4041 days 1%
travelscot 9/10 4248 days 0%
Anthony Brown 5/10 4361 days 0%
Claudia 10/10 4371 days 0%
Jonathan Meun 7/10 4704 days 1%
William Notcutt 5/10 4733 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 7/10 4978 days 1%
Signe Kaspersen 9/10 5033 days 1%
Steve Goodyear 10/10 5060 days 1%
Andreas Kristiansen 8/10 5062 days 1%
John Heal 8/10 5144 days 1%
prasub 4/10 5160 days 1%
qofd 7/10 5344 days 1%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 5374 days 1%
Judith & John Bishop 8/10 5374 days 1%
Tina Madsen 4/10 5391 days 1%
Lenny Appel 8/10 5406 days 1%
Tyson Burnett 8/10 5406 days 1%
Hadleigh 7/10 5410 days 1%
nelliekaye 8/10 5586 days 1%
Kevin & Chris 8/10 5703 days 1%
Chris Bil 9/10 5765 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 5777 days 1%
Bert Tonwen 10/10 5779 days 1%
Ian E 9/10 5794 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 Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.05% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown 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 Hampshire Holiday Park Arrowtown experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.99%
198 -4.01%
199 -4.03%
200 -4.05%
201 -4.07%
202 -4.09%
203 -4.11%

Balancing Adjustment

6.47% 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

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.