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 Te Anau TOP 10 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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Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park

Valid Reviews

105 Valid Reviews

The Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has a total of 106 reviews. There are 105 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 105 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 30
29%
9/10 29
28%
8/10 25
24%
7/10 14
13%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 2
2%

84.29% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park valid reviews is 84.29% and is based on 105 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

45 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 105 valid reviews, the experience has 45 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 45 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
29%
9/10 12
27%
8/10 14
31%
7/10 6
13%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park face-to-face reviews is 87.11% and is based on 45 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

80.96%

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
peter 10/10 647 days 100%
小B 4/10 1013 days 37%
Clare Eddington 3/10 1041 days 29%
Courtney Gearhart 8/10 1041 days 52%
Lynsey Keaton 10/10 1041 days 53%
V L Nelson 7/10 1072 days 46%
Rochelle 🥰 8/10 1256 days 30%
Jim Henderson 10/10 1894 days 6%
Marjolein 5/10 2199 days 4%
Nicholas I Allen 1/10 2199 days 2%
Carys 6/10 2229 days 5%
Peter from California 10/10 2260 days 5%
Adrian Macdonald 9/10 2289 days 5%
Jenn 8/10 2290 days 5%
Gay Hamilton 9/10 2382 days 5%
Nicki Chow 7/10 2502 days 4%
Nifty 6/10 2594 days 4%
Violet Murphy 9/10 2625 days 4%
Tamara & Brittany 9/10 2625 days 4%
Mr Smith 8/10 2717 days 4%
Derek Green 7/10 2838 days 4%
Leong Mee Yee 8/10 2871 days 4%
Debbie Lesurf 10/10 2920 days 4%
Jonas Heidger 10/10 3088 days 3%
Tim Ridder 1/10 3188 days 1%
Nazlinda Md Nasir 10/10 3203 days 3%
Lisa Page 10/10 3206 days 3%
Carolina Mondaca 7/10 3302 days 3%
Gary Cohen 8/10 3323 days 3%
S Webb 10/10 3323 days 3%
Shelly Stanchuk 9/10 3323 days 3%
Mike Guest 9/10 3342 days 3%
Jim MacDiarmid 8/10 3446 days 2%
Sarah Hammond 8/10 3476 days 2%
Eles Murray 9/10 3507 days 2%
Kathy Hart 9/10 3507 days 2%
Pascale Lemieux 10/10 3543 days 2%
Carlotta Hubner 9/10 3575 days 2%
Ricardo Teeuwen 7/10 3600 days 2%
AusCampa 9/10 3873 days 1%
Chris Read 7/10 3879 days 1%
Anna Strobl 10/10 3884 days 1%
Constantin D 7/10 3975 days 1%
Stefanie Feldman 7/10 3982 days 1%
Deene 7/10 4031 days 1%
Rene van der Zwan 9/10 4038 days 1%
Jessica Quirk 10/10 4054 days 1%
Ian Harris 10/10 4054 days 1%
Bert Snel 8/10 4054 days 1%
travelscot 10/10 4239 days 0%
Nadia R 10/10 4269 days 0%
Sagi 10/10 4304 days 0%
Hadar 10/10 4304 days 0%
Matusala Habtemariam 8/10 4324 days 0%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 8/10 4349 days 0%
Sally Mortensen 9/10 4390 days 1%
Eric and Nienke 9/10 4390 days 1%
Henrik Joshua 8/10 4420 days 1%
I & K Urquhart 8/10 4512 days 1%
Elise Robson 9/10 4573 days 1%
Jill Fischer 10/10 4665 days 1%
Hanneke P 9/10 4724 days 1%
Jan 9/10 4743 days 1%
Jos Schieveen 8/10 5009 days 1%
Gillian Rowe 10/10 5040 days 1%
Seth & Carla 8/10 5044 days 1%
Mirando4ka 8/10 5059 days 1%
neilqecosse 9/10 5212 days 1%
B_and_F_MN 10/10 5365 days 1%
Jon_and_Family 9/10 5365 days 1%
Lorraine Leonard 9/10 5373 days 1%
Sarah and Uli Glas 10/10 5376 days 1%
Vicktor Janssen 7/10 5379 days 1%
Geoff Andrew 9/10 5379 days 1%
G Cucel 10/10 5379 days 1%
Chrissy Crebas 10/10 5381 days 1%
noname 10/10 5381 days 1%
Stefanie 10/10 5381 days 1%
Irene and Werner Keil 9/10 5385 days 1%
Tara Koenig 8/10 5387 days 1%
Bruce & Elaine Chote 10/10 5388 days 1%
Lisa 8/10 5388 days 1%
Monique 8/10 5388 days 1%
G Elliason 10/10 5410 days 1%
Dana Pagliarini 9/10 5412 days 1%
Irene and Thib Schneider 7/10 5412 days 1%
Phil Hunter 9/10 5415 days 1%
misskeane 9/10 5486 days 1%
imbeachy 10/10 5577 days 1%
Russell & Barbara Gilmour 9/10 5747 days 1%
Evans 9/10 5749 days 1%
Marcus Kippner 8/10 5752 days 1%
Peter G 7/10 5755 days 1%
Chris Helms 7/10 5755 days 1%
hughesW 10/10 5761 days 1%
Paula Martinez 8/10 5764 days 1%
EstherW 7/10 5771 days 1%
Thea X 8/10 5784 days 1%
Sarah Goeckener 9/10 5861 days 1%
Decuq 8/10 5862 days 1%
Becca1 9/10 6097 days 1%
Steve Harper 9/10 6102 days 1%
MundschanGermany 10/10 6111 days 1%
GingerPrince 8/10 6129 days 1%
AndrewF78 8/10 6131 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 Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.07% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Te Anau TOP 10 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 Te Anau TOP 10 Holiday Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.01%
198 -4.03%
199 -4.05%
200 -4.07%
201 -4.09%
202 -4.11%
203 -4.13%

Balancing Adjustment

3.96% 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

81%

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.