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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 Gillespies Beach Campsite.
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.
Gillespies Beach Campsite
Valid Reviews
108 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 111 reviews. There are 108 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 108 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 30 |
|
28% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 29 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
12% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.93% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 80.93% and is based on 108 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
46 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 108 valid reviews, the experience has 46 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 46 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 8 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 3 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.26% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 83.26% and is based on 46 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
80.93%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub | 8/10 | 37 days | 100% |
| Susan Boyton | 10/10 | 221 days | 99% |
| Aaron | 5/10 | 433 days | 70% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 433 days | 89% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 707 days | 72% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 707 days | 63% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 707 days | 72% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 982 days | 46% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 1041 days | 40% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 1133 days | 33% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1771 days | 5% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1894 days | 5% |
| John | 10/10 | 1924 days | 5% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 1986 days | 5% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 2137 days | 4% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 2229 days | 4% |
| Anonymous | 10/10 | 2260 days | 4% |
| John | 8/10 | 2474 days | 4% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2474 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2502 days | 4% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2502 days | 4% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2564 days | 4% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2564 days | 4% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2564 days | 4% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2594 days | 3% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2594 days | 3% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2808 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2881 days | 3% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 2978 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 3147 days | 2% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 3158 days | 2% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 3160 days | 2% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 3230 days | 2% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 3261 days | 2% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 3297 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3304 days | 2% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3323 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3323 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3550 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3580 days | 2% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3595 days | 1% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3639 days | 1% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3652 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3662 days | 1% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3686 days | 1% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3720 days | 1% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3799 days | 1% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3879 days | 1% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 3909 days | 1% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 3925 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 3925 days | 1% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 3962 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 4115 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 4115 days | 0% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 4268 days | 0% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 4269 days | 0% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 4270 days | 0% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 4270 days | 0% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 4271 days | 0% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 4271 days | 0% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 4297 days | 0% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4315 days | 0% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4316 days | 0% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4362 days | 0% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4369 days | 0% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4369 days | 0% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4390 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4451 days | 1% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4573 days | 1% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4634 days | 1% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4634 days | 1% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4642 days | 1% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4647 days | 1% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4648 days | 1% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4651 days | 1% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4658 days | 1% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4658 days | 1% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4665 days | 1% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4667 days | 1% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 5005 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 5022 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 5024 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 5039 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 5051 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 5057 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 5059 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 5121 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| John Wekking | 3/10 | 5335 days | 1% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5375 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5379 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5384 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5389 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5394 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5403 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5835 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5853 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Gillespies Beach Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
2.75% 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 folk 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
84%
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.