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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
107 Valid Reviews
The Gillespies Beach Campsite experience has a total of 110 reviews. There are 107 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 107 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 29 |
|
27% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
26% |
| 7/10 | 14 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
4% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
80.65% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite valid reviews is 80.65% and is based on 107 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
47 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 107 valid reviews, the experience has 47 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 47 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 9/10 | 8 |
|
17% |
| 8/10 | 14 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
2% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.98% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Gillespies Beach Campsite face-to-face reviews is 82.98% and is based on 47 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
79.47%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | 5/10 | 122 days | 78% |
| Lea | 8/10 | 122 days | 100% |
| Tom | 8/10 | 396 days | 92% |
| Amparo | 6/10 | 396 days | 81% |
| Linda | 8/10 | 396 days | 92% |
| Lauren | 10/10 | 671 days | 76% |
| Ju | 8/10 | 730 days | 70% |
| Caolan Harvey | 9/10 | 822 days | 63% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1460 days | 13% |
| Boardwalk Blss | 9/10 | 1583 days | 8% |
| John | 10/10 | 1613 days | 8% |
| Sandy | 9/10 | 1675 days | 6% |
| Niven | 10/10 | 1826 days | 5% |
| RYAN | 8/10 | 1918 days | 5% |
| Anonymous (117919) | 10/10 | 1949 days | 5% |
| John | 8/10 | 2163 days | 4% |
| Vanessa | 10/10 | 2163 days | 4% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 2191 days | 4% |
| Helena Wong | 9/10 | 2191 days | 4% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2253 days | 4% |
| Michael | 9/10 | 2253 days | 4% |
| Connor | 10/10 | 2253 days | 4% |
| Macker | 7/10 | 2283 days | 4% |
| Karo | 8/10 | 2283 days | 4% |
| Arne | 7/10 | 2497 days | 4% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 9/10 | 2570 days | 4% |
| Phil and Mel Rowson | 9/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 8/10 | 2836 days | 3% |
| Judy Aspinall | 7/10 | 2847 days | 3% |
| Grace White | 7/10 | 2849 days | 3% |
| Marissa Carlberg | 9/10 | 2919 days | 3% |
| vaylenmoothia | 9/10 | 2950 days | 3% |
| Madi | 7/10 | 2977 days | 3% |
| Frederick Yott | 8/10 | 2977 days | 3% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 2986 days | 3% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 2993 days | 3% |
| Benjamin Nuttin | 3/10 | 3012 days | 1% |
| The Beans | 3/10 | 3012 days | 1% |
| Matthiew Rey | 9/10 | 3236 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 3/10 | 3239 days | 1% |
| Rachel Denham | 10/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Flo Egger | 8/10 | 3269 days | 2% |
| Marina | 7/10 | 3284 days | 2% |
| Baptiste Morin | 8/10 | 3328 days | 2% |
| Max Brunner | 10/10 | 3341 days | 2% |
| Sarah Gurney | 9/10 | 3351 days | 2% |
| Beau Corazon | 8/10 | 3375 days | 2% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3409 days | 2% |
| Dianne van der Wal | 7/10 | 3488 days | 2% |
| Matt Betts | 10/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Stephanie Poppe | 8/10 | 3598 days | 2% |
| Katharina Block | 8/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Annika Fletemeyer | 9/10 | 3614 days | 1% |
| Evelyn | 6/10 | 3651 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 9/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 3804 days | 1% |
| Caroline Hennache | 6/10 | 3957 days | 1% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 7/10 | 3958 days | 1% |
| Karen Garvin | 10/10 | 3959 days | 1% |
| jefft | 8/10 | 3959 days | 1% |
| Charlotte | 10/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Vuillermet | 9/10 | 3960 days | 1% |
| Agathe Dupuis | 6/10 | 3986 days | 1% |
| SC W | 7/10 | 3989 days | 1% |
| Tiit Pullerits | 7/10 | 4004 days | 1% |
| Marion Busch | 7/10 | 4004 days | 1% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 8/10 | 4005 days | 1% |
| Evyatar Karni | 10/10 | 4051 days | 1% |
| Bjorn Van Mulders | 10/10 | 4058 days | 1% |
| Kim Maertens | 8/10 | 4058 days | 1% |
| Adam Taniwha | 2/10 | 4079 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 8/10 | 4140 days | 0% |
| Pei | 8/10 | 4262 days | 0% |
| Héléna Degres | 6/10 | 4323 days | 0% |
| Mycall | 7/10 | 4323 days | 0% |
| Michael Heuer | 8/10 | 4331 days | 0% |
| Giles Leonard | 5/10 | 4336 days | 0% |
| Sian Bolderson | 6/10 | 4337 days | 0% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 5/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Billy Koichopolos | 8/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Gina Lisi | 8/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Katey Justice | 8/10 | 4354 days | 0% |
| Stella Thoben | 9/10 | 4356 days | 0% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Daniel Jezak | 6/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Rena and Kirsten | 10/10 | 4458 days | 1% |
| Jessica Tilly | 10/10 | 4694 days | 1% |
| Petr Stepanek | 10/10 | 4711 days | 1% |
| Hanna Clement | 10/10 | 4713 days | 1% |
| Les Barnes | 9/10 | 4728 days | 1% |
| Maximilian Heller | 10/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Rainer Renntzsch | 9/10 | 4746 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 7/10 | 4748 days | 1% |
| Judith | 8/10 | 4799 days | 1% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 5/10 | 4810 days | 1% |
| Lydia McLean | 8/10 | 4826 days | 1% |
| jule | 10/10 | 4840 days | 1% |
| jhwjhw | 3/10 | 5024 days | 1% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| Karsten Tannhauser | 7/10 | 5068 days | 1% |
| Mark Walker | 9/10 | 5073 days | 1% |
| Marcel Camsch | 8/10 | 5077 days | 1% |
| Michael Long | 4/10 | 5078 days | 1% |
| Andy Cameron-Daniels | 10/10 | 5083 days | 1% |
| Galamez | 10/10 | 5092 days | 1% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| Seiler | 8/10 | 5542 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
3.15% 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
83%
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.