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 Peel Forest Campground.

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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Peel Forest Campground

Valid Reviews

36 Valid Reviews

The Peel Forest Campground experience has a total of 36 valid reviews. There are no 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 36 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 16
44%
9/10 12
33%
8/10 6
17%
7/10 2
6%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Peel Forest Campground valid reviews is 91.67% and is based on 36 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

9 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 36 valid reviews, the experience has 9 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 9 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
44%
9/10 3
33%
8/10 2
22%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

92.22% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Peel Forest Campground face-to-face reviews is 92.22% and is based on 9 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

95.41%

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
VamperCan 8/10 17 days 98%
Ayla Maskey 10/10 48 days 100%
Moritz Schirmer 10/10 79 days 100%
Aaron 9/10 140 days 98%
Jasmine 10/10 323 days 94%
Sue 10/10 354 days 93%
Ricky 10/10 659 days 75%
Basil 9/10 689 days 72%
Amber 10/10 720 days 70%
Merel 10/10 871 days 57%
Juergen 9/10 1875 days 5%
Cat 10/10 1906 days 5%
Katherine Ong 7/10 1997 days 4%
Piezzo 10/10 2301 days 4%
Mike Fricker 10/10 2332 days 4%
Howard Morris 7/10 2698 days 3%
Nancy Grossman 9/10 2893 days 3%
sara hoeflaken 9/10 2967 days 3%
CMG 9/10 2970 days 3%
Eva Vilches 9/10 3274 days 2%
Jo Batt 8/10 3371 days 2%
Rossco 9/10 3611 days 1%
Robina Harris 10/10 3670 days 1%
Ruud Biemans 10/10 4007 days 1%
mcp hm 9/10 4066 days 1%
FlyingKiwiGirl 10/10 4127 days 0%
Henrik Joshua 8/10 4158 days 0%
AnnaM 8/10 4341 days 0%
Bill and Noreen 9/10 4398 days 1%
Cindy & Glen Kerunsky 10/10 4753 days 1%
David Emerick 9/10 5106 days 1%
Bob Kusesia 10/10 5469 days 1%
Simon Slawner 9/10 5560 days 1%
Stefanie E 8/10 5565 days 1%
Gina Swindells 10/10 5569 days 1%
Freda Pozell 8/10 5581 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Peel Forest Campground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.40% 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

97%

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.