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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 Boundary Creek 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.
Boundary Creek Campsite
Valid Reviews
82 Valid Reviews
The Boundary Creek Campsite experience has a total of 85 reviews. There are 82 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 82 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 20 |
|
24% |
| 9/10 | 17 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
30% |
| 7/10 | 11 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 7 |
|
9% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.17% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite valid reviews is 83.17% and is based on 82 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
24 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 82 valid reviews, the experience has 24 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 24 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 9/10 | 5 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
25% |
| 7/10 | 4 |
|
17% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
8% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
4% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
82.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Boundary Creek Campsite face-to-face reviews is 82.50% and is based on 24 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
85.43%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cait Turner | 10/10 | 1898 days | 100% |
| Drew | 10/10 | 2264 days | 85% |
| Sabine | 8/10 | 2264 days | 83% |
| Timothy Davies | 7/10 | 2325 days | 77% |
| A&E | 8/10 | 2356 days | 80% |
| ScoutnIndi | 10/10 | 2478 days | 77% |
| Fabian | 10/10 | 2629 days | 70% |
| Joe | 8/10 | 2629 days | 69% |
| Franz | 9/10 | 2629 days | 70% |
| From DK | 9/10 | 2629 days | 70% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2629 days | 69% |
| Anwang | 10/10 | 2660 days | 69% |
| Graham Anna | 10/10 | 2660 days | 69% |
| Dave Reynolds | 9/10 | 2660 days | 68% |
| Joanne | 10/10 | 2690 days | 68% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2721 days | 67% |
| Christina | 6/10 | 2904 days | 51% |
| Juliane | 9/10 | 2904 days | 59% |
| MJW | 8/10 | 2935 days | 57% |
| Qi Moss | 8/10 | 2935 days | 57% |
| Jill McGrath | 6/10 | 2958 days | 38% |
| Louis Goring-Morris | 7/10 | 2961 days | 42% |
| Niall McGrath | 7/10 | 2965 days | 53% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 7/10 | 2984 days | 41% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 2989 days | 56% |
| Stefan Hohmann | 10/10 | 3035 days | 54% |
| Jarod | 8/10 | 3055 days | 52% |
| Michael Talbot | 8/10 | 3060 days | 52% |
| Geoff Steele | 10/10 | 3116 days | 51% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 3243 days | 45% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 3248 days | 45% |
| deborah cooper | 7/10 | 3300 days | 40% |
| Andy Kubic | 6/10 | 3306 days | 37% |
| Adrian Soldati | 6/10 | 3354 days | 35% |
| Joe Hopkins | 8/10 | 3357 days | 40% |
| Nicola Barlow | 6/10 | 3385 days | 34% |
| Franziska Liebe | 10/10 | 3389 days | 32% |
| Sujanyag | 10/10 | 3424 days | 38% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3493 days | 35% |
| Susan Boyton | 8/10 | 3642 days | 29% |
| Sam Smith-Palomeque | 8/10 | 3651 days | 28% |
| Juan Viscegle | 6/10 | 3658 days | 19% |
| Goldfinger | 9/10 | 3665 days | 28% |
| Gabor Kabacs | 7/10 | 3676 days | 26% |
| Bill McMurray | 10/10 | 3676 days | 28% |
| Tatiana Rochereau | 5/10 | 3685 days | 21% |
| R Werder | 8/10 | 3709 days | 26% |
| Jakob Kofoed | 10/10 | 3714 days | 27% |
| Sandy Stamp | 8/10 | 3727 days | 25% |
| Ellen Schmitz | 9/10 | 3736 days | 25% |
| Steve Warren | 8/10 | 3847 days | 21% |
| Miguel | 8/10 | 4031 days | 13% |
| Bert Gielen | 9/10 | 4062 days | 12% |
| Petra Geblova | 7/10 | 4078 days | 11% |
| Elles Janssen | 7/10 | 4090 days | 10% |
| Clare Lambley | 8/10 | 4106 days | 8% |
| bzh974 | 6/10 | 4121 days | 9% |
| Justin globalgauthiers.blogspot.com | 8/10 | 4365 days | 0% |
| Julien Joubert-Gaillard | 7/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| Ann-Kathrin Wacker | 10/10 | 4407 days | 16% |
| Lena Wacker | 9/10 | 4407 days | 16% |
| Anne and Steve Bartlett | 8/10 | 4447 days | 16% |
| Team Kim&James | 8/10 | 4608 days | 20% |
| Rainer | 8/10 | 4736 days | 16% |
| Jiri van Straelper | 5/10 | 4748 days | 11% |
| Kadyan | 8/10 | 4761 days | 20% |
| Enna Keet | 8/10 | 4773 days | 16% |
| Nils Poppenborg | 10/10 | 4774 days | 16% |
| Philip Gibbons | 9/10 | 4789 days | 20% |
| Andreas & Leonie Fehr | 10/10 | 5147 days | 16% |
| Tom Connis | 9/10 | 5154 days | 16% |
| Mirando4ka | 9/10 | 5155 days | 20% |
| Graeme | 7/10 | 5186 days | 19% |
| jule | 9/10 | 5247 days | 20% |
| Bill Mclennan | 10/10 | 5474 days | 16% |
| Coral Last | 8/10 | 5478 days | 16% |
| Ian and Ailsa | 7/10 | 5479 days | 15% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 5513 days | 16% |
| Annette Schmitt | 9/10 | 5879 days | 16% |
| Mike | 10/10 | 5931 days | 16% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 6193 days | 16% |
| winter_uk | 8/10 | 6234 days | 16% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Boundary Creek Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.74% 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
87%
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.