Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Kidds Bush Reserve 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.

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Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite

Valid Reviews

104 Valid Reviews

The Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite experience has a total of 107 reviews. There are 104 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 104 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 46
44%
9/10 36
35%
8/10 13
13%
7/10 5
5%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.87% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite valid reviews is 90.87% and is based on 104 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

23 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 104 valid reviews, the experience has 23 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 23 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 6
26%
9/10 9
39%
8/10 7
30%
7/10 1
4%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

88.70% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite face-to-face reviews is 88.70% and is based on 23 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.67%

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
Traveller 656 10/10 39 days 100%
Sophie 9/10 70 days 99%
Laura 7/10 70 days 93%
Magda Musa 10/10 70 days 100%
McLean 9/10 70 days 99%
Emily 9/10 101 days 99%
Jakub 5/10 162 days 75%
Khalid 9/10 376 days 91%
Jesse Leake 10/10 376 days 92%
Janet and Kevin 10/10 405 days 91%
Andi 9/10 405 days 90%
Daggi 9/10 497 days 85%
Niff 6/10 711 days 61%
Manuel Mayer 10/10 770 days 66%
J King 6/10 801 days 55%
Marion 9/10 801 days 63%
Nyree 10/10 801 days 63%
Mckenzie Galbraith 8/10 832 days 59%
Julia 10/10 832 days 61%
Yuri Fey 10/10 893 days 55%
RaghaV 8/10 1166 days 29%
EvaBelle 7/10 1197 days 26%
Siobhan 10/10 1500 days 11%
Maree 10/10 1500 days 11%
The Gillies 10/10 1500 days 11%
Ange 10/10 1531 days 10%
Ambili 9/10 1531 days 10%
Paula 8/10 1592 days 8%
Boardwalk Blss 9/10 1684 days 6%
Anneke 9/10 1837 days 5%
Jean-Michel and Bambi 10/10 1837 days 5%
Thangs 10/10 1837 days 5%
Leona 9/10 1897 days 5%
GM 9/10 1928 days 5%
Fred 10/10 1958 days 5%
Suthep 10/10 2172 days 4%
Cathy Casanova 10/10 2203 days 4%
Jonathan 10/10 2231 days 4%
Anne 9/10 2231 days 4%
Sam 7/10 2262 days 4%
Lauren 9/10 2262 days 4%
Paula G 9/10 2293 days 4%
Thijs 10/10 2293 days 4%
Raphaele 10/10 2293 days 4%
Maka 10/10 2293 days 4%
Connor 10/10 2293 days 4%
Rachael Dyson 9/10 2323 days 4%
Demi Thompson 8/10 2323 days 4%
Cindy 9/10 2323 days 4%
Eva 10/10 2384 days 4%
James 10/10 2537 days 4%
Arne 9/10 2537 days 4%
Mallory 10/10 2568 days 4%
Tristan & Jolie 10/10 2568 days 4%
Sophie Avison 9/10 2583 days 3%
Clare Davies 10/10 2627 days 3%
Derek Gillard 9/10 2627 days 3%
Geart-Jan Benedictus 8/10 2646 days 3%
Lucile Gendre 9/10 2887 days 3%
Lucy Oury 9/10 2889 days 3%
Nick Lawson 9/10 2892 days 3%
Brandon 10/10 2922 days 3%
Paul Williams 10/10 2955 days 3%
Linda Livett 5/10 2961 days 2%
Craig Eagleton 10/10 2966 days 3%
Trent O'Keeffe 10/10 2982 days 3%
Joe Hopkins 10/10 2990 days 3%
Ruiyi Yin 10/10 3029 days 3%
Jude Ong 10/10 3053 days 3%
Arthur 9/10 3244 days 2%
Lena Wesselink 9/10 3301 days 2%
Tony Maroulis 10/10 3308 days 2%
Felicity Fay 9/10 3326 days 2%
Lisa Conradie 8/10 3327 days 2%
Jonas Jutzi 10/10 3438 days 2%
Petra Geblova 10/10 3711 days 1%
Janie Allen 10/10 3716 days 1%
Henrik Bours 8/10 4013 days 1%
Svenja Trubenbach 9/10 4013 days 1%
Kathrin Deichmann 10/10 4034 days 1%
Janis Gallois 10/10 4052 days 0%
Kiernan Matthew 9/10 4056 days 0%
Zoe Ross 9/10 4057 days 1%
Andrew Young 10/10 4057 days 1%
Danyelle Miller 9/10 4080 days 0%
Thomas Roche 10/10 4090 days 0%
Mycall 10/10 4363 days 0%
ramy 9/10 4363 days 0%
Annika Schmidt 7/10 4368 days 0%
Michael Heuer 9/10 4371 days 0%
Steve Maona 9/10 4387 days 1%
Billy Koichopolos 8/10 4387 days 1%
Gina Lisi 8/10 4387 days 1%
Petra Blumberg 8/10 4400 days 1%
Clare Cannon 9/10 4404 days 1%
Jan Zimmerman 8/10 4409 days 1%
Kerri 7/10 4453 days 1%
Val Phillips 8/10 4752 days 1%
Hazel & Alan Damerell 10/10 4770 days 1%
Kasten 10/10 5127 days 1%
Kasia Robshaw 9/10 5129 days 1%
Andy 8/10 5140 days 1%
Dr Dorthe Bossow 10/10 5149 days 1%
Ruud Kapteyn 9/10 5524 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.19% 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

90%

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.