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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 Cascade 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.
Cascade Creek Campsite
Valid Reviews
163 Valid Reviews
The Cascade Creek Campsite experience has a total of 163 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 163 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 25 |
|
15% |
| 9/10 | 45 |
|
28% |
| 8/10 | 46 |
|
28% |
| 7/10 | 19 |
|
12% |
| 6/10 | 10 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 9 |
|
6% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
78.83% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cascade Creek Campsite valid reviews is 78.83% and is based on 163 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
39 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 163 valid reviews, the experience has 39 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 39 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 7 |
|
18% |
| 9/10 | 10 |
|
26% |
| 8/10 | 12 |
|
31% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
13% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
5% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 2 |
|
5% |
79.23% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Cascade Creek Campsite face-to-face reviews is 79.23% and is based on 39 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
78.88%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz | 9/10 | 21 days | 100% |
| Glenda | 9/10 | 82 days | 100% |
| tasman travels | 10/10 | 174 days | 99% |
| Janneke | 5/10 | 235 days | 75% |
| YP | 7/10 | 235 days | 91% |
| Jesse Leake | 10/10 | 266 days | 97% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 295 days | 95% |
| Lu | 7/10 | 295 days | 89% |
| Jorian | 10/10 | 295 days | 96% |
| Amy | 7/10 | 357 days | 87% |
| Paloma Santos | 3/10 | 357 days | 51% |
| Philippe & Lena | 4/10 | 387 days | 60% |
| Silene.arvinberod@gmail.com | 9/10 | 387 days | 91% |
| Larissa | 6/10 | 387 days | 80% |
| Nina | 9/10 | 387 days | 91% |
| Cholly | 8/10 | 418 days | 89% |
| Hayley Ambrose | 3/10 | 448 days | 49% |
| Marie Perret | 8/10 | 448 days | 88% |
| Henry | 8/10 | 510 days | 84% |
| Jodie Muller | 9/10 | 571 days | 81% |
| Amy Fortin-Barrette | 10/10 | 571 days | 82% |
| Christy | 7/10 | 571 days | 76% |
| Amy Catley | 6/10 | 571 days | 71% |
| Helen E | 9/10 | 601 days | 79% |
| Anthony V | 9/10 | 632 days | 77% |
| Srinivas Prasad Bheemanadam | 9/10 | 660 days | 75% |
| Lisa | 2/10 | 660 days | 34% |
| Jaycee | 9/10 | 691 days | 73% |
| Citlali & Mike | 10/10 | 691 days | 73% |
| Sophie Rellensmann | 7/10 | 691 days | 68% |
| Arie | 8/10 | 691 days | 72% |
| Esther | 8/10 | 691 days | 72% |
| Amanda Moreira | 7/10 | 691 days | 68% |
| Romy De Bruin | 6/10 | 752 days | 59% |
| Rebecca Woodbridge | 7/10 | 752 days | 64% |
| Felix | 9/10 | 752 days | 68% |
| Mil | 5/10 | 752 days | 52% |
| Chantal D | 9/10 | 844 days | 59% |
| The Gillies | 10/10 | 1362 days | 17% |
| Teesh K | 5/10 | 1482 days | 9% |
| Linda | 6/10 | 1756 days | 4% |
| Tanja & Sven | 8/10 | 1787 days | 5% |
| Katie | 8/10 | 1818 days | 5% |
| GM | 9/10 | 1818 days | 5% |
| Tilly Watermeyer | 9/10 | 1818 days | 5% |
| Timothy Davies | 9/10 | 1848 days | 5% |
| Karl Ohm | 7/10 | 2062 days | 4% |
| Maggie | 6/10 | 2062 days | 4% |
| Elin | 10/10 | 2093 days | 4% |
| Sally Sargeant-Hu | 9/10 | 2093 days | 4% |
| Georgia | 8/10 | 2093 days | 4% |
| Megan Belanger | 9/10 | 2121 days | 4% |
| Freya | 8/10 | 2121 days | 4% |
| Nicki Chow | 6/10 | 2121 days | 4% |
| Franz | 8/10 | 2152 days | 4% |
| Jeremy | 7/10 | 2152 days | 4% |
| Inna | 5/10 | 2152 days | 3% |
| Yh kim | 5/10 | 2152 days | 3% |
| Boris Clémençon | 10/10 | 2152 days | 4% |
| Ruddah | 5/10 | 2152 days | 3% |
| Marilli | 5/10 | 2183 days | 3% |
| Mahi | 9/10 | 2183 days | 4% |
| Cora | 9/10 | 2183 days | 4% |
| Nadine | 8/10 | 2183 days | 4% |
| Mitchell | 9/10 | 2212 days | 4% |
| Angela | 8/10 | 2244 days | 4% |
| Eranda | 10/10 | 2244 days | 4% |
| Sophie Skinner | 8/10 | 2244 days | 4% |
| Jonas R. | 8/10 | 2244 days | 4% |
| J wells | 8/10 | 2274 days | 4% |
| Kiri Edwards | 8/10 | 2305 days | 4% |
| S Weslake | 10/10 | 2427 days | 4% |
| Matt | 8/10 | 2427 days | 4% |
| Clobby | 7/10 | 2458 days | 3% |
| The Farrs | 9/10 | 2458 days | 4% |
| Laura Clay | 9/10 | 2458 days | 4% |
| Hanneke van Dijk | 8/10 | 2491 days | 3% |
| Luis Vigil Vidal | 8/10 | 2500 days | 3% |
| Fei Fei Lei | 8/10 | 2507 days | 3% |
| Oceane Imber | 10/10 | 2512 days | 4% |
| Anika Bedard | 6/10 | 2512 days | 3% |
| Rasmus Lundgaard Nielsen | 5/10 | 2514 days | 3% |
| Fiona Walker | 9/10 | 2517 days | 3% |
| Brigham Edgar | 9/10 | 2530 days | 3% |
| Gema Frontera | 8/10 | 2559 days | 3% |
| Julian Kihnle | 8/10 | 2576 days | 3% |
| Jenny Jaye | 8/10 | 2612 days | 3% |
| Oz Atiya | 10/10 | 2616 days | 3% |
| Sue Rogers | 10/10 | 2638 days | 3% |
| Poppy Ritchie | 8/10 | 2692 days | 3% |
| Bruce Graham | 9/10 | 2766 days | 3% |
| Nathalie Gobin | 8/10 | 2786 days | 3% |
| Wendy Kildey | 10/10 | 2797 days | 3% |
| Shanna de Lang | 7/10 | 2799 days | 3% |
| Connie | 8/10 | 2801 days | 3% |
| Harriet Smith | 9/10 | 2823 days | 3% |
| Trent O'Keeffe | 9/10 | 2872 days | 3% |
| J Dobias | 3/10 | 2904 days | 1% |
| Madi | 9/10 | 2907 days | 2% |
| Frederick Yott | 9/10 | 2907 days | 2% |
| Megan Jurgensmeyer | 8/10 | 2916 days | 3% |
| Greg MacFire | 6/10 | 2919 days | 2% |
| Jill Grange | 7/10 | 2936 days | 2% |
| Melanie Giroux | 8/10 | 2987 days | 3% |
| Kathy Hart | 8/10 | 3126 days | 2% |
| Russell Opland | 8/10 | 3136 days | 2% |
| Andrik | 3/10 | 3154 days | 1% |
| Chadd Holland | 10/10 | 3159 days | 2% |
| Heng Sing Teh | 9/10 | 3162 days | 2% |
| Jenny Adams | 7/10 | 3171 days | 2% |
| Sean Stevens | 8/10 | 3189 days | 2% |
| Marina | 10/10 | 3214 days | 2% |
| Rachel Macdonald | 10/10 | 3237 days | 2% |
| Sam Brydon | 8/10 | 3247 days | 2% |
| Lucia | 8/10 | 3247 days | 2% |
| Judith Simpson | 5/10 | 3249 days | 2% |
| Neil | 8/10 | 3252 days | 2% |
| Jennifer Brown | 9/10 | 3308 days | 2% |
| Yann Le Gac | 7/10 | 3492 days | 1% |
| James Webster | 8/10 | 3552 days | 1% |
| Miguel | 7/10 | 3553 days | 1% |
| Wilma Senior | 8/10 | 3581 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Feldman | 9/10 | 3601 days | 1% |
| Daniel Jarrett | 8/10 | 3704 days | 1% |
| Douglas Yeates | 9/10 | 3885 days | 1% |
| Sarah Jane O'Reilly | 1/10 | 3915 days | 0% |
| Tomas Shairi | 1/10 | 3915 days | 0% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 9/10 | 3919 days | 1% |
| Austin Johns | 8/10 | 3921 days | 1% |
| Sarah Christman | 6/10 | 3921 days | 0% |
| Johanna Kofler | 9/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Steffen | 8/10 | 3935 days | 0% |
| Manuela Michelbach | 7/10 | 3936 days | 0% |
| Janis Gallois | 10/10 | 3942 days | 1% |
| Lionel | 6/10 | 3951 days | 0% |
| Maya Bakker-deDreu | 9/10 | 3968 days | 0% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 3973 days | 0% |
| Cornelia Stark | 9/10 | 3975 days | 0% |
| Michael Stark | 10/10 | 3975 days | 0% |
| Emeline Dupre | 8/10 | 3979 days | 0% |
| Nigel & Annie Dale | 9/10 | 4070 days | 0% |
| Andrew Potratz | 9/10 | 4070 days | 0% |
| Tim Vennewold | 7/10 | 4271 days | 0% |
| Douglas Walker | 8/10 | 4279 days | 0% |
| patrick+ katerina | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Jon Barratt | 7/10 | 4380 days | 1% |
| Harald | 9/10 | 4658 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 9/10 | 4671 days | 1% |
| Loic | 8/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Mike1952 | 9/10 | 4678 days | 1% |
| Nathanael Boehm | 8/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Jensen Bresbenbeek | 7/10 | 4741 days | 1% |
| Steve | 8/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 9/10 | 4831 days | 1% |
| Becky Edney | 8/10 | 4989 days | 1% |
| Brian Jones | 10/10 | 4994 days | 1% |
| Jacob | 8/10 | 5002 days | 1% |
| T Lipscombe | 4/10 | 5007 days | 0% |
| Betten | 9/10 | 5014 days | 1% |
| Natthien Le Gall | 10/10 | 5016 days | 1% |
| Jann Clar | 9/10 | 5389 days | 1% |
| Yvonne German | 10/10 | 5425 days | 1% |
| Suzie Lechner | 10/10 | 5734 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Cascade Creek Campsite does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
3.32% 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
82%
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.