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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 Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway.
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.
Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
Valid Reviews
166 Valid Reviews
The Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway experience has a total of 166 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 166 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
36% |
| 9/10 | 49 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 30 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
15% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
88.19% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway valid reviews is 88.19% and is based on 166 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
152 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 166 valid reviews, the experience has 152 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 152 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 51 |
|
34% |
| 9/10 | 46 |
|
30% |
| 8/10 | 28 |
|
18% |
| 7/10 | 25 |
|
16% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
87.83% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway face-to-face reviews is 87.83% and is based on 152 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.81%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 204 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1786 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2243 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2589 days | 4% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 2834 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 2856 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 2873 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 2873 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 2881 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 2904 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 2911 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 2926 days | 3% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 2926 days | 3% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 2935 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 2953 days | 3% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 2953 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 2956 days | 3% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3157 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3157 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3157 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3160 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3168 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3169 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3170 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3172 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3172 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3176 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3180 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3181 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3182 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3182 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3188 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3188 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3190 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3195 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3199 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3204 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3204 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3214 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3227 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3227 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3227 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3229 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3234 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3241 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3260 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3265 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3280 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3513 days | 2% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3542 days | 2% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3543 days | 2% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3592 days | 2% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 3896 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 3896 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 3918 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 3949 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 3961 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 3961 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 3970 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 3974 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 3975 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 3975 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4246 days | 0% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4276 days | 0% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4283 days | 0% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4287 days | 0% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4288 days | 0% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4299 days | 0% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4342 days | 0% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4379 days | 0% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4379 days | 0% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4379 days | 0% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4383 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4384 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4385 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 4629 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 4633 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 4633 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 4640 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 4640 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 4644 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 4653 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 4653 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 4658 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4658 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 4659 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 4659 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 4660 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 4662 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 4670 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 4672 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 4675 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 4676 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 4688 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 4708 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 4745 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 4748 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 4750 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 4754 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 4756 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 4759 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 4982 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 4982 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 4982 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 4995 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 4999 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 4999 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5000 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5000 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5001 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5004 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5004 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5008 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5011 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5014 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5015 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5016 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5017 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5017 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5019 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5025 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5030 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5033 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5037 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5038 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5348 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5348 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5365 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5366 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5369 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5369 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5370 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5381 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5382 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5401 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5402 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5405 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5453 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5453 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5473 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5476 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5479 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5480 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5481 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5495 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 5703 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 5705 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 5718 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 5719 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 5729 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 5733 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 5742 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 5754 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.77% 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
93%
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.