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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
91.78%
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 | 314 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 1897 days | 5% |
| Mike Fricker | 10/10 | 2354 days | 4% |
| Jean Simonet | 10/10 | 2700 days | 3% |
| Katharina Koch | 9/10 | 2945 days | 3% |
| Ben | 10/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Lucille Laurent | 8/10 | 2984 days | 3% |
| Marie Gros | 8/10 | 2984 days | 3% |
| Teresa Baxter | 10/10 | 2991 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 10/10 | 3015 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3022 days | 3% |
| Richard Fox | 7/10 | 3037 days | 3% |
| Ferdinand | 6/10 | 3037 days | 2% |
| romain perroches | 10/10 | 3046 days | 3% |
| Gabriel Prerot | 9/10 | 3064 days | 3% |
| Bettina Enigl | 10/10 | 3064 days | 3% |
| Jessica Pein | 7/10 | 3067 days | 2% |
| Nicole | 7/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
| Sebastian Bauer | 7/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
| Nathalie Botz | 7/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
| Leopold Kern | 9/10 | 3271 days | 2% |
| Claire Baron | 8/10 | 3279 days | 2% |
| Sarah Grant | 7/10 | 3280 days | 2% |
| Unalte | 8/10 | 3281 days | 2% |
| Ellie Perkin | 7/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Jelmer Postma | 7/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Jenny Young | 10/10 | 3287 days | 2% |
| Maayke Reidsma | 9/10 | 3291 days | 2% |
| Brad Dobsky | 8/10 | 3292 days | 2% |
| Radim Halasz | 10/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Katerina Vobecka | 10/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Judith | 10/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Prisuille | 8/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Andre | 10/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Marco | 7/10 | 3306 days | 2% |
| Ben and Pauline | 10/10 | 3310 days | 2% |
| Andrea Tabaka | 9/10 | 3315 days | 2% |
| Matas Tirilis | 9/10 | 3315 days | 2% |
| Charlie Noon | 10/10 | 3325 days | 2% |
| Rebecca Oft | 8/10 | 3338 days | 2% |
| Philipp | 7/10 | 3338 days | 2% |
| Joanna and Shaun | 7/10 | 3338 days | 2% |
| Monica Mier | 10/10 | 3340 days | 2% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 8/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Audrey Cavalerie | 8/10 | 3352 days | 2% |
| Amadeus van Schie | 9/10 | 3371 days | 2% |
| Roman and Liz | 10/10 | 3376 days | 2% |
| Maxi Woedel | 7/10 | 3391 days | 2% |
| James Webster | 10/10 | 3623 days | 2% |
| Miriam Burchartz | 9/10 | 3653 days | 1% |
| Lara Jakob | 10/10 | 3654 days | 1% |
| Darker | 10/10 | 3679 days | 1% |
| Manuela Opprecht | 9/10 | 3703 days | 1% |
| Katie Stillman | 9/10 | 3737 days | 1% |
| Heike Heller | 10/10 | 4007 days | 1% |
| Andreas Mouteiro | 10/10 | 4007 days | 1% |
| Benoit Irissou | 9/10 | 4029 days | 1% |
| Emilie Chanbon | 9/10 | 4060 days | 1% |
| Bella Danaher | 9/10 | 4066 days | 1% |
| Daniel Danamer | 9/10 | 4066 days | 1% |
| Renee van der Syde | 9/10 | 4072 days | 1% |
| Martha Horst | 8/10 | 4072 days | 1% |
| Sarah Strong | 10/10 | 4081 days | 1% |
| balesdent | 10/10 | 4085 days | 1% |
| Lara Mroseck | 8/10 | 4086 days | 1% |
| Robert Geissler | 10/10 | 4086 days | 1% |
| Mark Wiggington | 9/10 | 4357 days | 0% |
| Katya Verikaitis | 10/10 | 4387 days | 1% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 4394 days | 1% |
| Karine Scheers | 10/10 | 4395 days | 1% |
| Karina Gratz | 8/10 | 4398 days | 1% |
| Benjamin Geisser | 9/10 | 4399 days | 1% |
| Rachel Geisser | 9/10 | 4399 days | 1% |
| Lagunegrand | 8/10 | 4410 days | 1% |
| Loesje | 9/10 | 4453 days | 1% |
| David and Sally Wallis | 9/10 | 4475 days | 1% |
| Chew (Peter) | 8/10 | 4475 days | 1% |
| Joanna | 7/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Reijans | 9/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Jim and JoAnn Harllee | 10/10 | 4490 days | 1% |
| Eric and Jen Popma | 9/10 | 4494 days | 1% |
| C Schaap | 10/10 | 4495 days | 1% |
| Steve and Therese Dunne | 7/10 | 4496 days | 1% |
| Green UK | 9/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Andreas Schacke | 9/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| Birds Tubbs | 10/10 | 4744 days | 1% |
| Nathan Sait | 10/10 | 4751 days | 1% |
| Toby Clark | 10/10 | 4751 days | 1% |
| Heath | 10/10 | 4755 days | 1% |
| Wil de Kubber | 9/10 | 4764 days | 1% |
| Vlutters | 8/10 | 4764 days | 1% |
| Inge & Erik | 9/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4769 days | 1% |
| Ryan Pynappels | 10/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Nico Schoots | 7/10 | 4770 days | 1% |
| Shirley Marshall | 10/10 | 4771 days | 1% |
| Mary Mitchell | 9/10 | 4773 days | 1% |
| Paul Fairbrass | 10/10 | 4781 days | 1% |
| David Blundell | 9/10 | 4783 days | 1% |
| Thomas Behy | 9/10 | 4786 days | 1% |
| Anika | 7/10 | 4787 days | 1% |
| Cick Pouw | 9/10 | 4787 days | 1% |
| Chris & Jen Spencer | 10/10 | 4799 days | 1% |
| kaikouranz | 10/10 | 4819 days | 1% |
| Marc & Pauline | 9/10 | 4856 days | 1% |
| Anna Bret | 9/10 | 4859 days | 1% |
| Berry | 10/10 | 4861 days | 1% |
| David & Audrey | 9/10 | 4865 days | 1% |
| Peter Spooner | 9/10 | 4867 days | 1% |
| Eveline Mestrom | 8/10 | 4870 days | 1% |
| Craig Hathaway | 8/10 | 5093 days | 1% |
| Sarah James | 10/10 | 5093 days | 1% |
| Nick Taylor | 10/10 | 5093 days | 1% |
| Christine | 10/10 | 5106 days | 1% |
| Ed Ronan | 9/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 10/10 | 5110 days | 1% |
| Charlie | 9/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Jason & Beth Berlin | 10/10 | 5111 days | 1% |
| Richard Gallichan | 7/10 | 5112 days | 1% |
| Veronica Warren | 8/10 | 5115 days | 1% |
| Maggie Leyland | 8/10 | 5115 days | 1% |
| henriket | 10/10 | 5119 days | 1% |
| Stephen Shearer | 10/10 | 5122 days | 1% |
| LandJ | 8/10 | 5125 days | 1% |
| Erin Dumbauld | 8/10 | 5126 days | 1% |
| Wendy Good | 8/10 | 5127 days | 1% |
| Andreas Fritesche | 10/10 | 5128 days | 1% |
| David Emerick | 9/10 | 5128 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5130 days | 1% |
| Richard Brijs | 9/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Danny and Loreen Way | 8/10 | 5141 days | 1% |
| Roy Seymour | 8/10 | 5144 days | 1% |
| D Hoekstra | 9/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| Ellen Thompson | 10/10 | 5148 days | 1% |
| Chris Chasemore | 7/10 | 5149 days | 1% |
| Marie | 9/10 | 5459 days | 1% |
| June | 9/10 | 5459 days | 1% |
| Zoe Norcross | 9/10 | 5476 days | 1% |
| Matthias & Ceristiane | 8/10 | 5477 days | 1% |
| Antoine Migault | 7/10 | 5480 days | 1% |
| Antoine Del | 8/10 | 5480 days | 1% |
| R Bakker | 7/10 | 5481 days | 1% |
| Trude | 10/10 | 5492 days | 1% |
| Brian_Val | 10/10 | 5493 days | 1% |
| Brian Morris | 10/10 | 5499 days | 1% |
| Thijs Schoemaker | 8/10 | 5504 days | 1% |
| Ulric | 8/10 | 5512 days | 1% |
| Johanna X | 9/10 | 5513 days | 1% |
| Petra Berrens | 7/10 | 5516 days | 1% |
| Markus | 7/10 | 5534 days | 1% |
| biene | 9/10 | 5564 days | 1% |
| martinab | 10/10 | 5564 days | 1% |
| mdarras | 9/10 | 5584 days | 1% |
| Bert Wierzy | 9/10 | 5587 days | 1% |
| Ruth Colmer | 10/10 | 5590 days | 1% |
| Katrin Wennin | 10/10 | 5591 days | 1% |
| Alan Riley | 9/10 | 5592 days | 1% |
| Gensen | 7/10 | 5606 days | 1% |
| SiljaH | 6/10 | 5813 days | 1% |
| RussC | 8/10 | 5815 days | 1% |
| Martina Bumiller | 9/10 | 5829 days | 1% |
| Andrew Smith | 7/10 | 5830 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 7/10 | 5840 days | 1% |
| Johannes & Jopke Fokkema | 8/10 | 5844 days | 1% |
| Nick | 6/10 | 5853 days | 1% |
| Amanda Williams | 9/10 | 5865 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
0.78% 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.