Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Nugget Point / Tokata.

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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Nugget Point / Tokata

Valid Reviews

116 Valid Reviews

The Nugget Point / Tokata experience has a total of 118 reviews. There are 116 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 2 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 116 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 55
47%
9/10 34
29%
8/10 21
18%
7/10 5
4%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.81% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Nugget Point / Tokata valid reviews is 91.81% and is based on 116 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

102 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 116 valid reviews, the experience has 102 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 102 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 48
47%
9/10 29
28%
8/10 20
20%
7/10 4
4%
6/10 1
1%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

91.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Nugget Point / Tokata face-to-face reviews is 91.67% and is based on 102 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

93.66%

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
Sarah 10/10 839 days 100%
Rebecka 10/10 1843 days 8%
S Weslake 10/10 2514 days 6%
Sampo Uravirta 7/10 2597 days 5%
Samantha Brewin 8/10 2676 days 5%
C Clarke 10/10 2931 days 5%
Natasha 7/10 2983 days 4%
Oliver Francis 9/10 2983 days 5%
Lieke vol Velde 9/10 3002 days 4%
Bob 10/10 3004 days 4%
Luke 8/10 3014 days 4%
Hailey S 9/10 3024 days 4%
Diego Casanova 10/10 3040 days 4%
Claire 10/10 3046 days 4%
Anne 9/10 3047 days 4%
Anna Dalby 10/10 3047 days 4%
Beatrice and Cyrill 10/10 3204 days 4%
Monia Sassella 9/10 3242 days 4%
Claire 8/10 3245 days 4%
Benedikt Maus 8/10 3259 days 4%
Laura Munguira Vadillo 9/10 3261 days 4%
Rodrigo 9/10 3263 days 4%
A Schultz 8/10 3264 days 4%
Cori Schultz 7/10 3265 days 3%
Dominique 9/10 3266 days 4%
Jeroen 8/10 3269 days 4%
Stephan Ophelders 9/10 3274 days 4%
Clayton Hunniford 6/10 3277 days 3%
Sandra 9/10 3285 days 4%
Lothen 10/10 3286 days 4%
Maike Santelmann 10/10 3293 days 4%
Niclas Ullno 7/10 3306 days 3%
Martina 10/10 3312 days 3%
Lisa 7/10 3314 days 3%
Matthias Hofer 10/10 3352 days 3%
Ronja and Lena 10/10 3358 days 3%
Pierre and Alexandra 10/10 3362 days 3%
Mathieu Brun 10/10 3370 days 3%
Emma Rochester 10/10 3410 days 3%
Dianne van der Wal 9/10 3505 days 3%
Robin Sommer 10/10 3667 days 2%
Fanny DeBon 10/10 3729 days 2%
Bartlomiej Berger 10/10 3736 days 2%
Julian 9/10 3990 days 1%
Reto 9/10 4020 days 1%
Mirjam Betschart 10/10 4020 days 1%
Tobias Gehring 10/10 4025 days 1%
Arthur Langlume 10/10 4029 days 1%
Bill 10/10 4032 days 1%
FlyingKiwiGirl 9/10 4034 days 1%
Alacchi Moustier 10/10 4047 days 1%
Derek Knight 10/10 4048 days 1%
Maya Bakker-deDreu 9/10 4055 days 1%
John Davis 9/10 4064 days 1%
Nicolas Trezeguet 8/10 4066 days 1%
Gal Bero 10/10 4068 days 1%
Evyatar Karni 10/10 4068 days 1%
Marie 10/10 4356 days 0%
AnnaM 9/10 4371 days 0%
Claire 9/10 4371 days 0%
Malgorzata 9/10 4375 days 0%
Przemystaw Tymizyszyn 8/10 4375 days 0%
Rogier Ramaker 8/10 4376 days 0%
Melvin Groenhof 8/10 4376 days 0%
Janine Kohlgrueler 10/10 4378 days 0%
Maxime 10/10 4383 days 2%
Jim Woodruff 9/10 4399 days 2%
Jeanne Moustier 10/10 4412 days 2%
Lis Bon 10/10 4430 days 2%
Karin Genyn 9/10 4447 days 2%
Alex Laidlaw 9/10 4468 days 2%
Meryem Buchwitz 9/10 4474 days 2%
Karin Laurev 8/10 4745 days 2%
Michael & Janet 8/10 4746 days 2%
Inge Davbbert 10/10 4748 days 2%
Sabine & Stefan 10/10 4749 days 2%
Manuela Weber 9/10 4750 days 2%
Nico Welagen 8/10 4751 days 2%
Lesley 10/10 4796 days 2%
Arnoldus Bergmans 9/10 4831 days 2%
Sally Reeves 10/10 5081 days 2%
John & Lorraine 8/10 5081 days 2%
Brock Wagner 9/10 5084 days 2%
Frank & Ruth 10/10 5086 days 2%
Juergen Wolf 10/10 5092 days 2%
Tim Laurent 9/10 5093 days 2%
henriket 10/10 5096 days 2%
Louise van der Hyden 10/10 5100 days 2%
Iko 8/10 5102 days 2%
Grumbach 10/10 5105 days 2%
Matthys Kikke 8/10 5106 days 2%
Hvid 10/10 5118 days 2%
Celia Murphy 10/10 5120 days 2%
Julia 10/10 5122 days 2%
Calvin Parsons 10/10 5130 days 2%
Montys 10/10 5253 days 2%
Kurt 9/10 5400 days 2%
Ian Tainsh 10/10 5449 days 2%
Benedict Fluthman 10/10 5457 days 2%
paddywhack 9/10 5467 days 2%
Wilbert Germ 10/10 5480 days 2%
T. Timmers 9/10 5481 days 2%
Lasse Olesen 8/10 5488 days 2%
Annette Schmitt 10/10 5489 days 2%
Vincente Garrido 8/10 5490 days 2%
Joel K 9/10 5493 days 2%
Rachel & Barak 10/10 5493 days 2%
Sibille Fischer 10/10 5508 days 2%
Jonathan Angela 8/10 5509 days 2%
John J 8/10 5509 days 2%
Elizabeth E 8/10 5511 days 2%
tanh 9/10 5542 days 2%
alasiac 10/10 5557 days 2%
Silvia Huerlimann 9/10 5801 days 2%
Christian Moll 9/10 5817 days 2%
OdiliaF 10/10 5820 days 2%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Nugget Point / Tokata does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.57% 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

94%

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.