Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 Trounson Kauri Park Campground.

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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Trounson Kauri Park Campground

Valid Reviews

87 Valid Reviews

The Trounson Kauri Park Campground experience has a total of 89 reviews. There are 87 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 87 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 23
26%
9/10 18
21%
8/10 26
30%
7/10 13
15%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 4
5%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

83.45% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Trounson Kauri Park Campground valid reviews is 83.45% and is based on 87 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

27 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 87 valid reviews, the experience has 27 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 27 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 9
33%
9/10 5
19%
8/10 9
33%
7/10 4
15%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

87.04% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Trounson Kauri Park Campground face-to-face reviews is 87.04% and is based on 27 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

85.98%

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
Natasha 9/10 51 days 99%
John Holschier 10/10 51 days 100%
Mike Fricker 9/10 204 days 97%
Matt 10/10 234 days 97%
AmericanToby 10/10 234 days 97%
Sietse 9/10 325 days 93%
Kelly 7/10 417 days 84%
Lucas 8/10 417 days 88%
Mike 5/10 782 days 50%
Stefanie 8/10 843 days 58%
Leet 9/10 874 days 56%
Henk 6/10 1024 days 36%
Steph and Denise 10/10 1116 days 34%
Mrs H 5/10 1451 days 10%
Mrs H 5/10 1451 days 10%
Layna 8/10 1786 days 5%
Sabine 8/10 1847 days 5%
Charlie 8/10 2120 days 4%
Don Strachan 9/10 2151 days 4%
Coco B. 3/10 2243 days 2%
Mike Fricker 8/10 2273 days 4%
Stefano Clerici 10/10 2335 days 4%
Teb 7/10 2335 days 4%
Nancy 6/10 2426 days 3%
Dominic Gould 8/10 2542 days 4%
Kendra Seamus Matilda and Oskar 10/10 2629 days 3%
Eugenie Desforges 9/10 2668 days 3%
Viola Cube 7/10 2685 days 3%
Kathrina Handschuh 10/10 2705 days 3%
Haley Everitt 9/10 2744 days 3%
John Smith 8/10 2819 days 3%
Maxine Fallot 7/10 2917 days 3%
Diandra Buesen 8/10 2976 days 3%
Michelle Smit 9/10 3034 days 3%
Gordon Lee 9/10 3122 days 2%
Sean Stevens 10/10 3188 days 2%
Bill Milburn 5/10 3219 days 2%
Tim De Boer 7/10 3265 days 2%
mathieu boustie 9/10 3278 days 2%
Michelle Rushton 8/10 3285 days 2%
Mabel Vanasperen 7/10 3288 days 2%
Sebastian 10/10 3308 days 2%
Andrew Watts 10/10 3318 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 8/10 3325 days 2%
Lionel C. 8/10 3369 days 2%
María del Carmen Escandell 9/10 3377 days 2%
Christine Slowiak 9/10 3430 days 2%
E Kane 8/10 3439 days 2%
Christoph 10/10 3543 days 1%
Sara Gonzalez 9/10 3574 days 2%
Mike Merrick 8/10 3583 days 2%
Celia Nowak 10/10 3586 days 1%
Alexis Leneveu 10/10 3619 days 1%
Heather Kingston 8/10 3673 days 1%
Sara Berton 8/10 3927 days 1%
Elise Boinnot 9/10 3945 days 1%
Thomas Dequidt 10/10 3945 days 1%
Harel Cliad 10/10 3975 days 1%
nimrod yaron 10/10 3976 days 1%
kiwifamily2 10/10 3977 days 1%
David Wood 7/10 4069 days 1%
Shantell Hunter 7/10 4161 days 0%
Team Kim&James 10/10 4161 days 0%
Sarah Horn 10/10 4271 days 0%
Sebastian Russell-Smits 10/10 4271 days 0%
Loesje 7/10 4283 days 0%
lisa taylor 8/10 4283 days 0%
Darren Abbott 8/10 4366 days 0%
Roshnie 8/10 4383 days 1%
Boule_de_gomme 10/10 4648 days 1%
Daniel & Manuela 8/10 4654 days 1%
Danielle 7/10 4660 days 1%
Lotte Foged 7/10 4675 days 1%
Mike1952 8/10 4677 days 1%
Johanna & Mark 7/10 4996 days 1%
Oliver Berg 8/10 4997 days 1%
Christoph & Maria 9/10 5004 days 1%
K & J Overton 9/10 5008 days 1%
Anika Jedelsky 8/10 5015 days 1%
Omar Candon 8/10 5015 days 1%
Heike Toepelt 10/10 5034 days 1%
Liz Dolman 8/10 5037 days 1%
Mieke Knoops 8/10 5389 days 1%
Josy 9/10 5399 days 1%
Ines Diana 9/10 5406 days 1%
carolineder 7/10 5469 days 1%
billdee 10/10 5591 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Trounson Kauri Park Campground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.64% 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

88%

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.