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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 Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground.
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.
Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground
Valid Reviews
110 Valid Reviews
The Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground experience has a total of 113 reviews. There are 110 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 110 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 51 |
|
46% |
| 9/10 | 25 |
|
23% |
| 8/10 | 21 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
87.64% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground valid reviews is 87.64% and is based on 110 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
16 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 110 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 7 |
|
44% |
| 9/10 | 6 |
|
38% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
92.50% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 92.50% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
88.82%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isy | 10/10 | 64 days | 100% |
| Sabina | 10/10 | 64 days | 100% |
| Peter | 9/10 | 95 days | 99% |
| Sue Peggs | 9/10 | 125 days | 98% |
| Stu | 9/10 | 186 days | 97% |
| JD | 2/10 | 278 days | 44% |
| Marjolein | 8/10 | 339 days | 92% |
| Barry and Lesley Joy | 10/10 | 370 days | 92% |
| Amy Harwood | 9/10 | 399 days | 90% |
| HazzMatazz | 10/10 | 399 days | 91% |
| Ayla Maskey | 10/10 | 430 days | 90% |
| Anonymous | 1/10 | 430 days | 36% |
| Daniel & Michele | 10/10 | 461 days | 88% |
| Esther | 8/10 | 764 days | 66% |
| Russell | 10/10 | 764 days | 67% |
| Yvonne | 10/10 | 795 days | 64% |
| Chantal D | 8/10 | 948 days | 48% |
| Samantha Mc | 1/10 | 1160 days | 12% |
| Wishful fisherman | 7/10 | 1160 days | 28% |
| June | 10/10 | 1252 days | 24% |
| Trina | 10/10 | 1405 days | 15% |
| Mel brown | 10/10 | 1466 days | 12% |
| Brandon | 10/10 | 1556 days | 9% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 1647 days | 7% |
| Jood | 6/10 | 1831 days | 4% |
| NoFearNomads | 10/10 | 1860 days | 5% |
| Beggars | 10/10 | 1891 days | 5% |
| Monica A | 9/10 | 1922 days | 5% |
| Jono | 10/10 | 1952 days | 5% |
| Shannon | 10/10 | 1983 days | 5% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 2013 days | 4% |
| Clément | 3/10 | 2044 days | 2% |
| Tarsha | 5/10 | 2044 days | 3% |
| ben mannering | 9/10 | 2044 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2105 days | 4% |
| Andrew | 10/10 | 2197 days | 4% |
| Samuel fabien Jacquart | 1/10 | 2225 days | 2% |
| Di Murray | 10/10 | 2225 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2256 days | 4% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 10/10 | 2256 days | 4% |
| Elin | 10/10 | 2256 days | 4% |
| Stone | 10/10 | 2256 days | 4% |
| Samantha H. | 10/10 | 2287 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2348 days | 4% |
| Axel | 8/10 | 2348 days | 4% |
| Sophie Skinner | 10/10 | 2348 days | 4% |
| Dylan | 8/10 | 2409 days | 4% |
| Nathaniel Bond | 9/10 | 2560 days | 2% |
| Anna | 9/10 | 2562 days | 3% |
| Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2562 days | 3% |
| Clobby | 10/10 | 2590 days | 3% |
| Helen Bond | 10/10 | 2621 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 2733 days | 3% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 2902 days | 3% |
| Cathy Mead | 10/10 | 2919 days | 3% |
| David Blackley | 10/10 | 2943 days | 3% |
| Laurentius Bijsmans | 9/10 | 2946 days | 3% |
| Andrew Wardell | 10/10 | 2954 days | 3% |
| Peter Armstrong | 9/10 | 2955 days | 3% |
| Stuart Gange | 8/10 | 3008 days | 3% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3027 days | 3% |
| Richard Houghton | 8/10 | 3047 days | 2% |
| Shaylene Noble | 9/10 | 3082 days | 2% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3082 days | 2% |
| Jenny Adams | 10/10 | 3271 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3292 days | 2% |
| Gilles Andrieu | 8/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 3302 days | 1% |
| Philippa and Adam | 9/10 | 3324 days | 2% |
| Dan Bow | 10/10 | 3354 days | 2% |
| campasouth1 | 10/10 | 3357 days | 2% |
| Faye Livock | 10/10 | 3390 days | 2% |
| Sarah Gurney | 10/10 | 3405 days | 2% |
| Carly-Leanne | 10/10 | 3559 days | 2% |
| Sally Smith | 8/10 | 3597 days | 1% |
| Alexandre Drouet | 10/10 | 3620 days | 1% |
| Mike Merrick | 8/10 | 3656 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cruickshank | 9/10 | 3658 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 10/10 | 3660 days | 1% |
| Jurgen Moors | 8/10 | 3702 days | 1% |
| Sidney Stokkers | 9/10 | 3717 days | 1% |
| Lorna fraser | 9/10 | 3901 days | 1% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 3986 days | 0% |
| tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4023 days | 1% |
| Viola | 8/10 | 4050 days | 0% |
| J D | 8/10 | 4051 days | 1% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 4082 days | 0% |
| Adam Taniwha | 9/10 | 4113 days | 0% |
| Brian | 7/10 | 4143 days | 0% |
| Karen Perry | 7/10 | 4204 days | 0% |
| Jay Sorrell | 7/10 | 4204 days | 0% |
| AlanDaniel | 7/10 | 4327 days | 0% |
| Colin Webster | 10/10 | 4399 days | 1% |
| Jan Zimmerman | 10/10 | 4403 days | 1% |
| Danish_family | 8/10 | 4416 days | 1% |
| Abee and Suess | 10/10 | 4495 days | 1% |
| Marjo Cousijn | 9/10 | 4495 days | 1% |
| Bandzior | 10/10 | 4539 days | 1% |
| thefresh2o | 10/10 | 4722 days | 1% |
| Dave McLeish | 9/10 | 4780 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 10/10 | 4935 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5102 days | 1% |
| Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5109 days | 1% |
| Echst Daniela | 9/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 5270 days | 1% |
| deepujames | 8/10 | 5423 days | 1% |
| Graham Pullman | 10/10 | 5484 days | 1% |
| Anne Heriot | 8/10 | 5524 days | 1% |
| djrogers | 10/10 | 5567 days | 1% |
| koellner | 8/10 | 5572 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.17% 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
90%
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.