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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.
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Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground
Valid Reviews
112 Valid Reviews
The Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground experience has a total of 116 reviews. There are 112 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 112 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 52 |
|
46% |
| 9/10 | 26 |
|
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% |
87.77% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Rakaia Gorge Camping Ground valid reviews is 87.77% and is based on 112 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 112 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
89.82%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | 9/10 | 105 days | 100% |
| Eleanor Tresidder | 10/10 | 289 days | 97% |
| Isy | 10/10 | 348 days | 95% |
| Sabina | 10/10 | 348 days | 95% |
| Peter | 9/10 | 379 days | 92% |
| Sue Peggs | 9/10 | 409 days | 91% |
| Stu | 9/10 | 470 days | 88% |
| JD | 2/10 | 562 days | 38% |
| Marjolein | 8/10 | 623 days | 78% |
| Barry and Lesley Joy | 10/10 | 654 days | 77% |
| Amy Harwood | 9/10 | 683 days | 74% |
| HazzMatazz | 10/10 | 683 days | 75% |
| Ayla Maskey | 10/10 | 714 days | 72% |
| Anonymous | 1/10 | 714 days | 29% |
| Daniel & Michele | 10/10 | 745 days | 69% |
| Esther | 8/10 | 1048 days | 39% |
| Russell | 10/10 | 1048 days | 40% |
| Yvonne | 10/10 | 1079 days | 37% |
| Chantal D | 8/10 | 1232 days | 25% |
| Samantha Mc | 1/10 | 1444 days | 5% |
| Wishful fisherman | 7/10 | 1444 days | 13% |
| June | 10/10 | 1536 days | 10% |
| Trina | 10/10 | 1689 days | 6% |
| Mel brown | 10/10 | 1750 days | 5% |
| Brandon | 10/10 | 1840 days | 5% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 1931 days | 5% |
| Jood | 6/10 | 2115 days | 4% |
| NoFearNomads | 10/10 | 2144 days | 4% |
| Beggars | 10/10 | 2175 days | 4% |
| Monica A | 9/10 | 2206 days | 4% |
| Jono | 10/10 | 2236 days | 4% |
| Shannon | 10/10 | 2267 days | 4% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 2297 days | 4% |
| Clément | 3/10 | 2328 days | 2% |
| Tarsha | 5/10 | 2328 days | 3% |
| ben mannering | 9/10 | 2328 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 9/10 | 2389 days | 4% |
| Andrew | 10/10 | 2481 days | 4% |
| Samuel fabien Jacquart | 1/10 | 2509 days | 1% |
| Di Murray | 10/10 | 2509 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
| Nadja Kampfhenkel | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
| Elin | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
| Stone | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
| Samantha H. | 10/10 | 2571 days | 4% |
| Jolanda | 10/10 | 2632 days | 3% |
| Axel | 8/10 | 2632 days | 3% |
| Sophie Skinner | 10/10 | 2632 days | 3% |
| Dylan | 8/10 | 2693 days | 3% |
| Nathaniel Bond | 9/10 | 2844 days | 2% |
| Anna | 9/10 | 2846 days | 3% |
| Tristan & Jolie | 10/10 | 2846 days | 3% |
| Clobby | 10/10 | 2874 days | 3% |
| Helen Bond | 10/10 | 2905 days | 3% |
| Jozef Pinkerton | 8/10 | 3017 days | 3% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 3186 days | 2% |
| Cathy Mead | 10/10 | 3203 days | 2% |
| David Blackley | 10/10 | 3227 days | 2% |
| Laurentius Bijsmans | 9/10 | 3230 days | 2% |
| Andrew Wardell | 10/10 | 3238 days | 2% |
| Peter Armstrong | 9/10 | 3238 days | 2% |
| Stuart Gange | 8/10 | 3292 days | 2% |
| Peter Moore | 10/10 | 3311 days | 2% |
| Richard Houghton | 8/10 | 3330 days | 2% |
| Shaylene Noble | 9/10 | 3366 days | 2% |
| Derek Drost | 7/10 | 3366 days | 2% |
| Jenny Adams | 10/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 10/10 | 3575 days | 2% |
| Gilles Andrieu | 8/10 | 3586 days | 2% |
| Kim | 9/10 | 3586 days | 1% |
| Philippa and Adam | 9/10 | 3608 days | 1% |
| Dan Bow | 10/10 | 3638 days | 1% |
| campasouth1 | 10/10 | 3641 days | 1% |
| Faye Livock | 10/10 | 3674 days | 1% |
| Sarah Gurney | 10/10 | 3689 days | 1% |
| Carly-Leanne | 10/10 | 3843 days | 1% |
| Sally Smith | 8/10 | 3880 days | 1% |
| Alexandre Drouet | 10/10 | 3904 days | 1% |
| Mike Merrick | 8/10 | 3940 days | 1% |
| Andrew Cruickshank | 9/10 | 3941 days | 1% |
| Adam Wight | 10/10 | 3944 days | 1% |
| Jurgen Moors | 8/10 | 3986 days | 1% |
| Sidney Stokkers | 9/10 | 4000 days | 1% |
| Lorna fraser | 9/10 | 4185 days | 0% |
| Tom Guthknecht | 9/10 | 4270 days | 0% |
| tracey aylmer | 8/10 | 4307 days | 0% |
| Viola | 8/10 | 4334 days | 0% |
| J D | 8/10 | 4335 days | 0% |
| Mike Fricker | 9/10 | 4366 days | 0% |
| Adam Taniwha | 9/10 | 4397 days | 1% |
| Brian | 7/10 | 4427 days | 1% |
| Karen Perry | 7/10 | 4488 days | 1% |
| Jay Sorrell | 7/10 | 4488 days | 1% |
| AlanDaniel | 7/10 | 4611 days | 1% |
| Colin Webster | 10/10 | 4683 days | 1% |
| Jan Zimmerman | 10/10 | 4687 days | 1% |
| Danish_family | 8/10 | 4700 days | 1% |
| Abee and Suess | 10/10 | 4779 days | 1% |
| Marjo Cousijn | 9/10 | 4779 days | 1% |
| Bandzior | 10/10 | 4823 days | 1% |
| thefresh2o | 10/10 | 5006 days | 1% |
| Dave McLeish | 9/10 | 5064 days | 1% |
| DJohnson | 10/10 | 5219 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5386 days | 1% |
| Steve & Pearl Baker | 10/10 | 5393 days | 1% |
| Echst Daniela | 9/10 | 5426 days | 1% |
| Andrew Hammond | 8/10 | 5554 days | 1% |
| deepujames | 8/10 | 5707 days | 1% |
| Graham Pullman | 10/10 | 5768 days | 1% |
| Anne Heriot | 8/10 | 5808 days | 1% |
| djrogers | 10/10 | 5851 days | 1% |
| koellner | 8/10 | 5856 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
1.02% 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
91%
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.