Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 Okarito 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.

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Okarito Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

108 Valid Reviews

The Okarito Camping Ground experience has a total of 112 reviews. There are 108 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 108 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 39
36%
9/10 29
27%
8/10 21
19%
7/10 12
11%
6/10 3
3%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 1
1%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.85% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Okarito Camping Ground valid reviews is 86.85% and is based on 108 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

18 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 108 valid reviews, the experience has 18 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 18 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 9
50%
9/10 6
33%
8/10 2
11%
7/10 1
6%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

92.78% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Okarito Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 92.78% and is based on 18 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

92.68%

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
Sophie 10/10 30 days 100%
Andy & Jo 9/10 305 days 94%
Jane 10/10 365 days 92%
Sabine 10/10 396 days 91%
Maren 8/10 427 days 88%
Astrid 9/10 457 days 87%
Kilee Leblanc 10/10 671 days 74%
Tracy 10/10 702 days 72%
PAULA WALLACE 8/10 761 days 66%
Rebecca Woodbridge 10/10 822 days 61%
Ruth D 10/10 1187 days 28%
Allan Reade 10/10 1187 days 28%
Wai wai 10/10 1432 days 14%
Cait Turner 8/10 1491 days 11%
Maskwahine 6/10 1491 days 10%
Boardwalk Blss 10/10 1675 days 6%
Anna Swain 9/10 1705 days 6%
Linda 8/10 1797 days 5%
Liz Wade 9/10 1825 days 5%
Enzo 10/10 1826 days 5%
Tim 9/10 1857 days 5%
lisa taylor 9/10 1857 days 5%
lisa 9/10 1857 days 5%
Richard & Chris, UK 9/10 1857 days 5%
Garne2019 8/10 2102 days 4%
Maelys 8/10 2132 days 4%
Rachel 10/10 2163 days 4%
TP&MM 7/10 2163 days 4%
Ceri 10/10 2191 days 4%
Shaun 10/10 2191 days 4%
Marinette Kegels 7/10 2191 days 4%
Lauren 9/10 2222 days 4%
Mahi 6/10 2253 days 4%
Raphaele 9/10 2253 days 4%
David Aylmore 10/10 2283 days 4%
Grizzly Girl 9/10 2314 days 4%
Angela 8/10 2314 days 4%
Floatyurboater 8/10 2314 days 4%
Melinda Pyke 10/10 2344 days 4%
Kevin 10/10 2497 days 4%
Nathaniel Bond 10/10 2526 days 3%
Helen Rimmer 4/10 2568 days 2%
Oceane Imber 10/10 2582 days 3%
Joanna Dring 9/10 2583 days 3%
Helen Bond 10/10 2587 days 3%
Matthijs van Dijk 8/10 2597 days 3%
Katrina 10/10 2617 days 3%
Paul and Paula 10/10 2623 days 3%
Arron and Vema 8/10 2847 days 3%
Lucy Oury 8/10 2849 days 3%
Jerry Bart 7/10 2866 days 3%
Emily Livesey 9/10 2882 days 3%
Katie Marx 10/10 2893 days 3%
Andy Kubic 7/10 2899 days 3%
Margo Wiltens 9/10 3050 days 3%
Jennifer Ellis 8/10 3176 days 2%
W Donovan 8/10 3203 days 2%
Sean Stevens 10/10 3259 days 2%
Paul Smith 7/10 3263 days 2%
Ed Linklater 7/10 3263 days 2%
Gabor Kabacs 9/10 3269 days 2%
Marina 9/10 3284 days 2%
Lisa Conradie 5/10 3287 days 2%
Sven Hasselberger 6/10 3299 days 2%
Toby Regan 9/10 3311 days 2%
Sarah Gurney 10/10 3350 days 2%
Steve Warren 9/10 3439 days 2%
Alistair Millward 7/10 3620 days 1%
Vincent S. 7/10 3623 days 1%
Sebastiaan Kemperman 10/10 3638 days 1%
Averil Brown 8/10 3649 days 1%
Wilma Senior 8/10 3651 days 1%
Elles Janssen 8/10 3682 days 1%
Christian Roerig 3/10 3682 days 1%
Roeland Driessen 5/10 3682 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 7/10 3701 days 1%
kim 7/10 3804 days 1%
Brita Topp 10/10 3958 days 1%
Andrew Young 7/10 4017 days 1%
Clara Hayes 10/10 4043 days 0%
Cornelia Stark 8/10 4045 days 0%
Ludovic Moulou 10/10 4048 days 1%
Andrea Beck 9/10 4048 days 0%
Hannah 9/10 4079 days 1%
Helene & Peter 8/10 4109 days 0%
Steve Warren 10/10 4140 days 0%
Jonathan 8/10 4140 days 0%
I & K Urquhart 9/10 4201 days 0%
Sylvia Klatt 9/10 4323 days 0%
Rainer 10/10 4329 days 0%
Maria Klister 10/10 4338 days 0%
Cloarec Guillaume 10/10 4349 days 0%
Mycall 9/10 4354 days 0%
Katharina Littlemann 10/10 4366 days 0%
Nils Poppenborg 9/10 4367 days 0%
Phil & Laura 9/10 4382 days 1%
Karsten Meyer 9/10 4459 days 1%
Boule_de_gomme 9/10 4719 days 1%
Diane Moss 7/10 4733 days 1%
Graeme 8/10 4779 days 1%
pepette31 10/10 4901 days 1%
damaca 10/10 4901 days 1%
Kevin Morris 10/10 5057 days 1%
Rachel 9/10 5057 days 1%
David Taylor 9/10 5059 days 1%
Manfred Liuduer 8/10 5089 days 1%
Daniel Dubach 10/10 5113 days 1%
MundschanGermany 10/10 5800 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Okarito Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

0.67% 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.