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 Ohau Point Seal Colony.

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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Ohau Point Seal Colony

Valid Reviews

93 Valid Reviews

The Ohau Point Seal Colony experience has a total of 96 reviews. There are 93 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 93 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 45
48%
9/10 21
23%
8/10 19
20%
7/10 5
5%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.65% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohau Point Seal Colony valid reviews is 90.65% and is based on 93 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

81 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 93 valid reviews, the experience has 81 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 81 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 37
46%
9/10 19
23%
8/10 18
22%
7/10 5
6%
6/10 2
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

90.37% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Ohau Point Seal Colony face-to-face reviews is 90.37% and is based on 81 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

96.69%

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
Mike Fricker 10/10 288 days 100%
Lachlan 10/10 623 days 82%
Yuri Fey 10/10 866 days 60%
Rikke Hessellund, Denmark 5/10 2510 days 3%
Maia and Andrew 9/10 3037 days 3%
Deniz Wintermeyer 7/10 3040 days 3%
Will Pyle 10/10 3043 days 3%
Rachel Ram 8/10 3043 days 3%
Fiona Ng 10/10 3246 days 2%
Katie Griffiths 7/10 3253 days 2%
Joaquin Gruffat 10/10 3277 days 2%
Maria and Grace 6/10 3302 days 2%
Brennan Jungling 7/10 3309 days 2%
Ben McDougal 10/10 3366 days 2%
Ahmed Mohsen Aly 8/10 3391 days 2%
Roeland Driessen 10/10 3695 days 1%
Ryan Lieston 9/10 3971 days 1%
Jessica Wagner 10/10 4005 days 1%
Gordon Thomas 10/10 4005 days 1%
Ian Garner 10/10 4015 days 1%
Terry Seaman 9/10 4030 days 1%
Johanna Bak 10/10 4049 days 1%
Julia Amberger 9/10 4052 days 1%
Alineet Gautier 10/10 4061 days 1%
Ann Furlong 10/10 4361 days 0%
Trudy Ryan 7/10 4361 days 0%
Michael Nolan 10/10 4367 days 0%
Benjamin Geisser 8/10 4372 days 0%
Michal Maly 10/10 4393 days 1%
Jim Woodruff 10/10 4395 days 1%
Sue Kieseker 8/10 4442 days 1%
Jackie and Brian 10/10 4449 days 1%
Ali Hendry 9/10 4713 days 1%
Birds Tubbs 10/10 4717 days 1%
Orlando 10/10 4744 days 1%
Kolen 10/10 4744 days 1%
D Collier 10/10 4745 days 1%
Gerrit & Martina 9/10 4746 days 1%
Rocco Christian 9/10 4755 days 1%
Andy & Lynnie Nevin 10/10 4755 days 1%
Laura Smith 8/10 4774 days 1%
hendrik king 9/10 4823 days 1%
Arnoldus Bergmans 10/10 4827 days 1%
deJong 8/10 4827 days 1%
Les and Carole Savins 9/10 4829 days 1%
Harry Simpson 10/10 4830 days 1%
Anna Bret 8/10 4832 days 1%
Robin & Sandra Dijke 10/10 4832 days 1%
John Reilly 10/10 5049 days 1%
Charlie 9/10 5084 days 1%
W Groshops 10/10 5087 days 1%
Michael Howat 10/10 5088 days 1%
Keely & Mark Haynes 8/10 5091 days 1%
Michael Assfalg 10/10 5097 days 1%
Betten 9/10 5097 days 1%
Kip 9/10 5100 days 1%
Brandt 10/10 5123 days 1%
Andrew Hammond 10/10 5249 days 1%
Richardr1 10/10 5381 days 1%
Wal & Lynne 10/10 5392 days 1%
Haley & Jason 9/10 5395 days 1%
Stephan Imartina 10/10 5398 days 1%
susandicus 10/10 5402 days 1%
Tony B 10/10 5444 days 1%
Brett & Tanille 10/10 5451 days 1%
Tim Smith 9/10 5454 days 1%
Shirley C 9/10 5455 days 1%
Tanya 9/10 5456 days 1%
Pam Know 8/10 5458 days 1%
Tony Geens 8/10 5464 days 1%
Luisa 9/10 5464 days 1%
Haas Wacter 10/10 5471 days 1%
Sheila Morgan 10/10 5472 days 1%
Marco 8/10 5479 days 1%
Wim Van Gastel 8/10 5489 days 1%
Marie Jack 8/10 5490 days 1%
Diane Chapple 6/10 5490 days 1%
cees juffermans 9/10 5504 days 1%
Annemiek and Rianne 10/10 5504 days 1%
Elizabeth E 8/10 5507 days 1%
timgr 8/10 5538 days 1%
richelle 7/10 5546 days 1%
Douglas Beresford 8/10 5555 days 1%
Ton Buil 9/10 5565 days 1%
Daniel Alonso 9/10 5565 days 1%
Karen 8/10 5565 days 1%
Ana Garcia 8/10 5566 days 1%
Christine Van Den Berg Michele Imbach 10/10 5576 days 1%
chessum 8/10 5583 days 1%
GemmaC 9/10 5786 days 1%
UlaR 10/10 5787 days 1%
KatieR 10/10 5795 days 1%
LucyT 10/10 5815 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

0.28% 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

97%

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.