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 Wharariki Beach Walk.
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.
117 Valid Reviews
The Wharariki Beach Walk experience has a total of 117 valid reviews. There are no 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 117 valid reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 79 |
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68% |
9/10 | 21 |
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18% |
8/10 | 11 |
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9% |
7/10 | 5 |
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4% |
6/10 | 1 |
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1% |
5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
94.70% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk valid reviews is 94.70% and is based on 117 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
98 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 117 valid reviews, the experience has 98 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 98 face-to-face reviews:
Rating | Count | Percentage | |
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10/10 | 62 |
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63% |
9/10 | 19 |
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19% |
8/10 | 11 |
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11% |
7/10 | 5 |
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5% |
6/10 | 1 |
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1% |
5/10 | 0 |
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0% |
4/10 | 0 |
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0% |
3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
1/10 | 0 |
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0% |
93.88% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Wharariki Beach Walk face-to-face reviews is 93.88% and is based on 98 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
93.99%
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 |
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Nick | 9/10 | 2605 days | 100% |
Mike Dw | 10/10 | 2662 days | 98% |
Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 2668 days | 97% |
Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 2887 days | 83% |
Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 2914 days | 82% |
Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 2923 days | 82% |
Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 2942 days | 81% |
Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 2961 days | 79% |
Magdalena | 7/10 | 2986 days | 74% |
Kayla | 10/10 | 3005 days | 78% |
Sean | 10/10 | 3005 days | 78% |
Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3007 days | 78% |
Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3007 days | 78% |
Janina | 10/10 | 3012 days | 78% |
Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3013 days | 72% |
Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3016 days | 76% |
Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3032 days | 77% |
Huon | 8/10 | 3249 days | 63% |
Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3250 days | 64% |
Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3250 days | 64% |
Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3255 days | 63% |
Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3256 days | 63% |
Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3257 days | 64% |
Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3259 days | 64% |
Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3259 days | 64% |
Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3265 days | 63% |
Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3270 days | 63% |
Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3276 days | 63% |
Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3276 days | 63% |
Max | 10/10 | 3277 days | 63% |
John and Jan | 9/10 | 3278 days | 62% |
Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3282 days | 62% |
Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3283 days | 62% |
Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3284 days | 62% |
Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3284 days | 58% |
Horitz | 10/10 | 3289 days | 62% |
Dani | 10/10 | 3289 days | 62% |
Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3294 days | 61% |
Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3295 days | 62% |
William Lendway | 9/10 | 3296 days | 61% |
Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3297 days | 62% |
Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3301 days | 61% |
Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3305 days | 61% |
Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3307 days | 53% |
Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3308 days | 61% |
Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3309 days | 61% |
Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3312 days | 61% |
Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3314 days | 60% |
Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3316 days | 60% |
Anna | 10/10 | 3316 days | 60% |
Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3320 days | 60% |
Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3322 days | 60% |
Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3323 days | 56% |
Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3325 days | 59% |
Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3325 days | 60% |
Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3329 days | 60% |
Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3333 days | 60% |
Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3351 days | 57% |
Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3355 days | 58% |
Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3400 days | 56% |
Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 3632 days | 42% |
Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 3641 days | 42% |
Kristina M | 10/10 | 3669 days | 40% |
Bes | 10/10 | 3675 days | 40% |
Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 3729 days | 37% |
FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 3822 days | 32% |
Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 3975 days | 23% |
Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 3975 days | 23% |
Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4007 days | 21% |
Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4007 days | 21% |
Markus | 10/10 | 4018 days | 20% |
Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4018 days | 20% |
Sarah | 10/10 | 4031 days | 20% |
Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4031 days | 20% |
Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4066 days | 18% |
Patrick | 8/10 | 4066 days | 17% |
Emma | 7/10 | 4066 days | 16% |
Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4336 days | 2% |
Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4346 days | 2% |
Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4358 days | 1% |
Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4363 days | 1% |
Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4365 days | 1% |
Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4365 days | 1% |
Jan | 10/10 | 4372 days | 0% |
Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
Caderet | 10/10 | 4374 days | 0% |
Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4377 days | 0% |
Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4387 days | 29% |
N smith | 10/10 | 4431 days | 29% |
Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 4448 days | 29% |
Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 4450 days | 29% |
Peter Adams | 9/10 | 4731 days | 29% |
Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 4733 days | 29% |
Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 4750 days | 29% |
Jon Winter | 9/10 | 4752 days | 29% |
Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 4797 days | 29% |
Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 4828 days | 29% |
Sid | 10/10 | 4858 days | 29% |
Alibeare | 10/10 | 4889 days | 29% |
Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5083 days | 29% |
Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5101 days | 29% |
Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5112 days | 29% |
Petersen | 10/10 | 5124 days | 29% |
Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5126 days | 29% |
Helen T | 10/10 | 5437 days | 29% |
Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 5454 days | 29% |
Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 5492 days | 29% |
Pam K | 10/10 | 5495 days | 29% |
Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 5512 days | 29% |
csziegler | 10/10 | 5542 days | 29% |
Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 5558 days | 29% |
Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 5569 days | 28% |
Becca1 | 9/10 | 5804 days | 29% |
Barry Treve | 9/10 | 5809 days | 29% |
AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 5820 days | 29% |
qofd | 10/10 | 6503 days | 29% |
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Wharariki Beach Walk does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
0.53% 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.
95%
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.