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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.
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Wharariki Beach Walk
Valid Reviews
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 79 |
|
68% |
| 9/10 | 21 |
|
18% |
| 8/10 | 11 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
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.
Face-to-Face Reviews
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 62 |
|
63% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
19% |
| 8/10 | 11 |
|
11% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
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0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
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.
Weighted Average
94.14%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | 9/10 | 2661 days | 100% |
| Mike Dw | 10/10 | 2718 days | 97% |
| Nicole Kasischke | 10/10 | 2724 days | 97% |
| Heather Flanders | 8/10 | 2943 days | 80% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 8/10 | 2970 days | 78% |
| Sebastian and Johanna | 9/10 | 2979 days | 78% |
| Tereza Bulova | 9/10 | 2998 days | 77% |
| Bernd Giermann | 8/10 | 3017 days | 75% |
| Magdalena | 7/10 | 3042 days | 69% |
| Kayla | 10/10 | 3061 days | 74% |
| Sean | 10/10 | 3061 days | 74% |
| Louis Nilsson | 10/10 | 3063 days | 74% |
| Lene Nilsson | 10/10 | 3063 days | 74% |
| Janina | 10/10 | 3068 days | 73% |
| Evelyn Rloeh | 7/10 | 3069 days | 67% |
| Gio Zy | 8/10 | 3072 days | 71% |
| Kirsty Smith | 10/10 | 3088 days | 72% |
| Huon | 8/10 | 3305 days | 56% |
| Ana Coulee | 9/10 | 3306 days | 56% |
| Cecile Santiaux | 10/10 | 3306 days | 57% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 9/10 | 3311 days | 56% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 8/10 | 3312 days | 55% |
| Ben Keiser | 10/10 | 3313 days | 57% |
| Tom Teuber | 10/10 | 3315 days | 56% |
| Anika Danits | 10/10 | 3315 days | 56% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3321 days | 56% |
| Dan Ramsl | 10/10 | 3326 days | 56% |
| Lauren Dinnage | 10/10 | 3332 days | 55% |
| Patrick Thumeyer | 10/10 | 3332 days | 55% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3333 days | 55% |
| John and Jan | 9/10 | 3334 days | 54% |
| Volker Stroenisch | 10/10 | 3338 days | 55% |
| Josh Symons | 10/10 | 3339 days | 55% |
| Emily Garside | 10/10 | 3340 days | 55% |
| Chandra Macraigne | 7/10 | 3340 days | 50% |
| Horitz | 10/10 | 3345 days | 54% |
| Dani | 10/10 | 3345 days | 54% |
| Lee Sandberg | 8/10 | 3350 days | 53% |
| Tina Rust | 10/10 | 3351 days | 54% |
| William Lendway | 9/10 | 3352 days | 53% |
| Sophie Kalnymsky | 10/10 | 3353 days | 54% |
| Xavier Bistodeau | 10/10 | 3357 days | 54% |
| Quinn McCusker | 10/10 | 3361 days | 53% |
| Maria and Grace | 6/10 | 3363 days | 44% |
| Maria Brauherr | 10/10 | 3364 days | 53% |
| Veronique Kaplan | 10/10 | 3365 days | 53% |
| Christine Schtenker | 10/10 | 3368 days | 53% |
| Kristyna Mokrackoua | 9/10 | 3370 days | 52% |
| Florian Mueller | 10/10 | 3372 days | 53% |
| Anna | 10/10 | 3372 days | 53% |
| Iris Kerbler | 10/10 | 3376 days | 52% |
| Livia and Dave | 10/10 | 3378 days | 52% |
| Elisabeth Grabner | 7/10 | 3379 days | 47% |
| Christian Reimund | 9/10 | 3381 days | 51% |
| Stefanie Giese | 10/10 | 3381 days | 52% |
| Kim and Leon | 10/10 | 3385 days | 52% |
| Matthew Hallowell | 10/10 | 3389 days | 51% |
| Justin Kechanski | 8/10 | 3407 days | 49% |
| Steffen and Johannes | 9/10 | 3411 days | 49% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 3456 days | 47% |
| Naelan Le Borgue | 10/10 | 3688 days | 31% |
| Oliver Pester | 10/10 | 3697 days | 30% |
| Kristina M | 10/10 | 3725 days | 28% |
| Bes | 10/10 | 3731 days | 28% |
| Inge van Noorf | 10/10 | 3785 days | 24% |
| FlyingKiwiGirl | 10/10 | 3878 days | 18% |
| Caroline Jonsson | 10/10 | 4031 days | 7% |
| Jonny Ronnblom | 10/10 | 4031 days | 7% |
| Martin Buchta | 9/10 | 4063 days | 5% |
| Anne Haenchen | 9/10 | 4063 days | 5% |
| Markus | 10/10 | 4074 days | 5% |
| Cornelia Witte | 10/10 | 4074 days | 5% |
| Sarah | 10/10 | 4087 days | 4% |
| Mike Majnik | 10/10 | 4087 days | 4% |
| Pioter Jurkowski | 10/10 | 4122 days | 1% |
| Patrick | 8/10 | 4122 days | 1% |
| Emma | 7/10 | 4122 days | 0% |
| Christin Woelk | 10/10 | 4392 days | 19% |
| Patrick Stoeit | 10/10 | 4402 days | 19% |
| Pete Wilson | 10/10 | 4414 days | 19% |
| Yu-Ti Chu | 9/10 | 4419 days | 18% |
| Alice Berg | 10/10 | 4421 days | 19% |
| Camille Coombes | 9/10 | 4421 days | 18% |
| Jan | 10/10 | 4428 days | 19% |
| Frederic Birke | 10/10 | 4430 days | 19% |
| Glenn Surzur | 8/10 | 4430 days | 18% |
| Caderet | 10/10 | 4430 days | 19% |
| Jan & Jile | 10/10 | 4433 days | 19% |
| Lars Schulz | 10/10 | 4443 days | 19% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4487 days | 19% |
| Michael Kretzschmar | 10/10 | 4504 days | 19% |
| Tanja Rudolf | 10/10 | 4506 days | 19% |
| Peter Adams | 9/10 | 4787 days | 18% |
| Martin Guillaume | 10/10 | 4789 days | 19% |
| Jeroen Bartos | 9/10 | 4806 days | 18% |
| Jon Winter | 9/10 | 4808 days | 18% |
| Roeland Driessen | 10/10 | 4853 days | 19% |
| Rachel_Flowers | 10/10 | 4884 days | 19% |
| Sid | 10/10 | 4914 days | 19% |
| Alibeare | 10/10 | 4945 days | 19% |
| Susannah Eduart | 10/10 | 5139 days | 19% |
| Ann-Katrine & Sille | 10/10 | 5157 days | 19% |
| Josef & Christine Evers | 9/10 | 5168 days | 18% |
| Petersen | 10/10 | 5180 days | 19% |
| Gerry Nichols | 10/10 | 5182 days | 19% |
| Helen T | 10/10 | 5493 days | 19% |
| Bob Lenihan | 10/10 | 5510 days | 19% |
| Radek Hoferek | 9/10 | 5548 days | 18% |
| Pam K | 10/10 | 5551 days | 19% |
| Sabine Locker | 10/10 | 5568 days | 19% |
| csziegler | 10/10 | 5598 days | 19% |
| Rankers Rocks | 10/10 | 5614 days | 19% |
| Tait Suridge | 8/10 | 5625 days | 18% |
| Becca1 | 9/10 | 5860 days | 18% |
| Barry Treve | 9/10 | 5865 days | 18% |
| AnjaChrist | 10/10 | 5876 days | 19% |
| qofd | 10/10 | 6559 days | 19% |
Adjustments
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.
Balancing Adjustment
0.52% 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
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.