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 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
0%
2/10 0
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

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
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%

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

0.53% 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.

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.