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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 Roys Peak Track.
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.
Roys Peak Track
Valid Reviews
115 Valid Reviews
The Roys Peak Track experience has a total of 115 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 115 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 50 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 40 |
|
35% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
14% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
91.13% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track valid reviews is 91.13% and is based on 115 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
105 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 115 valid reviews, the experience has 105 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 105 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 42 |
|
40% |
| 9/10 | 38 |
|
36% |
| 8/10 | 16 |
|
15% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 3 |
|
3% |
| 5/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.48% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Roys Peak Track face-to-face reviews is 90.48% and is based on 105 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
93.45%
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 | 616 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 982 days | 58% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2412 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2655 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2807 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2893 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 3189 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 3191 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 3192 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 3196 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 3196 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 3201 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 3212 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 3217 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 3219 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 3224 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 3233 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 3233 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 3247 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 3253 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 3254 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 3256 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3275 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3278 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3278 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3278 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3278 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3290 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3293 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3296 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3298 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3302 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3302 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3305 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3309 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3309 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3319 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3328 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3335 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3539 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3541 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3547 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3549 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3553 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3554 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3555 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3557 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3559 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3559 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3561 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3564 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3568 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3570 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3570 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3573 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3576 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3578 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3587 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3593 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3594 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3600 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3605 days | 2% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3607 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3618 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3621 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3622 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3644 days | 2% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3656 days | 2% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3922 days | 1% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 4266 days | 0% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 4268 days | 0% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4284 days | 0% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4300 days | 0% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4319 days | 0% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4347 days | 0% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4651 days | 1% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4742 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4746 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4760 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 5040 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 5053 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5383 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5394 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5397 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5400 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5424 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5749 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5755 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5765 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5771 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5875 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 6117 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 6117 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Roys Peak Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
0.59% 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
94%
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.