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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
93.23%
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 | 345 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 711 days | 75% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2142 days | 4% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2384 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2537 days | 3% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2622 days | 3% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 2918 days | 2% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 2920 days | 2% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 2921 days | 2% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 2925 days | 2% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 2925 days | 2% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 2930 days | 2% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 2941 days | 2% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 2946 days | 2% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 2948 days | 2% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 2953 days | 2% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 2962 days | 2% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 2962 days | 2% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 2976 days | 2% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 2982 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 2982 days | 2% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 2983 days | 2% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 2985 days | 2% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 3004 days | 2% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 3007 days | 2% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 3007 days | 2% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 3007 days | 2% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 3007 days | 2% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 3019 days | 2% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 3019 days | 2% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 3019 days | 2% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 3019 days | 2% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 3022 days | 2% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 3025 days | 2% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 3025 days | 2% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 3027 days | 2% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 3031 days | 2% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 3031 days | 2% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 3034 days | 2% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 3038 days | 2% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 3038 days | 2% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3048 days | 2% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3057 days | 2% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3064 days | 2% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3268 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3270 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3276 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3277 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3278 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3278 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3282 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3282 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3284 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3286 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3286 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3290 days | 1% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3293 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3297 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3302 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3302 days | 1% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3307 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3316 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3322 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3323 days | 1% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3329 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3334 days | 1% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3336 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3339 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3347 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3350 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3351 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3373 days | 1% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3385 days | 1% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3651 days | 1% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3651 days | 1% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3679 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 3737 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 3995 days | 0% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 3995 days | 0% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 3995 days | 0% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 3997 days | 0% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 4013 days | 0% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 4013 days | 0% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 4029 days | 0% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4048 days | 0% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4076 days | 0% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4380 days | 0% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4469 days | 0% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4471 days | 0% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4475 days | 0% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4489 days | 0% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4769 days | 0% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 4782 days | 0% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5112 days | 0% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5123 days | 0% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5126 days | 0% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5129 days | 0% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5153 days | 0% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5478 days | 0% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5484 days | 0% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5494 days | 0% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5500 days | 0% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5604 days | 0% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 5846 days | 0% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 5846 days | 0% |
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
0.61% 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.