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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
93.25%
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 | 305 days | 100% |
| Sue | 9/10 | 671 days | 78% |
| Emmanuel Hatzis | 10/10 | 2101 days | 5% |
| Christie Duncan | 10/10 | 2344 days | 4% |
| Hamish Wedd | 10/10 | 2496 days | 4% |
| Matthew Hall | 10/10 | 2582 days | 4% |
| Dan Coates | 9/10 | 2878 days | 3% |
| Fabien Dussarrat | 9/10 | 2880 days | 3% |
| Walter van der Eng | 9/10 | 2881 days | 3% |
| Mael Ouron | 9/10 | 2885 days | 3% |
| Moe Bouchard | 9/10 | 2885 days | 3% |
| Jessica and Henry | 10/10 | 2890 days | 3% |
| Fentrup | 8/10 | 2901 days | 3% |
| Rashi Birla | 10/10 | 2906 days | 3% |
| Katie and Rob | 9/10 | 2908 days | 3% |
| Christer Moberg | 10/10 | 2913 days | 3% |
| Liam Elferins | 10/10 | 2922 days | 3% |
| Xander | 10/10 | 2922 days | 3% |
| Alice Ormandy | 9/10 | 2936 days | 3% |
| Sam Howard | 6/10 | 2942 days | 2% |
| Amy Smith | 8/10 | 2942 days | 3% |
| Simon | 8/10 | 2943 days | 3% |
| Cornelia Timm | 9/10 | 2945 days | 3% |
| Clementine | 9/10 | 2964 days | 3% |
| Saskia Irblich | 9/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Franziska Lobe | 8/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Max Mueller | 10/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Laura Bellhauser | 9/10 | 2967 days | 3% |
| Chris Schmolz | 10/10 | 2979 days | 3% |
| Colin Fisher | 9/10 | 2979 days | 3% |
| Katrina Sedl | 9/10 | 2979 days | 3% |
| Allie Nertz | 10/10 | 2979 days | 3% |
| Moreno | 10/10 | 2982 days | 3% |
| Lieke vol Velde | 10/10 | 2985 days | 3% |
| Olde Vogel | 9/10 | 2985 days | 3% |
| Bob | 9/10 | 2987 days | 3% |
| Nicole Joersen | 9/10 | 2991 days | 3% |
| Matthus Groem | 9/10 | 2991 days | 3% |
| Maarten | 9/10 | 2994 days | 3% |
| Jakob Lovdahl | 8/10 | 2998 days | 3% |
| Lina Kiellamn | 10/10 | 2998 days | 3% |
| Jonny Horn | 8/10 | 3008 days | 3% |
| Karine Dransart | 10/10 | 3017 days | 3% |
| Thomas | 10/10 | 3024 days | 3% |
| Alix | 10/10 | 3228 days | 2% |
| Claire | 10/10 | 3228 days | 2% |
| Lukas Boller | 10/10 | 3230 days | 2% |
| Max | 10/10 | 3236 days | 2% |
| Denisa Tuckova | 8/10 | 3237 days | 2% |
| Lorenz Pfisterer | 10/10 | 3238 days | 2% |
| Caroline | 10/10 | 3238 days | 2% |
| Benedikt Maus | 9/10 | 3242 days | 2% |
| Leonie Kaufmann | 8/10 | 3242 days | 2% |
| Jonathan Maus | 8/10 | 3243 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3244 days | 2% |
| Lisa Fenzl | 8/10 | 3246 days | 2% |
| Gessica | 7/10 | 3246 days | 2% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 9/10 | 3248 days | 2% |
| Chao Lai | 10/10 | 3248 days | 2% |
| Celine | 6/10 | 3250 days | 2% |
| Helen Hazelwood | 9/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Ruby Reynolds | 8/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Jana Formankoua | 10/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Brenda Oomen | 8/10 | 3257 days | 2% |
| Quentin Sauve | 10/10 | 3259 days | 2% |
| Andrea Le Stunff | 9/10 | 3259 days | 2% |
| Regina Baum | 10/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Florian Baum | 10/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Joe Rogers | 7/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Annika | 10/10 | 3265 days | 2% |
| Munne | 8/10 | 3267 days | 2% |
| Max | 9/10 | 3276 days | 2% |
| Laurent Petit | 10/10 | 3282 days | 2% |
| Christoph Herrmann | 7/10 | 3283 days | 2% |
| Nilles Ullner | 9/10 | 3289 days | 2% |
| Alyssa Wyer | 6/10 | 3294 days | 2% |
| Lucile Souday | 10/10 | 3296 days | 2% |
| Ivan Dupont | 10/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Bonnie Krautz | 9/10 | 3307 days | 2% |
| Maxim Reim | 9/10 | 3310 days | 2% |
| Till | 10/10 | 3311 days | 2% |
| Patrick Edwards | 10/10 | 3333 days | 2% |
| James Newton | 10/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Lenka Korinkova | 10/10 | 3611 days | 2% |
| Jiri Benda | 10/10 | 3611 days | 2% |
| Kristina Farkas | 10/10 | 3639 days | 1% |
| Barbara | 10/10 | 3697 days | 1% |
| Shona MacDonald | 10/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Ane Didriksen | 10/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Iris Anette Berger | 10/10 | 3955 days | 1% |
| Stefanie | 9/10 | 3957 days | 1% |
| Wouter Vanmoz | 8/10 | 3973 days | 1% |
| Julian | 9/10 | 3973 days | 1% |
| Ruud Biemans | 9/10 | 3989 days | 1% |
| Simon Tanguy | 9/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| Johanna Bak | 9/10 | 4036 days | 1% |
| Tom Somers | 7/10 | 4340 days | 0% |
| Margaret and Derek McNeil | 10/10 | 4429 days | 1% |
| M Booty | 9/10 | 4431 days | 1% |
| Jonathan Vondette | 9/10 | 4435 days | 1% |
| Lucie | 9/10 | 4449 days | 1% |
| Martin & Dee Bellarby | 10/10 | 4729 days | 1% |
| Rocco Christian | 10/10 | 4742 days | 1% |
| Alex | 9/10 | 5072 days | 1% |
| Kai Eppink | 7/10 | 5083 days | 1% |
| Lieve Verdonck | 10/10 | 5086 days | 1% |
| Carmel | 9/10 | 5089 days | 1% |
| HighlandLassie | 9/10 | 5113 days | 1% |
| Einar | 9/10 | 5438 days | 1% |
| Jana Steve | 10/10 | 5444 days | 1% |
| Don & Alice | 8/10 | 5454 days | 1% |
| Michael | 10/10 | 5460 days | 1% |
| Andrea and Craig Swinson | 10/10 | 5564 days | 1% |
| Francesca Sabat | 7/10 | 5806 days | 1% |
| GraceB | 9/10 | 5806 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
0.61% 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.