Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Winchester Bridge.

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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Winchester Bridge

Valid Reviews

30 Valid Reviews

The Winchester Bridge experience has a total of 31 reviews. There are 30 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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.

Within these 30 valid reviews, the experience has 1 face-to-face review collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 30 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 5
17%
9/10 9
30%
8/10 8
27%
7/10 3
10%
6/10 1
3%
5/10 3
10%
4/10 1
3%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

80.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Winchester Bridge valid reviews is 80.33% and is based on 30 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

81.26%

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
Rachel 9/10 60 days 100%
Andrew Fisher 9/10 90 days 100%
Laz 4/10 121 days 66%
Joel Fryett 8/10 395 days 90%
Josh 6/10 670 days 65%
Melanie 9/10 670 days 75%
Becky 8/10 821 days 61%
Instantly Lost 8/10 974 days 46%
Becci 10/10 1125 days 33%
Amanda 10/10 1186 days 29%
Jeannine Davis 10/10 1217 days 26%
Kim McGinty 9/10 1247 days 24%
Jen 8/10 1582 days 8%
Zeta Griffiths 10/10 1917 days 5%
Kate 9/10 2009 days 5%
Inna 10/10 2221 days 4%
Matt 9/10 2282 days 4%
Lilith Prins 8/10 2597 days 3%
Judy Aspinall 5/10 2840 days 2%
Thomas Weiss 8/10 2906 days 3%
Aidan Byrne 5/10 3060 days 2%
Sarah Hammond 9/10 3146 days 2%
Marina 7/10 3283 days 2%
Neil 9/10 3331 days 2%
Matt Newby 8/10 3409 days 2%
James Webster 7/10 3586 days 1%
Lorna fraser 5/10 3866 days 1%
Te-Ana and Mark 9/10 3967 days 0%
Matt Williams 7/10 4169 days 0%
Mette, Bo, Viktor & Olivia Seligmann 8/10 4322 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Winchester Bridge does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

2.67% 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

84%

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.