Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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 Caroline Bay.

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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Caroline Bay

Valid Reviews

62 Valid Reviews

The Caroline Bay experience has a total of 62 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.

Within these 62 valid reviews, the experience has 2 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 62 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
21%
9/10 12
19%
8/10 13
21%
7/10 8
13%
6/10 5
8%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 2
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 5
8%

74.03% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Caroline Bay valid reviews is 74.03% and is based on 62 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

73.30%

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
Debyron 7/10 30 days 93%
Elise 1/10 30 days 41%
Niels 3/10 30 days 55%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 30 days 41%
Ellen 10/10 61 days 100%
Vivi 5/10 61 days 76%
Jamp pollock 1/10 61 days 41%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 61 days 41%
Alex 5/10 61 days 76%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 91 days 98%
Sebastian 7/10 122 days 92%
Glenda 1/10 152 days 40%
Ann 9/10 336 days 93%
Tom B 8/10 365 days 91%
Drew 3/10 365 days 50%
Tine Warner 10/10 396 days 91%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 396 days 91%
Carolyn 9/10 427 days 89%
tortuga 8/10 457 days 87%
Susan 9/10 580 days 80%
Daisy 8/10 702 days 71%
Matthew 10/10 702 days 72%
AMR 10/10 761 days 67%
Tom 9/10 761 days 66%
Rugby 8/10 853 days 57%
Cem P T 8/10 945 days 48%
Jenny 8/10 1036 days 40%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1157 days 30%
EvaBelle 6/10 1157 days 26%
Felipe 5/10 1310 days 15%
Dr.A 10/10 1432 days 14%
Ray 8/10 1460 days 12%
Daniel 10/10 1583 days 8%
Karin 6/10 1826 days 4%
Lua 10/10 1888 days 5%
FZ 8/10 1888 days 5%
EmStems 7/10 1979 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2010 days 4%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2010 days 5%
Arndt 9/10 2041 days 5%
Aaron 10/10 2102 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2163 days 4%
Therese 10/10 2191 days 4%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2222 days 4%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2314 days 4%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 2406 days 4%
Cefa 8/10 2467 days 4%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 2548 days 2%
Jo Dawson 7/10 2787 days 3%
Greg 9/10 2829 days 3%
Harriet Smith 9/10 2884 days 3%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3027 days 3%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3117 days 2%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3204 days 2%
Jan mentink 7/10 3451 days 2%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 3464 days 2%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3623 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 3928 days 1%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4140 days 0%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4360 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 4597 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 4688 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

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

Balancing Adjustment

5.36% 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

79%

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.