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

64 Valid Reviews

The Caroline Bay experience has a total of 64 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 64 valid reviews, the experience has 2 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 64 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 13
20%
9/10 12
19%
8/10 14
22%
7/10 8
13%
6/10 6
9%
5/10 4
6%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 2
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 5
8%

73.91% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Caroline Bay valid reviews is 73.91% and is based on 64 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

70.74%

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
Josie 6/10 69 days 92%
Filip Vorech 8/10 283 days 100%
Debyron 7/10 342 days 93%
Elise 1/10 342 days 40%
Niels 3/10 342 days 54%
Josephbailey1991@outlook.com 1/10 342 days 40%
Ellen 10/10 373 days 98%
Vivi 5/10 373 days 75%
Jamp pollock 1/10 373 days 40%
Shirley Bishop 1/10 373 days 40%
Alex 5/10 373 days 75%
Nancy Campbell 8/10 403 days 95%
Sebastian 7/10 434 days 89%
Glenda 1/10 464 days 38%
Ann 9/10 648 days 80%
Tom B 8/10 677 days 77%
Drew 3/10 677 days 43%
Tine Warner 10/10 708 days 76%
Nicole Zathey 10/10 708 days 76%
Carolyn 9/10 739 days 73%
tortuga 8/10 769 days 69%
Susan 9/10 892 days 58%
Daisy 8/10 1014 days 44%
Matthew 10/10 1014 days 45%
AMR 10/10 1073 days 40%
Tom 9/10 1073 days 39%
Rugby 8/10 1165 days 31%
Cem P T 8/10 1257 days 24%
Jenny 8/10 1348 days 19%
Julie Hampton 10/10 1469 days 13%
EvaBelle 6/10 1469 days 11%
Felipe 5/10 1622 days 6%
Dr.A 10/10 1744 days 5%
Ray 8/10 1772 days 5%
Daniel 10/10 1895 days 5%
Karin 6/10 2138 days 4%
Lua 10/10 2200 days 4%
FZ 8/10 2200 days 4%
EmStems 7/10 2291 days 4%
Tarsha 5/10 2322 days 3%
Keith & Kay Finlayson 10/10 2322 days 4%
Arndt 9/10 2353 days 4%
Aaron 10/10 2414 days 4%
Brice 6/10 2475 days 3%
Therese 10/10 2503 days 4%
Flying Kiwi 9/10 2534 days 4%
Mike Fricker 7/10 2626 days 3%
Greg Southcombe 8/10 2718 days 3%
Cefa 8/10 2779 days 3%
Jill Grimwood 9/10 2860 days 2%
Jo Dawson 7/10 3099 days 2%
Greg 9/10 3141 days 2%
Harriet Smith 9/10 3196 days 2%
Christine Hurring 9/10 3339 days 2%
Beth Goodrich 8/10 3429 days 2%
Daniel Campbell 7/10 3516 days 1%
Jan mentink 7/10 3763 days 1%
Andreas Knipper 6/10 3776 days 1%
Nyla and Alan Ramsay 9/10 3935 days 1%
Lindsay Berquist 10/10 4240 days 0%
Jade Fleming 7/10 4452 days 1%
Armand Poulain 6/10 4672 days 0%
geoffs 9/10 4909 days 1%
Kirbyfamily 8/10 5000 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

6.60% 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

77%

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.