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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 McLaren Falls Camping Area.
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.
McLaren Falls Camping Area
Valid Reviews
86 Valid Reviews
The McLaren Falls Camping Area experience has a total of 90 reviews. There are 86 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 4 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 86 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 52 |
|
60% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
22% |
| 8/10 | 6 |
|
7% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
91.63% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area valid reviews is 91.63% and is based on 86 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
34 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 86 valid reviews, the experience has 34 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 34 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 21 |
|
62% |
| 9/10 | 7 |
|
21% |
| 8/10 | 3 |
|
9% |
| 7/10 | 2 |
|
6% |
| 6/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
92.94% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the McLaren Falls Camping Area face-to-face reviews is 92.94% and is based on 34 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
86.29%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | 7/10 | 342 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 677 days | 84% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 767 days | 76% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 798 days | 73% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 859 days | 65% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1163 days | 14% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1316 days | 23% |
| ML | 10/10 | 1711 days | 7% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 1803 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 1863 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 1863 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2289 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2289 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2320 days | 2% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2350 days | 3% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2350 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2534 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2534 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2540 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2559 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2696 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 2717 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 2787 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 2821 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 2864 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 2872 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 2881 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 2922 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 2934 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 2957 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3000 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3016 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3027 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3052 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3188 days | 3% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3202 days | 3% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3205 days | 3% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3234 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3249 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3250 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3253 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3263 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3263 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3271 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3299 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3305 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3310 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3318 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3323 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3330 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3428 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3461 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3585 days | 2% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3603 days | 2% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3626 days | 2% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3661 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3663 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3681 days | 2% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 3728 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 3903 days | 1% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3973 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 3973 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 3977 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 3977 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 3999 days | 1% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4001 days | 1% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4001 days | 1% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4021 days | 1% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4023 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4026 days | 1% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4054 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4085 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4176 days | 0% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4238 days | 0% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4343 days | 0% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4360 days | 0% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4364 days | 0% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4393 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4419 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4441 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 4846 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5388 days | 1% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. McLaren Falls Camping Area does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Balancing Adjustment
1.58% 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
88%
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.