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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 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
86.35%
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 | 689 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 1024 days | 61% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 1114 days | 50% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 1145 days | 46% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 1206 days | 39% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1510 days | 6% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1662 days | 10% |
| ML | 10/10 | 2057 days | 7% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 2150 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 2210 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 2210 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2636 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2636 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2667 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2696 days | 4% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2696 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2881 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2881 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2887 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2906 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 3042 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 3063 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 3133 days | 4% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 3167 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 3210 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 3219 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 3228 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 3269 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 3281 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 3304 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3347 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3347 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3363 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3374 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3399 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3534 days | 2% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3548 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3551 days | 2% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3581 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3596 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3597 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3600 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3600 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3609 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3610 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3618 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3646 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3652 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3657 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3665 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3670 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3677 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3774 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3807 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3931 days | 1% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3950 days | 1% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3973 days | 1% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 4010 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 4028 days | 1% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 4075 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 4249 days | 0% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4320 days | 0% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4320 days | 0% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4324 days | 0% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4346 days | 0% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4348 days | 0% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4368 days | 0% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4370 days | 0% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4373 days | 0% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4401 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4432 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4522 days | 1% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4584 days | 1% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4690 days | 1% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4690 days | 1% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4707 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4711 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4740 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4766 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4788 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 5193 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5734 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
1.57% 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.