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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
86.31%
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 | 377 days | 100% |
| Stella Kinne | 9/10 | 712 days | 82% |
| Marjolein van der Linden | 10/10 | 802 days | 74% |
| The planned traveler | 9/10 | 833 days | 70% |
| Mo Allgood | 8/10 | 894 days | 62% |
| Maurice | 1/10 | 1198 days | 13% |
| Liamdelaney@outlook.com | 10/10 | 1350 days | 21% |
| ML | 10/10 | 1745 days | 6% |
| Sue Atkinson | 10/10 | 1838 days | 6% |
| Moritz | 10/10 | 1898 days | 6% |
| Delphine | 10/10 | 1898 days | 6% |
| Donkcfull | 10/10 | 2324 days | 5% |
| Rachael | 9/10 | 2324 days | 5% |
| Arno Nym | 3/10 | 2355 days | 3% |
| Dave | 5/10 | 2384 days | 3% |
| Axel | 10/10 | 2384 days | 5% |
| Kevin Sims | 9/10 | 2569 days | 4% |
| Chris & Peg | 10/10 | 2569 days | 4% |
| Candice Lebertois | 10/10 | 2575 days | 4% |
| Magenta McHalick | 10/10 | 2594 days | 4% |
| Greg Wilson | 9/10 | 2730 days | 4% |
| Michael Smith | 9/10 | 2751 days | 4% |
| Dalton Howden | 8/10 | 2821 days | 3% |
| Haley Everitt | 10/10 | 2855 days | 3% |
| Maartje Mulders | 9/10 | 2898 days | 3% |
| Elena Rusalen | 7/10 | 2907 days | 3% |
| Sophie Lambert Russell | 10/10 | 2916 days | 3% |
| Gail Hunter | 10/10 | 2957 days | 3% |
| Lisa Erikssen | 10/10 | 2969 days | 3% |
| Melanie | 9/10 | 2992 days | 3% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 3035 days | 3% |
| Heike Buchmann | 10/10 | 3035 days | 3% |
| Youri de Wit | 9/10 | 3051 days | 3% |
| Alejandro Cavallo | 9/10 | 3062 days | 3% |
| Jonathan Schmoor | 10/10 | 3087 days | 3% |
| Raden Roekmi | 10/10 | 3222 days | 3% |
| Kate | 10/10 | 3236 days | 3% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 8/10 | 3239 days | 3% |
| Eva Neumann | 9/10 | 3269 days | 2% |
| Sarah Dial | 7/10 | 3284 days | 2% |
| Daniel Weber | 8/10 | 3285 days | 2% |
| Damian | 10/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Valerie Bernardini | 10/10 | 3288 days | 2% |
| Florence | 7/10 | 3297 days | 2% |
| Julie Miehling | 10/10 | 3298 days | 2% |
| Nico Wedel | 8/10 | 3298 days | 2% |
| Pablo Garcia | 10/10 | 3306 days | 2% |
| Patrick Baritz | 9/10 | 3334 days | 2% |
| Mikkel Palleson | 10/10 | 3340 days | 2% |
| Florian Mueller | 9/10 | 3345 days | 2% |
| Kathanina Jasik | 10/10 | 3353 days | 2% |
| Bryant Faaola | 9/10 | 3358 days | 2% |
| Hannah Green | 10/10 | 3365 days | 2% |
| Emmy Poole | 10/10 | 3462 days | 2% |
| Chester Martin | 10/10 | 3495 days | 2% |
| Sanna | 10/10 | 3619 days | 2% |
| Fleur Oskamp | 9/10 | 3638 days | 2% |
| Yannick | 10/10 | 3661 days | 2% |
| Ines | 7/10 | 3696 days | 1% |
| Riaan and Rene | 5/10 | 3698 days | 1% |
| Elles Janssen | 10/10 | 3716 days | 2% |
| Oliver Powles | 10/10 | 3763 days | 1% |
| tim winders | 10/10 | 3937 days | 1% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| Becky | 10/10 | 4008 days | 1% |
| Carla Oyarzun | 10/10 | 4012 days | 1% |
| Paolo Cases | 10/10 | 4012 days | 1% |
| Jan Kerkhoff | 9/10 | 4034 days | 1% |
| Konrad Ullmann | 9/10 | 4036 days | 1% |
| Lukas Lehmeyer | 9/10 | 4036 days | 1% |
| Immo Kern | 10/10 | 4056 days | 1% |
| M & J Castle | 10/10 | 4058 days | 1% |
| Victor Herranz | 10/10 | 4061 days | 1% |
| Alineet Gautier | 10/10 | 4089 days | 1% |
| arnaud paquet | 10/10 | 4120 days | 1% |
| Johannes J | 10/10 | 4210 days | 0% |
| Team Kim&James | 10/10 | 4272 days | 0% |
| Iban Dupont | 10/10 | 4378 days | 0% |
| Guillaume Boudrand | 10/10 | 4378 days | 0% |
| N smith | 10/10 | 4395 days | 1% |
| Erik Muchembled | 9/10 | 4399 days | 1% |
| Andre and Marina | 10/10 | 4428 days | 1% |
| Cymen Crick | 10/10 | 4454 days | 1% |
| Jan and Pedi | 10/10 | 4476 days | 1% |
| JadesWorld | 10/10 | 4881 days | 1% |
| Gea Middelbos | 8/10 | 5422 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.