Ranking Score Explained

G'day, 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 Q Box Motorhome Park.

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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Q Box Motorhome Park

Valid Reviews

85 Valid Reviews

The Q Box Motorhome Park experience has a total of 89 reviews. There are 85 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 85 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 4
5%
9/10 15
18%
8/10 27
32%
7/10 11
13%
6/10 10
12%
5/10 5
6%
4/10 2
2%
3/10 5
6%
2/10 4
5%
1/10 2
2%

68.94% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Q Box Motorhome Park valid reviews is 68.94% and is based on 85 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

36 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 85 valid reviews, the experience has 36 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 36 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
6%
9/10 7
19%
8/10 19
53%
7/10 5
14%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 1
3%
4/10 1
3%
3/10 1
3%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

78.33% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Q Box Motorhome Park face-to-face reviews is 78.33% and is based on 36 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

66.08%

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
Jamie 7/10 326 days 100%
Paulo 4/10 448 days 66%
Or Guz 3/10 660 days 47%
Patrick Reuvers 2/10 660 days 39%
Trui Waalwijk 6/10 691 days 72%
Julia 7/10 722 days 75%
Romy De Bruin 8/10 752 days 76%
Paul Dempsey 3/10 752 days 42%
Caolan Harvey 9/10 752 days 77%
HAJOON PARK 10/10 813 days 71%
Georgia 9/10 1390 days 18%
Dan 8/10 1452 days 14%
Marnie 8/10 1787 days 6%
Lisa 8/10 1848 days 6%
Celly 8/10 2093 days 5%
Dan 5/10 2183 days 4%
sally m 9/10 2366 days 4%
Harriet Smith 8/10 2823 days 3%
Marcel G 2/10 2926 days 1%
Helen Keck 6/10 3040 days 3%
Beth Goodrich 5/10 3047 days 2%
Alicia McCormick 6/10 3057 days 3%
Monique Schreiner 9/10 3065 days 3%
Nipon Assanuk 6/10 3142 days 2%
Susanne Muller 6/10 3157 days 2%
Jenny Adams 7/10 3170 days 3%
Sara Dimnik 7/10 3170 days 3%
Bert Strijtveen 5/10 3209 days 2%
Craig Dawson 9/10 3307 days 2%
Harriet Bramley 6/10 3373 days 2%
Fabien Metro 3/10 3405 days 1%
Saskia Luecke 6/10 3485 days 2%
Daniel Jurt 3/10 3495 days 1%
Nils Holdack 2/10 3515 days 1%
Natalia Lukito 6/10 3561 days 2%
Elles Janssen 7/10 3612 days 2%
ct2034 1/10 3612 days 1%
imran pariyani 9/10 3622 days 2%
Jam Boggomann 7/10 3640 days 2%
Paul de Bruijn 8/10 3654 days 2%
Sina Leidig 9/10 3673 days 2%
Robert Webber 1/10 3673 days 1%
Martin Sajdok 3/10 3890 days 1%
Jesper Henriksen 8/10 3914 days 1%
Helene Andersen 7/10 3914 days 1%
Douglas Dean 8/10 3919 days 1%
Linus Larsson 4/10 3925 days 1%
Andrew Magill 9/10 3925 days 1%
Anna Guzewiez 7/10 3938 days 1%
Simon Tanguy 8/10 3938 days 1%
Inga Memmen 9/10 3945 days 1%
Richard van den Bosch 8/10 3963 days 1%
Ina Daubenbuechel 9/10 3963 days 1%
Uta Dingebauer 9/10 3963 days 1%
Julia Amberger 8/10 3969 days 1%
Annalina Drebald 9/10 3969 days 1%
Nicolas Trezeguet 8/10 3979 days 1%
Jesse Farrell 8/10 3987 days 1%
Jeremy Maurer 8/10 4009 days 1%
Erin Decker 5/10 4009 days 1%
2 tent travelers from Montreal 6/10 4009 days 1%
Elise Robson 7/10 4192 days 0%
Deon Bossenger 9/10 4253 days 0%
shaynne thompson 6/10 4253 days 0%
Marla Fogh 9/10 4267 days 0%
Wayne Kerr 5/10 4271 days 0%
Abby Rescr 8/10 4284 days 0%
Frederick Dean 8/10 4284 days 0%
Helen Dean 8/10 4284 days 0%
Joey Mertzig 8/10 4301 days 0%
Alison Langley 8/10 4356 days 0%
Michael Kretzschmar 8/10 4360 days 0%
Andreas and Christine and Nora Busch 8/10 4373 days 0%
David 10/10 4404 days 1%
Moni01 2/10 4618 days 1%
Laura vanGool 8/10 4634 days 1%
Emma Bagguley 10/10 4656 days 1%
R Straathof 8/10 4665 days 1%
Jessica Lane 9/10 4675 days 1%
DJohnson 8/10 4831 days 1%
Marc Edwards 8/10 4973 days 1%
Sean Brownell 7/10 4984 days 1%
Sophie Burge 7/10 4992 days 1%
Michaela Strohmarer 10/10 5007 days 1%
Carolin Moberg 8/10 5020 days 1%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Q Box Motorhome Park experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.05% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 43 days. However the Q Box Motorhome Park experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Q Box Motorhome Park experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.99%
198 -4.01%
199 -4.03%
200 -4.05%
201 -4.07%
202 -4.09%
203 -4.11%

Balancing Adjustment

12.42% 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 customers 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

74%

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.