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 Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground.

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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Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground

Valid Reviews

68 Valid Reviews

The Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground experience has a total of 69 reviews. There are 68 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review 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 68 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 28
41%
9/10 14
21%
8/10 11
16%
7/10 5
7%
6/10 2
3%
5/10 3
4%
4/10 2
3%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 2
3%
1/10 0
0%

83.97% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground valid reviews is 83.97% and is based on 68 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

16 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 68 valid reviews, the experience has 16 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 16 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 2
13%
9/10 5
31%
8/10 3
19%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 2
13%
4/10 2
13%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 2
13%
1/10 0
0%

69.38% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground face-to-face reviews is 69.38% and is based on 16 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

89.34%

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
jolly 6/10 80 days 88%
Emily 8/10 141 days 99%
Dalton 10/10 202 days 100%
Jorian 10/10 386 days 94%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 386 days 94%
Kate 10/10 415 days 92%
Michael 9/10 538 days 85%
gazza 7/10 568 days 78%
Max 9/10 721 days 71%
Jess Cullen 8/10 752 days 68%
Julia 10/10 811 days 64%
Josie 10/10 903 days 55%
gazza 5/10 995 days 34%
Vicki 10/10 1056 days 39%
Emer 9/10 1056 days 39%
Rach 10/10 1086 days 37%
Kbee 10/10 1268 days 23%
Amber 10/10 1510 days 11%
Mel 10/10 1541 days 10%
Teesh K 10/10 1572 days 9%
Nadia 10/10 1572 days 9%
Kim 10/10 1572 days 9%
Jo 10/10 1633 days 7%
Jenna 10/10 1663 days 6%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 1876 days 5%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 1938 days 5%
Katie 8/10 1938 days 5%
Martin Hansen 10/10 1999 days 5%
Mystery van 10/10 2091 days 4%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 2121 days 4%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2182 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2241 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2241 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2272 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2272 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2303 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2333 days 4%
Kenza 8/10 2364 days 4%
Kim 7/10 2425 days 3%
Anna 7/10 2578 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2616 days 3%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2638 days 3%
Susan Boyton 8/10 2882 days 3%
Kaisu 9/10 2909 days 3%
Brandon 9/10 2932 days 3%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 3080 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3337 days 2%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3623 days 1%
James Webster 9/10 3651 days 1%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3666 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3674 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 3708 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 3708 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 3751 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 3825 days 0%
Claudia 10/10 3855 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 4015 days 0%
Igor 9/10 4039 days 0%
Alexis Redor 4/10 4070 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 4074 days 0%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 4081 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 4081 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 4096 days 0%
Clodec 8/10 4399 days 1%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4408 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4408 days 1%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4418 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4422 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Kina Beach Reserve Camping Ground does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.09% 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

90%

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.