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

89.50%

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 35 days 87%
Emily 8/10 96 days 99%
Dalton 10/10 157 days 100%
Jorian 10/10 341 days 95%
Gabija Baugirdaite 10/10 341 days 95%
Kate 10/10 370 days 94%
Michael 9/10 493 days 86%
gazza 7/10 523 days 80%
Max 9/10 676 days 74%
Jess Cullen 8/10 707 days 71%
Julia 10/10 766 days 67%
Josie 10/10 858 days 59%
gazza 5/10 950 days 38%
Vicki 10/10 1011 days 43%
Emer 9/10 1011 days 43%
Rach 10/10 1041 days 41%
Kbee 10/10 1223 days 26%
Amber 10/10 1465 days 13%
Mel 10/10 1496 days 11%
Teesh K 10/10 1527 days 10%
Nadia 10/10 1527 days 10%
Kim 10/10 1527 days 10%
Jo 10/10 1588 days 8%
Jenna 10/10 1618 days 8%
Ian & Wendy 10/10 1831 days 5%
Emma Guthrie 9/10 1893 days 5%
Katie 8/10 1893 days 5%
Martin Hansen 10/10 1954 days 5%
Mystery van 10/10 2046 days 5%
Juleen and Gareth 10/10 2076 days 5%
Emma & Tom 10/10 2137 days 4%
Ceri 9/10 2196 days 4%
Tash & Laura 8/10 2196 days 4%
Doug 10/10 2227 days 4%
Renske 8/10 2227 days 4%
Sally 10/10 2258 days 4%
Jakob Simons 8/10 2288 days 4%
Kenza 8/10 2319 days 4%
Kim 7/10 2380 days 4%
Anna 7/10 2533 days 3%
Alyson Reid 10/10 2571 days 4%
Fedor Bezrukov 10/10 2593 days 4%
Susan Boyton 8/10 2837 days 3%
Kaisu 9/10 2864 days 3%
Brandon 9/10 2887 days 3%
Gruet Titaina 9/10 3035 days 2%
Tatiana Rochereau 7/10 3292 days 2%
Steffen Paul 9/10 3578 days 2%
James Webster 9/10 3606 days 2%
Katherine Britten 9/10 3621 days 1%
Miguel 7/10 3629 days 1%
Kamil Benes 9/10 3663 days 1%
Jiri Blecha 9/10 3663 days 1%
Lisa Quayle 6/10 3706 days 1%
margaret rose 3/10 3780 days 1%
Claudia 10/10 3810 days 1%
Helen Olsson 10/10 3970 days 1%
Igor 9/10 3994 days 1%
Alexis Redor 4/10 4025 days 0%
Jesse Flynn 10/10 4029 days 1%
Ngaire Davies 2/10 4036 days 0%
Paul Davies 4/10 4036 days 0%
Danica Vrsljko 8/10 4051 days 1%
Clodec 8/10 4354 days 0%
Amiot Cyriane 5/10 4363 days 0%
Lea Bulle 8/10 4363 days 0%
Mary Neustroski 2/10 4373 days 0%
Ann Sinclair 5/10 4377 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

1.07% 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

91%

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.