Ranking Score Explained

Hey, 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 Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours.

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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Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours

Valid Reviews

70 Valid Reviews

The Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has a total of 70 valid reviews. There are no 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 70 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 61
87%
9/10 8
11%
8/10 1
1%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 0
0%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

98.57% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours valid reviews is 98.57% and is based on 70 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Weighted Average

98.63%

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
Minesh Govenji 10/10 2175 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2175 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2236 days 96%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2267 days 96%
Mariano 10/10 2359 days 92%
Océane 10/10 2420 days 89%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2481 days 86%
Nir 10/10 2509 days 85%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2601 days 81%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2632 days 79%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2846 days 69%
John M 10/10 2904 days 67%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 2935 days 65%
Stephen Forte 10/10 2965 days 64%
Christian 10/10 3575 days 36%
gloria tseng 10/10 4276 days 4%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4335 days 1%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4335 days 1%
David McLemore 10/10 4335 days 1%
Carrie 10/10 4335 days 1%
Ed 10/10 4366 days 0%
reviewer 10/10 4397 days 23%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4427 days 23%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4427 days 23%
Christian 10/10 4427 days 23%
anton prawira 9/10 4519 days 22%
june isono 9/10 4550 days 22%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4550 days 23%
angeline_ang 9/10 4580 days 22%
Alex London 8/10 4672 days 22%
Sharon K 10/10 4672 days 23%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4700 days 23%
Philips 10/10 4731 days 23%
scott 10/10 4762 days 23%
Courtney1 10/10 4823 days 23%
aurbanes 10/10 4884 days 23%
joanhsieh 10/10 4915 days 23%
Varda Mehta 10/10 4915 days 23%
raminderrayar 10/10 4976 days 23%
PegTraveller 10/10 4976 days 23%
Shaunhk 10/10 5006 days 23%
arlenemattera 10/10 5006 days 23%
MBaum735 10/10 5037 days 23%
terig 10/10 5066 days 23%
tfeng 9/10 5066 days 22%
james09173 10/10 5158 days 23%
Lei 10/10 5219 days 23%
shlomo iager 10/10 5219 days 23%
gigirup 10/10 5219 days 23%
pinecliffs 10/10 5431 days 23%
GiancarloB 10/10 5431 days 23%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5431 days 23%
gtspencer 10/10 5462 days 23%
dgreddy 10/10 5493 days 23%
nancy33 10/10 5554 days 23%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5584 days 23%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5676 days 23%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5737 days 23%
clive903 10/10 5858 days 23%
Carlos 10/10 5858 days 23%
Jody 10/10 5919 days 23%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6133 days 23%
Irina 10/10 6192 days 23%
franz_renate 10/10 6253 days 23%
harpal 10/10 6437 days 23%
enngee 10/10 6619 days 23%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6711 days 23%
primarosa 10/10 6954 days 23%
gilluncles 9/10 7015 days 22%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7198 days 23%

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 Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-4.06% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 42 days. However the Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours 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 Aroha Luxury New Zealand Tours experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -4.00%
198 -4.02%
199 -4.04%
200 -4.06%
201 -4.08%
202 -4.10%
203 -4.12%

Balancing Adjustment

0.48% 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

95%

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.