Ranking Score Explained

Kia ora, 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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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

98.60%

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 2267 days 100%
Srikant 10/10 2267 days 100%
Meir Boukris 9/10 2328 days 96%
Shravan Shetty 10/10 2359 days 96%
Mariano 10/10 2451 days 91%
Océane 10/10 2512 days 88%
Elyce Rotella 10/10 2573 days 85%
Nir 10/10 2601 days 84%
Lisa Hanline 10/10 2693 days 80%
Jaime G. del Rosario 10/10 2724 days 78%
Bob and Joyce Kroencke, USA 10/10 2938 days 68%
John M 10/10 2996 days 65%
Vivien Kalvaria 9/10 3027 days 63%
Stephen Forte 10/10 3057 days 62%
Christian 10/10 3667 days 33%
gloria tseng 10/10 4368 days 0%
Steven Hucik 10/10 4427 days 24%
Brid Devlin 9/10 4427 days 24%
David McLemore 10/10 4427 days 24%
Carrie 10/10 4427 days 24%
Ed 10/10 4458 days 24%
reviewer 10/10 4489 days 24%
Felicia Ng 10/10 4519 days 24%
Timmy & Megan 10/10 4519 days 24%
Christian 10/10 4519 days 24%
anton prawira 9/10 4611 days 24%
june isono 9/10 4642 days 24%
Cynthia Nardelli 10/10 4642 days 24%
angeline_ang 9/10 4672 days 24%
Alex London 8/10 4764 days 23%
Sharon K 10/10 4764 days 24%
Terry Bryk 10/10 4792 days 24%
Philips 10/10 4823 days 24%
scott 10/10 4854 days 24%
Courtney1 10/10 4915 days 24%
aurbanes 10/10 4976 days 24%
joanhsieh 10/10 5007 days 24%
Varda Mehta 10/10 5007 days 24%
raminderrayar 10/10 5068 days 24%
PegTraveller 10/10 5068 days 24%
Shaunhk 10/10 5098 days 24%
arlenemattera 10/10 5098 days 24%
MBaum735 10/10 5129 days 24%
terig 10/10 5158 days 24%
tfeng 9/10 5158 days 24%
james09173 10/10 5250 days 24%
Lei 10/10 5311 days 24%
shlomo iager 10/10 5311 days 24%
gigirup 10/10 5311 days 24%
pinecliffs 10/10 5523 days 24%
GiancarloB 10/10 5523 days 24%
Maria_in_HongKong 10/10 5523 days 24%
gtspencer 10/10 5554 days 24%
dgreddy 10/10 5585 days 24%
nancy33 10/10 5646 days 24%
PrettyPrincess 10/10 5676 days 24%
NawshirMirza 10/10 5768 days 24%
barbarakburtb 10/10 5829 days 24%
clive903 10/10 5950 days 24%
Carlos 10/10 5950 days 24%
Jody 10/10 6011 days 24%
Holdenluvr 10/10 6225 days 24%
Irina 10/10 6284 days 24%
franz_renate 10/10 6345 days 24%
harpal 10/10 6529 days 24%
enngee 10/10 6711 days 24%
shivaniagarwala 10/10 6803 days 24%
primarosa 10/10 7046 days 24%
gilluncles 9/10 7107 days 24%
Mohan_Leela_KamnaKrishnan 10/10 7290 days 24%

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

-3.96% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 57 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 -3.91%
198 -3.93%
199 -3.95%
200 -3.96%
201 -3.98%
202 -4.00%
203 -4.02%

Balancing Adjustment

0.47% 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.