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 Awastone.

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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Awastone

Valid Reviews

46 Valid Reviews

The Awastone experience has a total of 49 reviews. There are 46 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 3 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 46 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 33
72%
9/10 8
17%
8/10 4
9%
7/10 0
0%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

95.65% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Awastone valid reviews is 95.65% and is based on 46 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

96.80%

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
Nikolaj Brandt 10/10 47 days 100%
Ellie 10/10 78 days 100%
CB 8/10 747 days 67%
Alastair McQueen 10/10 839 days 60%
Sue 10/10 839 days 60%
Andrew Kermode 10/10 900 days 54%
Laura E 10/10 1204 days 27%
Linda Eagleton 10/10 1477 days 12%
Mary and David NZ 9/10 1843 days 5%
Lisa 10/10 1935 days 5%
Nik 10/10 2149 days 4%
Marty 6/10 2180 days 4%
Jess 10/10 2180 days 4%
Brian Palmer 10/10 2239 days 4%
Nat 9/10 2545 days 4%
Christoph Emch 10/10 2592 days 3%
julie leaver 10/10 2603 days 3%
Liam Gardiner 9/10 2626 days 3%
Maggie Crowe 10/10 2629 days 3%
Pier-Yves Poulin 10/10 2643 days 3%
Michael Ebner 10/10 2645 days 3%
Glenn Hedges 10/10 2695 days 3%
Christoper Crowhurst 9/10 2704 days 3%
Peter Waller 9/10 2708 days 3%
Haidar Mahdi 10/10 2711 days 3%
Bruce May 10/10 2785 days 3%
Sean Cox 10/10 2982 days 3%
Ursula Schoenenberger 8/10 2986 days 3%
Maria Frandsen 10/10 2994 days 3%
Jayma Dancer 9/10 3035 days 3%
Brooke Hammond 10/10 3077 days 3%
Erin Polcyn Sailer 8/10 3224 days 2%
Antoine Greiller 10/10 3298 days 2%
Nick Coulson 10/10 3309 days 2%
Jen Sau 9/10 3396 days 2%
Corry Stucki 9/10 3418 days 2%
Ernest paw 10/10 3426 days 2%
Darlene 10/10 3427 days 2%
Steve 10/10 3699 days 1%
Thomas Blom 8/10 3699 days 1%
exts 10/10 3730 days 1%
Fiona McGregor 10/10 3884 days 1%
Nigel Gee 10/10 4126 days 0%
Bruce Paterson 10/10 4371 days 0%
caravan1 10/10 4399 days 1%
Shannan Scott 10/10 4522 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 Awastone experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-0.79% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 53 days. However the Awastone 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 Awastone experience has been adjusted for 38 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
35 -0.73%
36 -0.75%
37 -0.77%
38 -0.79%
39 -0.81%
40 -0.83%
41 -0.85%

Balancing Adjustment

0.34% 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

96%

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.