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 Taupo Information Centre.

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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Taupo Information Centre

Valid Reviews

87 Valid Reviews

The Taupo Information Centre experience has a total of 88 reviews. There are 87 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 87 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 22
25%
9/10 18
21%
8/10 24
28%
7/10 8
9%
6/10 7
8%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 3
3%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 0
0%

80.34% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taupo Information Centre valid reviews is 80.34% and is based on 87 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

86 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 87 valid reviews, the experience has 86 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 86 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 21
24%
9/10 18
21%
8/10 24
28%
7/10 8
9%
6/10 7
8%
5/10 1
1%
4/10 3
3%
3/10 2
2%
2/10 2
2%
1/10 0
0%

80.12% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Taupo Information Centre face-to-face reviews is 80.12% and is based on 86 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

83.46%

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
Jane Jacobs 10/10 2695 days 100%
Johanna Lidel 10/10 3628 days 45%
Amelie Eschenbach 10/10 3628 days 45%
Naelan Le Borgue 7/10 3631 days 41%
Michael Stibor 9/10 3632 days 44%
Nicol 4/10 3669 days 28%
Marie Weber 10/10 3675 days 42%
Sue Hempstead 8/10 3676 days 41%
Lukas Dost 8/10 3688 days 40%
Sophie Huybrechts 9/10 3722 days 39%
Bram and Laura 6/10 3731 days 33%
Cecilia Anderson 3/10 3977 days 13%
Mattias 4/10 3977 days 16%
Doreen Gendel 10/10 3985 days 23%
Christina 10/10 3988 days 23%
Kathrin Lerch 8/10 3988 days 23%
Meredith Griffiths 8/10 3994 days 22%
Philippe Chiasson 8/10 3994 days 22%
Stephen Revah 9/10 4003 days 22%
Hadler 9/10 4007 days 22%
Christine Helleiner 10/10 4007 days 22%
Steffen 8/10 4009 days 22%
Sergey Pronkin 9/10 4009 days 22%
Nina Helmling 8/10 4009 days 22%
Tobias Thull 9/10 4009 days 22%
Sara Clausen 8/10 4012 days 21%
Marieke Feyteres 8/10 4012 days 21%
Isabelle Bohle 10/10 4016 days 22%
Ian Garner 9/10 4019 days 21%
Steven Lotrian 7/10 4020 days 20%
Marvin Koever 10/10 4020 days 21%
Max Meternich 10/10 4020 days 21%
Philip Donachie 10/10 4022 days 21%
Luisa Bach 10/10 4022 days 21%
Sophia 8/10 4023 days 21%
Lopez Anandine 6/10 4023 days 18%
Ruth Watkin 8/10 4030 days 20%
Matthias Freiling 8/10 4032 days 20%
Jesseca Klausch 5/10 4032 days 16%
Vincent Schaeflier 9/10 4032 days 20%
Thomas Dequidt 8/10 4033 days 20%
Florian Littmann 9/10 4036 days 20%
Victor Herranz 8/10 4037 days 20%
Andreas Brodhaeker 6/10 4048 days 17%
Marius Buseh 6/10 4048 days 17%
Benedict Seite 7/10 4048 days 18%
Valerio Penita 8/10 4048 days 19%
Julia Bonisch 2/10 4049 days 9%
Luca Willensrock 6/10 4050 days 17%
Mathias Butterlin 8/10 4052 days 19%
Alexia Greasbaum 9/10 4053 days 19%
Petra Kurcova 10/10 4054 days 19%
Adam Balcar 10/10 4054 days 19%
Josefina Tassone 10/10 4055 days 19%
Camille Gagnant 10/10 4055 days 19%
Anne Collet 10/10 4058 days 19%
Alexandra Kupper 7/10 4068 days 17%
Carina Huhmann 9/10 4070 days 18%
Romina Bolz 4/10 4070 days 12%
Kellie 10/10 4070 days 18%
Anja 9/10 4072 days 18%
Guillaume Boudrand 7/10 4354 days 1%
Debiesse 8/10 4359 days 1%
Katya Verikaitis 9/10 4364 days 1%
Clodec 7/10 4366 days 1%
Molly Ladd 6/10 4367 days 1%
Sebastian 9/10 4375 days 0%
Sebastian 10/10 4375 days 0%
Fabian 9/10 4375 days 0%
Jonas Herrmann 8/10 4375 days 0%
Jonas Schelbert 7/10 4379 days 0%
Missy and Chaz 9/10 4381 days 30%
Dani Wallinger 8/10 4393 days 30%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4394 days 30%
Reinier Timmer 9/10 4443 days 30%
Michal 10/10 4447 days 30%
Ralph and Leonie 8/10 4453 days 30%
Stephan Olivier 8/10 4465 days 30%
Stephan Olivier 8/10 4465 days 30%
Doan 8/10 4466 days 30%
Thibault Bonenfant 2/10 4467 days 14%
Lutz Huuemorder 7/10 4467 days 28%
Shannon Taylor 6/10 4470 days 26%
Harald Prinz 9/10 4472 days 30%
Martina Posch 8/10 4475 days 30%
Megan Child 3/10 4478 days 16%
Jessica Marling 10/10 4745 days 30%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Taupo Information Centre does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

2.14% 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

86%

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.