Ranking Score Explained

Hi, 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 National Army Museum.

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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National Army Museum

Valid Reviews

45 Valid Reviews

The National Army Museum experience has a total of 45 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 45 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 11
24%
9/10 17
38%
8/10 8
18%
7/10 7
16%
6/10 1
2%
5/10 1
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

86.00% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the National Army Museum valid reviews is 86.00% and is based on 45 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

87.98%

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
Marine 8/10 289 days 100%
Liam S 10/10 348 days 100%
Kii 9/10 593 days 85%
Joel Fryett 9/10 714 days 75%
Voro 9/10 745 days 72%
Steph 7/10 745 days 68%
Annalena 10/10 775 days 70%
Jonathan Bedford 8/10 806 days 66%
Henry 7/10 867 days 57%
Penelope 10/10 898 days 58%
Dumytru Horda 9/10 1048 days 42%
Lucie 9/10 1079 days 39%
Rich T 10/10 1079 days 39%
Paige Hayward 8/10 1110 days 36%
Dave 9/10 1110 days 36%
Paul Tayler 9/10 1110 days 36%
Mylène 7/10 1140 days 32%
vwvanlife 9/10 1171 days 31%
Alex 10/10 1263 days 25%
Terry 10/10 1385 days 17%
Mike&Fe 9/10 1413 days 15%
Hannah 9/10 1444 days 14%
Tourist in my own country 9/10 1809 days 5%
Gia 8/10 2175 days 4%
D&R 5/10 2297 days 3%
Chulses 9/10 2359 days 4%
Alison 9/10 2389 days 4%
Nadia 8/10 2481 days 4%
Marion & Leonie 10/10 2509 days 4%
Michael S 9/10 2509 days 4%
Tim Bartlett 10/10 2540 days 4%
Dan 10/10 2540 days 4%
Jude 8/10 2601 days 4%
Steffi 6/10 2601 days 3%
Jess 10/10 2754 days 3%
Julien Turpin 9/10 3050 days 3%
Judy Aspinall 8/10 3165 days 2%
Anh Huynh 7/10 3267 days 2%
Marina 7/10 3602 days 1%
Chris Whittington 9/10 3993 days 1%
Mathieu Flechelle 8/10 4000 days 1%
Lois Moreland 9/10 4031 days 1%
John Treasure 7/10 4335 days 0%
GN100 7/10 4519 days 1%
L P 10/10 4550 days 1%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. National Army Museum does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.30% 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

89%

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.