Table 3.
Order | Combined query | Correlation coefficient | Combined query | Correlation coefficient | |||
Development set 1 (2009/10) | Validation set 1 (2010/11) | Validation set 2 (2011/12) | Development set 2 (2010/11) | Validation set 2 (2011/12) | |||
1 | New flu (abbr.)a | .894b | .622b | c | Bad cold + Symptom | .969b | .981b |
2 | Flu + Vaccine | .871b | -.062d | -.157e | New flu + Treatment | .951b | .616b |
3 | New flu + Cough | .849b | .930b | .291b | New flu + Cough | .930b | .291b |
4 | New flu + Fever | .814b | .591b | .460b | New flu + Sign | .919b | .684b |
5 | Tamiflu + Vaccine | .805b | -.062c | c | Tamiflu | .904b | .981b |
6 | Tamiflu + Symptom | .800b | c | c | New influenza + Symptom | .896b | .650b |
7 | Flu + Symptom | .799b | .815b | .416b | Bad cold + Treatment | .887b | .814b |
8 | H1N1 + Symptom | .791b | c | c | Swine flu + Symptom | .877b | .005e |
9 | New flu + Sore throat | .738b | .504b | c | New flu + Symptom | .836b | .936b |
10 | New flu (abbr.)a + Vaccine | .713b | c | c | Flu + Symptom | .815b | .416b |
11 | New flu + Symptom | .709b | .836b | .936b | Influenza + Symptom | .813b | .782b |
12 | Tamiflu | .703b | .904b | .981b | Influenza (English)g | .762b | .751b |
13 | Tamiflu (English)g | .700bb,h | .523b | .286b | New influenza | .748b | .503b |
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Bird flu + Symptom | .747b | .005f |
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Bird flu | .709b,h | .136i |
aabbr.: abbreviation
b P<.05.
cCorrelation cannot be computed because it has a constant value in that period (see Multimedia Appendix 2).
d P=.66.
e P=.27.
f P=.98.
gThe query was originally submitted in English.
hWe selected the combined queries for which the correlation coefficients were ≥.7 and listed them in descending order.
i P=.34.