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. 2014 Dec 16;16(12):e289. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3680

Table 3.

Correlation analysis between the Daum data for combined queries and the KCDC ILI data in development sets 1 and 2.

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
14



Bird flu + Symptom .747b .005f
15



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.