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Table 3.

Cross-correlation results for the states of QLD and NSW

	(−) Values: Google searches lag notifications					(+) Values: notifications lag Google searches
Search terms	–4	–3	–2	–1	0	1	2	3	4
QLD
Paralysis tick^b	–0.304	–0.173	0.073	0.445	0.738	0.705	0.391	–0.018	–0.351
Tick paralysis^b	–0.299	–0.106	0.161	0.492	0.733	0.698	0.445	0.091	–0.22
Ticks^b	–0.282	–0.206	0.014	0.411	0.719	0.723	0.453	0.097	–0.233
Tick^b	–0.235	–0.121	0.129	0.470	0.758	0.724	0.411	–0.007	–0.332
Paralysis ticks^a	–0.376	–0.254	–0.017	0.3	0.542	0.523	0.386	0.195	–0.018
Dogs ticks^b	–0.39	–0.205	0.1	0.485	0.749	0.781	0.597	0.32	0.047
Removing ticks^a	–0.241	–0.208	0.009	0.292	0.464	0.46	0.286	0.054	–0.148
Remove tick^a	–0.267	–0.149	0.067	0.293	0.467	0.52	0.443	0.316	0.125
Cat tick^a	–0.268	–0.151	0.087	0.355	0.581	0.511	0.219	–0.111	–0.292
NSW
Paralysis tick^b	–0.312	–0.076	0.324	0.752	0.941	0.787	0.409	–0.02	–0.325
Tick paralysis^b	–0.31	–0.019	0.38	0.768	0.932	0.776	0.428	–0.003	–0.326
Ticks^b	–0.401	–0.103	0.328	0.7	0.844	0.682	0.355	0.056	–0.172
Tick^b	–0.174	0.143	0.512	0.813	0.853	0.588	0.212	–0.098	–0.299
Paralysis ticks^a	–0.293	–0.091	0.224	0.621	0.805	0.664	0.331	–0.008	–0.268
Dog tick^b	–0.301	–0.092	0.242	0.577	0.798	0.797	0.559	–.277	–0.016
Dogs ticks^a	–0.439	–0.25	0.049	0.378	0.619	0.697	0.54	0.258	–0.023
Removing ticks^a	–0.335	–0.233	–0.045	0.128	0.25	0.284	0.186	–0.002	–0.157
Dog ticks^a	–0.329	–0.254	–0.051	0.253	0.514	0.632	0.594	0.434	0.236
Confidence Limits	±0.354	±0.348	±0.342	±0.338	±0.334	±0.338	±0.342	±0.348	±0.354

The cross-correlation values are shown only for the search terms that were strongly (^a) or very strongly (^b) significant (Spearman’s rho ≥ 0.6). Significant positive cross-correlation values, i.e. above the upper confidence limit, are in italic, and highest values (i.e. for which the two times series are best aligned) are in bold