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. 2017 Jun 8;3(2):e34. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7181

Table 3.

March 5, 2015 (12:00 PM to 1:15 PM Central Time) #LiveFitNOLA Twitter chat engagement ratios and return on engagement.

Usernames Number of tweets Outgoinga Incomingb Out:Inc ROEd
@TulanePRC 82 32 45 1:1 40%
@FitNOLA 70 63 38 2:1 −40%
@HealthFitMag 84 40 33 1:1 −18%
@CDCChronic 24 8 19 1:2 138%

aOutgoing: Number of outgoing communications a source Twitter user sent to other Twitter users within the network.

bIncoming: Number of incoming communications a target Twitter user received from other Twitter users within the network.

cEngagement ratio: Ratio of outgoing to incoming communications a Twitter user of interest has. The engagement ratio is rounded to the next integer.

dROE: The engagement gain or loss generated relative to the amount of engagement invested.