Table 6. List of the three most relevant tweets (i.e. closest to the respective centroid) for the three events considered in the qualitative evaluation.
Please keep in mind that the time interval used for the U.S. elections does not include the outcome of the polls (hence the wrong forecasts by users that initially proclaimed Hillary Clinton’s victory).
| Event | Top-3 Relevant Tweets |
|---|---|
| 2016 U.S. elections | - Hillary Clinton Wins! |
| - The stock market’s continual favoritism of Hillary Clinton proves | |
| that she has been bought. Corruption loves company. | |
| - Markets says “Hillary Clinton Wins”. Congratulation New President | |
| U.S-China trade war | - Goldman Sachs think the increase in tariffs will be narrowly avoided. |
| Odds of new tariffs at 40% if the Chinese delegation still comes. | |
| - Tariff increase on Chinese imports will take effect on May 10 - Federal | |
| Register | |
| - “Reuters: Trump’s punitive tariffs will burden consumers”; yeah like it… | |
| Covid-19 outbreak | - Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong stocks tumble as Covid-19 death toll rises |
| - Second U.S. Covid-19 case is Chicago resident who traveled to Wuhan | |
| - 3M Ceo says there factories are working 24/7 making masks & | |
| Protective equipment to fight the virus. Buy your calls while there | |
| Cheap. #stocks #covid-19 |