Table 4. Sentiment analysis results in detail.
| Denmark | ||||||||||
| Avg pos | Avg neg | No sent | Strong sent | Strong pos sent | Strong neg sent | Pos sent only | Neg sent only | Pos > neg | Neg > pos | |
| Base | 0.603 | -0.805 | 25.2 | 6.15 | 2.29 | 4.0 | 16.31 | 31.75 | 22.84 | 37.69 |
| Phase 1 | 0.513* | -0.997*** | 19.18 | 7.23 | 2.2 | 5.03 | 8.8 | 44.02 | 15.72 | 49.36 |
| Phase 2 | 0.650**°° | -0.914*** | 19.14 | 5.75 | 2.33 | 3.58 | 14.59 | 33.54 | 21.79 | 41.06 |
| Phase 3 | 0.618 | -0.905*** | 19.5 | 6.08 | 1.7 | 4.48 | 15.13 | 35.62 | 21.1 | 41.99 |
| Germany | ||||||||||
| Avg pos | Avg neg | No sent | Strong sent | Strong pos sent | Strong neg sent | Pos sent only | Neg sent only | Pos > neg | Neg > pos | |
| Base | 0.385 | -0.604 | 46.91 | 6.01 | 0.5 | 5.58 | 18.84 | 23.31 | 20.14 | 28.34 |
| Phase 1 | 0.347*** | -0.637** | 48.80 | 5.50 | 0.34 | 5.18 | 16.68 | 24.14 | 17.66 | 29.7 |
| Phase 2 | 0.375*°° | -0.506***°°° | 51.13 | 3.84 | 0.47 | 3.39 | 19.56 | 20.35 | 20.68 | 24.42 |
| Phase 3 | 0.343***°°° | -0.542***°°° | 50.79 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3.51 | 17.65 | 22.57 | 18.74 | 26.79 |
| The Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Avg pos | Avg neg | No sent | Strong sent | Strong pos sent | Strong neg sent | Pos sent only | Neg sent only | Pos > neg | Neg > pos | |
| Base | 0.424 | -0.820 | 35.95 | 9.11 | 1.19 | 8.05 | 13.07 | 34.31 | 16.71 | 39.82 |
| Phase 1 | 0.450* | -0.879*** | 31.37 | 7.4 | 0.99 | 6.59 | 13.28 | 37.54 | 17.22 | 43.31 |
| Phase 2 | 0.524***°°° | -0.874*** | 29.84 | 8.3 | 1.54 | 6.85 | 15.76 | 34.07 | 20.22 | 40.79 |
| Phase 3 | 0.535*** | -1.022***°°° | 25.64 | 10.89 | 1.87 | 9.21 | 13.88 | 37.96 | 18.51 | 45.99 |
| Sweden | ||||||||||
| Avg pos | Avg neg | No sent | Strong sent | Strong pos sent | Strong neg sent | Pos sent only | Neg sent only | Pos > neg | Neg > pos | |
| Base | 0.505 | -0.933 | 22.30 | 5.53 | 0.92 | 4.69 | 11.92 | 37.41 | 16.12 | 45.62 |
| Phase 1 | 0.515 | -1.003* | 14.16 | 5.97 | 1.19 | 4.95 | 11.09 | 44.88 | 15.52 | 50.17 |
| Phase 2 | 0.552*** | -0.964 | 18.17 | 5.05 | 1.09 | 4.04 | 12.3 | 38.44 | 17.79 | 46.35 |
| Phase 3 | 0.599*** | -1.047***°° | 13.93 | 6.98 | 2.48 | 4.59 | 10.67 | 40.13 | 16.4 | 49.3 |
Two-sample t-test compared to base set
* = p<0.05 compared to base set
** = p<0.01 compared to base set
*** = p<0.001 compared to base set
° = p<0.05 compared to the previous phase
°° = p<0.01 compared to the previous phase
°°° = p<0.001 compared to the previous phase
Interpretation
No sentiment: pos = 0 AND neg = 0
Strong sentiment: pos = [3;4] OR neg = [3;4]
Strong positive sentiment: pos = [3;4]
Strong negative sentiment: neg = [3;4]
Only positive sentiment: pos = [1;4] AND neg = 0
Only negative sentiment: pos = 0 AND neg = [1;4]
Positive score larger than neg: pos>neg
Negative score larger than pos: neg>pos