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Table 3 Overall tweet rates with the expected and actual tweet rates between time periods

From: A two-year follow-up: Twitter activity regarding misinformation about spinal manipulation, chiropractic care and boosting immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic

  

Period A–B

Period B–C

Content

Number of promoting Tweets

Tweets/m

Proportion of tweets/m (%)

Expected rate of to preserve proportion (%)

Actual rate of change (%)

Difference (%)

Expected rate of to preserve proportion (%)

Actual rate of change (%)

Difference (%)

Period A

Period B

Period C

Period A

Period B

Period C

Period A

Period B

Period C

CC

42

92

44

14.00

7.67

3.67

39

54

56

39

55

15

46

48

1

noSMT

15

33

17

5.00

2.75

1.42

14

19

22

39

55

16

46

52

5

SMT

51

45

18

17.00

3.75

1.50

47

26

23

39

22

− 17

46

40

− 6

Total

108

170

79

36.00

14.17

6.58

100

100

100

 
  1. Bold values indicate a decline in expected tweet rates