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Table 4 Means and Medians for Survival Time

From: Survival analysis of the duration of rumors during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Meana

Median

Estimate

Std. Error

95% Confidence Interval

Estimate

Std. Error

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Content theme

 Prevention and treatment

610.942

30.023

552.096

669.788

670.000

96.424

481.008

858.992

 Policy measures

76.229

12.157

52.401

100.057

11.000

1.439

8.180

13.820

 Virus information

362.402

55.435

253.749

471.055

80.000

73.336

.000

223.738

 Epidemic situation

30.183

7.815

14.867

45.500

8.000

.921

6.194

9.806

 Social current affairs

144.678

25.490

94.719

194.638

18.000

3.010

12.100

23.900

Emotional need

 Wish rumor

443.529

28.657

387.361

499.697

158.000

88.372

.000

331.210

 Bogie rumor

191.640

22.408

147.721

235.559

18.000

2.747

12.615

23.385

 Aggression rumor

126.885

16.234

95.066

158.703

19.000

1.802

15.468

22.532

Source credibility

 Low credibility source

262.585

17.577

228.135

297.036

25.000

3.465

18.208

31.792

 High credibility source

253.975

25.166

204.648

303.301

24.000

3.475

17.189

30.811

Presentation format

 Text

300.188

18.891

263.163

337.214

29.000

5.037

19.127

38.873

 Image

179.485

31.057

118.614

240.356

23.000

3.830

15.494

30.506

 Video

181.802

26.691

129.488

234.116

21.000

3.915

13.326

28.674

Overall

260.153

14.427

231.875

288.430

25.000

2.460

20.178

29.822

  1. aEstimation is limited to the largest survival time if it is censored