Exploring Links between Online Activism and Real-World Events: A Case Study of the #FeesMustFall

Table 6

Significant changes for average negative sentiment.

Date	Confidence interval (dd/mm/YY)	Confidence level (%)	From	To	Level
07-08-2016	(30-07-16, 08-08-16)	99	−0.42085	−0.29499	7
06-09-2016	(05-09-16, 06-09-16)	100	−0.29499	−0.43423	6
08-09-2016	(08-09-16, 08-09-16)	98	−0.43423	−0.27649	9
19-09-2016	(19-09-16, 20-09-16)	100	−0.27649	−0.43862	5
10-10-2016	(24-09-16, 13-10-16)	97	−0.43862	−0.46454	7
01-11-2016	(31-10-16, 14-11-16)	99	−0.46454	−0.42244	8
22-03-2017	(09-03-17, 23-03-17)	95	−0.42244	−0.52847	7
29-03-2017	(27-03-17, 05-04-17)	98	−0.52847	−0.43271	8

(Confidence level for candidate changes = 50%, confidence level = 95%, CI = 95%, bootstrap = 10 000, without replacement, MSE estimates)