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Table 3 Correlations between mean overall acceptance and emoji frequency counts

From: Emoji as promising tools for emotional evaluation in orthodontics

Emoji	Kendall’s Tau-b	P-value
Positive valence
	0.138	0.014*
	0.073	0.213
	0.019	0.740
	0.111	0.048*
	0.130	0.025*
	0.102	0.081
	0.064	0.266
	0.207	< 0.001*
	0.135	0.021*
	0.148	0.009*
Negative valence
	− 0.127	0.015*
	− 0.118	0.024*
	− 0.033	0.572
	− 0.056	0.314
	− 0.036	0.515
	− 0.101	0.073
	− 0.116	0.046*
	− 0.012	0.825
	0.047	0.389
	0.061	0.270
	0.030	0.595
	− 0.075	0.175
	0.050	0.390
	− 0.105	0.061
	0.003	0.963
	0.129	0.021*
	0.049	0.380
Neutral valence
	− 0.021	0.686
	0.126	0.021*
	0.027	0.638

* indicates significant correlation

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