Do women talk more than men? Equip male and female students with a small device that secretly records sound for arandom 30 seconds during each 12.5 minute interval for two days. Count the words each subject speaks during each recording period, and from this, estimate how many words per day each subject speaks. The published report includes a table summarizing six such studies. Her are two of the six:
Study 1; Sample size: Women - 56 Men - 56 Estimated average number (SD) of words spoken per day; Women: 16,177 (7520) Men: 16,569 (9108)
Study 2;sample size: Women - 27 Men - 20 Estimated average number (SD) of words spoken per day; Women: 16,496 (7914) Men: 12,867 (8343)