Refer to Data Set 24 “Word Counts” in Appendix B and use the word counts measured from men (x) and women (y) in couple relationships listed in the first two columns of Data Set 24. Find the best prediction for the number of words spoken by a female, given that her male partner speaks 16,000 words in a day.

Data Set 24: Word Counts

Data are from counts of the numbers of words spoken in a day by 396 male (M) and female (F) subjects in six different sample groups (first five rows shown here). Column M1 denotes the word counts for males in Sample 1, F1 is the count for females in Sample 1, and so on. 

Sample 1: Recruited couples ranging in age from 18 to 29
Sample 2: Students recruited in introductory psychology classes, aged 17 to 23
Sample 3: Students recruited in introductory psychology classes in Mexico, aged 17 to 25
Sample 4: Students recruited in introductory psychology classes, aged 17 to 22
Sample 5: Students recruited in introductory psychology classes, aged 18 to 26
Sample 6: Students recruited in introductory psychology classes, aged 17 to 23

Results were published in “Are Women Really More Talkative Than Men?” by Mehl, Vazire, Ramirez-Esparza, Slatcher, Pennebaker, Science, Vol. 317, No. 5834.