The Differences in Linguistic Forms Used by Men and Women
Table 5: Item Statistics for Preferred Topics of Conversation used by men and women
| Mean | Std. Deviation | N | |
| Men always talk about current issues in their conversations. | 3.56 | 0.92 | 80 |
| Women like to discriminate in naming colours more than males. | 4.16 | 0.97 | 80 |
| Men are more complicated to understand than women. | 3.02 | 1.12 | 80 |
| Men know how to solve conflicts more than women. | 2.99 | 1.09 | 80 |
| Women usually seek empathy to solve problems. | 4.02 | 1.11 | 80 |
| I love to talk about sports. | 3.13 | 1.52 | 80 |