But vast quantities of what gets cataloged as information are purely self-referential, talk about the act of talking, so to speak.
There were nearly three times as many instances of Instructor Talk in class sessions taught by Instructor A as compared with Instructor B. Differences in the quantity of Instructor Talk between different instructors may be important in correlating Instructor Talk with student outcomes like student resistance, stereotype threat, and instructor immediacy.
Despite similarity at the level of category usage for three of the five categories of Instructors Talk, Instructors A and B differed significantly in the quantity of Instructor Talk used per class session.
4) To what extent do two instructors differ in the types and quantity of Instructor Talk they appear to use?
Despite the similarities in category usage, there were interesting differences between the two instructors in their quantity of Instructor Talk.
On average, Instructor A used an average of 28 (SE = 2.6) quotes per class session (n = 17 class sessions), while Instructor B used an average of 10 (SE = 0.7) quotes per class session (n = 8 class sessions), showing a significant difference in the overall quantity of Instructor Talk (p < 0.001).
One time, way after that, when I was defending a guy facing drug charges in federal court, I actually used the M&Ms thing to demonstrate to the judge just how small of a quantity we were talking about, and it really made the point.
This deficit correlates with the quantity and the quality of talk elicited by the adults at home, and becomes evident quite early — in one study, when some kids were eighteen months old.
Of the fees demanded by brokers, she said, "Those kinds of quantities we're talking about lead people to lose cars, houses, land".
The British prime minister wants us to stop talking about the quantity of aid we give, and "start talking about what I call the 'golden thread', which is you only get real long-term development through aid if there is also a golden thread of stable government, lack of corruption, human rights, the rule of law, transparent information".
