To test the widespread belief that women naturally talk more than men—with estimates claiming women speak $20,000$ words per day compared to men's $7,000$—researchers conducted an empirical study with $369$ college students. By having the participants wear audio recorders, they found women spoke an average of $16,215$ words per day and men $15,669$. This extremely small difference, which could be explained by chance, provided empirical evidence that the stereotype of female talkativeness is unfounded.