LogosLink User's Manual · LogosLink version 2.0.0.2

Participation by Time Analytics (Argumentation Model)

Participation by Time analytics shows how much each speaker in an argumentation model participates in the conversation.

This is useful to quickly visualise who speaks more and who speaks less in a debate or discussion.

Parameters

Time block length. When run, this analytics segments the text into blocks of equal time length. This parameter establishes the length of this time block. Typical values are between 30 seconds and a few minutes, although you can use much longer block lengths for longer discourses.

Results

Results are given as a series of charts. All the charts show a temporal horizontal axis that spans the timestamps in the argumentation model, divided in blocks of the selected length.

Locutions

The chart shows each locution over time as a colour block, using different colours for different speakers.

This chart is useful to quickly see how much each speaker actually speaks, and when they do it.

Counts

The chart shows how many speakers participate in each time block, and and with how many locutions.

This chart is useful to quickly see how much was spoken for each time block, and by whom.

Times

The chart shows how long each speaker spoke for during each time block.

This chart is useful to quickly find which speakers dominate the conversation at each moment.

Utterance Speed

The chart shows how fast each speaker spoke during each time block, in word-forming characters per second. An average utterance speed for all speakers is also shown.

This chart is useful to quickly find who speaks faster and slower, and above or below the average.

Details

This analytics can only run on argumentation models that contain start and end time information for all locutions. If the locutions in the argumentation model lack time information, the Participation by Unit analytics can be an acceptable replacement.