A. m'k Lines 2 to 3 show an A to B speaker change, and lines 10-11 show a B to A speaker change. All five turn recognition criteria are present and identifiable from this transcript portion. Pauses are identified by parenthesis. The length of the pauses is measured in tenths of a second and located within the parenthesis. Sentence intonation is indicated by a period at the end of an utterance.
Question intonation is indicated by a question mark at the end of an utterance.
Speaker change is located in the transcript by an A to B transition or a B to A transition. A sequence of objects, numbers, events etc. may be analyzed by the Runs Test to determine whether or not the sequence is random. A sequence could be derived by flipping a coin e.g., H,T,H,H, T,T,T,T,H,T, or by recording the turns taken in a doctor-patient conversation as we have done e.g. D,D,P,P,P,P,D,D,P,D. We tested two different conversations. The turn sequence in this conversation was found to be random for a two-tailed test at the 95S confidence level. This turn sequence was found to be non-random.