Summary of communication events recorded and classification of communication failures
| *Because a single communication event could be classified within more than one category of rhetorical failure, numbers add up to more than 100%. | |
| Communication events recorded (n) | 421 |
| Communication events classified as communication failures (% of total events) | 129 (30.6) |
| Communication failures by type (% of total of communication failures)* | |
| Occasion | 59 (45.7) |
| Content | 46 (35.7) |
| Purpose | 31 (24.0) |
| Audience | 27 (20.9) |