What is the cumulative percentage of persons in the sample who reported using th

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What is the cumulative percentage of persons in the sample who reported using their seat belt “All the time”?

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Cross-tab Frequency Distribution of Seat Cross-Tabulation of Seat Belt Use by Gender Belt Use Use of Seat Belts All the time Most of the time Some of the time Seldom Never % f 499 50.1 176 124 Gender of Respondents 17.7 12.4 Use of Seat Belts Male Female Total 355 499 110 176 66 124 83 55 115 630 997 8.3 All the time 83 115 11.5 997 100 Some of the time 144 Most of the time Total 58 39 60 367 Seldom Never Total

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Solution: The cumulative percentage is given below, for the following table we will use the sorted (in decending order) values:

Important Note: The values in the parenthesis are just for your understanding.

Hence, the cumulative percentage of pesons in the sample who reported using their seat belt "All the time" is 50.05%.

Use of seat belt Count Cumulative count Cumulative Percentage All the time 499 499 (same as the count) 50.05 (i.e. 499/997) most of the time 176 675 (i.e. 499+176) 67.7 (i.e. 675/997) Some of the time 124 799 (i.e. 675 + 124) 80.14 (i.e. 799/997) Never 115 914 (i.e. 799 + 115) 91.68 (i.e. 914/997) Seldom 83 997 (i.e. 914 + 83) 100 (i.e. 997/997)

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