Whats a cumulative percentage and when would I want to know?
A cumulative percentage adds all the percentages for each category up to that point. See, Babbie and Halley, p.38. Example, the frequency distribution of religious identification on B and H, p.37. 63.1% of the respondents were Protestant. 23.9% were Catholic. If we collapse those categories to Christian, then we can use the cumulative percentage, saying that 87%of the respondents were Christian. This using valid percentages, so that means that we’re only including people who actually answered the quetion on religious preference. • How do I get SPSS to run a frequency? From either the data editor or the output window, select from the menu along the top of the window: Statistics -> Summaries -> Frequency If nothing happens, remember that you have to select a variable. Do this by selecting from either the data editor or the output window, select from the menu along the top of the window: Utilities -> Variables And then you must select the variable you want by highlighting it in the left f
