SOLUTION: What is cummulative distribution?

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Question 1019248: What is cummulative distribution?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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a distribution of scores might be 20% for each increment of 1.

your table would look like this:



x          distribution of x          cumulative distribution of x.


1               20%                          20%
2               20%                          40%
3               20%                          60%
4               20%                          80%
5               20%                          100%


the cumulative distribution includes all the previous distributions as well.

here's a refeence.

http://stattrek.com/statistics/charts/cumulative-plot.aspx

here's a definition of cumulative by merriam webster.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumulative

cumulative comes from accumulate.

when your next interval adds the data from the previous interval, then you have cumulative data.

the following excel output shows the tablel and graph of a distribution and its cumulative distribution.

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