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The phrase "a representative percentage of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a portion or fraction of a whole that accurately reflects the characteristics of that whole.
Example: "The survey results indicated that a representative percentage of participants preferred online shopping over traditional retail."
Alternatives: "an indicative proportion of" or "a typical fraction of".
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An obvious extension would be in providing patterns of behavior of a representative percentage of the population (i.e., a statistically significant ensemble of people) and could easily be extended to public-transportation systems.
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A new set of general election polls for Missouri--a state with a roughly representative percentage of African Americans (although very few Latinos --from PPP shows HiLatinos --fromie doing very simiLatinos --from 1-PPPnt difference) againshowsump, Rubio, and Walker, altHillary and Bernie 6 points weaker than Clinton against Jeb Bush.
During the semesters considered, 15.24% of the medical students participated in the SIP, which is a representative percentage, once all of those who were studying Physiology at that time (512 in a total of 3.360 medical students at UFAL in seven semesters) undergone the practical activity.
Studies conducted in Northern Iran and in Southern Brazil showed a highly representative percentage of 33 and 18%, respectively, of G to A transitions at CpG sites among all mutations detected in the TP53 gene [ 22, 23, 25].
In 2015, Morris and his collaborator Emily Roman, from University College London, published a large study of adults of all ages with a population-representative percentage of gay men and women and their response to post-relationship grief.
Wonga loans are made at a "representative" annual percentage rate of 4,214%, though the company argues this measure – which customers must be informed of by law – is unhelpful for short-term borrowers and exaggerates the cost of credit.
In a representative experiment the percentage of Db Smcybright cells that was CD8SP was reduced from 55.1% in the control HY-TCR thymus to 49.2% in the Gli2ΔN2HY-TCR thymus, whereas the total percentage of Db Smcybright thymocytes was unaffected.
17 A multistage, randomised, stratified sampling plan will be used to obtain a representative, national estimate of the percentage of healthcare encounters at which Australian children receive appropriate care.
Previous studies found that most physicians report frequent meetings with medical representatives and a substantial percentage of physicians rely heavily on medical representatives as sources of information about new drugs [ 2, 5, 6].
A total of 24,000 electric vehicles were registered in Europe in 2013, and whilst only representative of a small percentage of all new cars sold, it is a 71% increase on the year before.
This sample –as reported before- is representative of a high percentage of bipolar out-patients, who remain symptomatic more than one third of the time.
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