[Grammar] Correct use of the adverb "respectively"

[Abdelhameed]

Hi there!

Is my use of the adverb "respectively" below correct, please?


"The results of the three items 39, 44 and 45 show that approximately 79%, 80% and 85% of the respondents, respectively, were in the range of agreement, whereas only approximately 6%, 3% and 2%, respectively, were in the range of disagreement. Additionally, 15%, 17% and 13% of the respondents, respectively, felt that they have not experienced this strategy and not sure if it is motivating or demotivating."

Thanks
Abdelhameed

 

[Abdelhameed]

How about this version?

The results show that approximately 79%, 80% and 85% of the respondents agreed, whereas only approximately 6%, 3% and 2% disagreed on the items 39, 44 and 45, respectively. Additionally, 15%, 17% and 13% of the respondents felt that they have not experienced strategies from statements 39, 44 and 45, respectively and not sure they are motivating or demotivating.

What do you think?

 

[MikeNewYork]

How about this version?

The results show that approximately 79%, 80% and 85% of the respondents agreed, whereas only approximately 6%, 3% and 2% disagreed on the items 39, 44 and 45, respectively. Additionally, 15%, 17% and 13% of the respondents felt that they have not experienced strategies from statements 39, 44 and 45, respectively and not sure they are motivating or demotivating.

What do you think?

I prefer the first sentence in this version, but I would eliminate "the" before "items 39...". The adverb "respectively" is used correctly. I do not understand "experienced strategies" in the second sentence.

 

[probus]

Your uses of respectively are correct. But as a person who concentrated on mathematics and statistics at university, I feel that the first is much more likely to be written by someone who understands those fields, and the second by someone who does not.