Considering 'In our sample, business units used some type of automatic spreading for about 39 percent of the volume of goods they shipped.', can one logically arrive at 'Business units used a type of automatic spreading for exactly 12 percent of the volume of goods shipped.'
In our sample, business units used some type of automatic spreading for about 39 percent of the volume of goods they shipped.###Business units used a type of automatic spreading for exactly 12 percent of the volume of goods shipped.