Mode Math Example 1

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Example 1

easy
Find the mode of {2,4,4,5,7,7,7,9}\{2, 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9\}.

Solution

  1. 1
    List the data set and tally the frequency of each value: 2โ†’12 \to 1, 4โ†’24 \to 2, 5โ†’15 \to 1, 7โ†’37 \to 3, 9โ†’19 \to 1.
  2. 2
    Identify the value with the highest frequency: 77 appears 33 times, more than any other value.
  3. 3
    Therefore, the mode is 77.

Answer

Mode=7\text{Mode} = 7
The mode is the most frequently occurring value in a data set. Unlike the mean and median, the mode can be used with categorical (non-numeric) data as well.

About Mode

The mode is the value or values that appear most frequently in a data set โ€” it is the most common or most popular data value.

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