Mode Math Example 1
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Example 1
easyFind the mode of .
Solution
- 1 List the data set and tally the frequency of each value: , , , , .
- 2 Identify the value with the highest frequency: appears times, more than any other value.
- 3 Therefore, the mode is .
Answer
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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