Mode Math Example 2

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Example 2

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Find the mode of {3,5,5,8,8,12}\{3, 5, 5, 8, 8, 12\}.

Solution

  1. 1
    Count frequencies: 3β†’13 \to 1, 5β†’25 \to 2, 8β†’28 \to 2, 12β†’112 \to 1.
  2. 2
    Both 55 and 88 appear twice, which is the highest frequency.
  3. 3
    The data set is bimodal with modes 55 and 88.

Answer

Modes=5Β andΒ 8\text{Modes} = 5 \text{ and } 8
A data set can have more than one mode (bimodal or multimodal) when multiple values share the highest frequency.

About Mode

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

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