Mode Statistics Example 1
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Example 1
easyFind the mode of the data set: 4, 7, 2, 7, 3, 7, 5, 2.
Solution
- 1 Step 1: List the data and tally the frequency of each distinct value: 2 appears 2 times, 3 once, 4 once, 5 once, 7 three times.
- 2 Step 2: Compare frequencies to find the maximum: 7 appears 3 times, which is more than any other value.
- 3 Step 3: The mode is the most frequent value: .
Answer
The mode is .
The mode is the most frequently occurring value in a data set. It is the only measure of central tendency that can be used with categorical data.
About Mode
The mode is the value that appears most often in a data set. A set can have no mode (all values appear equally), one mode (unimodal), or multiple modes (bimodal or multimodal). It is the only measure of center that works for categorical data.
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