Difference between revisions of "Mode"

Revision as of 04:57, March 20, 2010

The Mode is a summary of data that reports the value that occurs most frequently in a dataset.

For the following data:

1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19

The mode is 3 because "3" occurs 4 times and no other value occurs 4 or more times.

The mode can be used to describe categorical data as well.

For the following categorical data:

Blue, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Yellow, Orange

The mode would be "Blue"

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-The '''Mode''' is a mathematical term that looks for a specific statistical occurrence, namely the value that occurs mostly frequently in a series.
+The '''Mode''' is a summary of data that reports the value that occurs most frequently in a dataset.
-So with the following numbers:
+For the following data:
-:1,3,3,3,5,7,9,19
+:1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19
-The Mode is 3
+The mode is 3 because "3" occurs 4 times and no other value occurs 4 or more times.
+The mode can be used to describe [[categorical data]] as well.
+For the following categorical data:
+:Blue, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Yellow, Orange
+The mode would be "Blue"
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