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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. |
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| − | So with the following numbers:
| + | For the following data: |
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| − | :1,3,3,3,5,7,9,19 | + | :1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19 |
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| − | The Mode is 3 | + | The mode is 3 because "3" occurs 4 times and no other value occurs 4 or more times. |
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| | + | The mode can be used to describe [[categorical data]] as well. |
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| | + | For the following categorical data: |
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| | + | :Blue, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Yellow, Orange |
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| | + | The mode would be "Blue" |
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| | ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |