Mode

Mode can be used for any kind of data but is the only measure of central tendency for __nominal__ variables

Example: nationality The mode is thee value in __ observation that occurs most frequently __ in the distribution. There can be bimodal distribution, when we have two modal values and multi-modal if there are more modal values. Formula:  – Use the value that occurs most often, or the category or interval with highest frequency For example:  58, 82, 82, 99. 82 is the mode because it occurs most frequently.

The mode in the above example is bicycle, because it is the commonly occurring value in observation! The __ mode is the midpoint of the interval __ which has the largest frequency  Therefore, in the example below, the mode is 34.5