Statistics

Mode

Formula

Mode = Most frequently occurring value

What is Mode?

The mode is the value that appears most often in a data set. A data set can have one mode (unimodal), two modes (bimodal), or no mode if all values appear equally.

Variables

M
Mode — Most frequent value

Worked Examples

Example 1

Find the mode of 2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8.

Solution:

4 appears three times, more than any other value. Mode = 4

Example 2

Find the mode of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

Solution:

All values appear once. There is no mode.

Frequently Asked Questions

Related Formulas

Mean = (Sum of all values) / (Number of values)

Median = Middle value of sorted data

Range = Maximum value − Minimum value

Standard Deviation

σ = √(Σ(xᵢ − μ)² / N)

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