Mode is the maximum occurring observation
Let’s take an example
Runs scored by Virat Kohli are 120, 24, 48, 64, 29, 64, 71, 3, 64, 29
Find Mode
First, we arrange the numbers in ascending order
3, 24, 29, 29, 48, 64, 64, 64, 71, 120
Since 64 occurs 3 times.
Mode = 64
Marks scored by Satvik in his test are 48, 91, 83, 83, 95.
Find mode
First, we arrange the numbers in ascending order
48, 83, 83, 91, 95
Since 83 occurs 2 times.
Mode = 83
Mode of large numbers
We know that
Mode is maximum occurring observation
Let’s take an example where there are a lot of numbers.
Find the mode of the following data:
12, 14, 12, 16, 15, 13, 14, 18, 19, 12, 14, 15, 16, 15, 16, 16, 15, 17, 13, 16, 16, 15, 15, 13, 15, 17, 15, 14, 15, 13, 15, 14
Here, there are a lot of numbers, & writing it in ascending order can be lead to mistakes.
So, we make a frequency distribution table (link)
Marks are
12, 14, 12, 16, 15, 13, 14, 18, 19, 12, 14, 15, 16, 15, 16, 16, 15, 17, 13, 16, 16, 15, 15, 13, 15, 17, 15, 14, 15, 13, 15, 14
Since 15 occurs 10 times
Mode = 15
