The symbol for mode is Mo.
Mode represents the most frequent value in a dataset. It's one of the measures of central tendency, alongside mean and median. While mean calculates the average and median finds the middle value, mode identifies the value that appears most often.
Understanding Mode
Here's how to visualize mode:
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Example: Imagine a set of numbers: 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6. The mode is 5 because it appears three times, more than any other number in the set.
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Multiple Modes: A dataset can have multiple modes. For instance, the set 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 has two modes: 2 and 3, as both appear twice.
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No Mode: Some datasets might not have a mode. If every value appears only once, there's no value that occurs more frequently than others.
