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What is Mode?
Examples
How to calculate mode when of
discrete frequency distribution?
How to calculate mode of grouped
frequency distribution?
 What is Mode?
It is defined as the observation that occurs with
the greatest frequency.
or
It is the value that occurs maximum number of
times in a sequence of observations.
Example 1
Find Mode.
27, 29, 27, 25, 24, 27, 25, 29
Solution:

As Mode = Most common value in the data

27, 29, 27, 25, 24, 27, 25, 29

So Mode = 27
Example 2
412, 426, 435, 412, 428, 435, 427
Solution:

As Mode = Most common value in the data

412, 426, 435, 412, 428, 435, 427

So Mode = 412 and 435

Mode For Discrete Frequency Distribution

The mode is the value of a variable which have maximum frequency.

Example
X 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 8 15 23 20 14

As mode = maximum frequency value of variable

Maximum frequency = 23

So Mode = 4
Mode For Grouped Frequency Distribution

mode = l+

l = Lower Class boundary of mode group

= Maximum Frequency
= frequency of the group preceding the mode group
= frequency of the group succeeding the mode group
h = class interval
 Example
The following table shows the number of men in various age groups with some from
of paid employment in a village. The age recorded for each men is the number of
completed years lived. Estimated mode.

Age Frequency Class Boundary

14-20 12 13.5-20.5
= 35
21-30 14 20.5-30.5 l = 40.5 h = 10
31-40 26 30.5-40.5
= 26 = 23
41-50 35 40.5-50.5
51-60 23 50.5-60.5
61-70 5 60.5-70.5
71-90 1 70.5-90.5
 mode = l+

= 40.5+

= 44.8
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