The mode in a list of numbers is the value that occurs most frequently

• Tip #1: “mode” starts with the same first two letters that “most” does.
• Tip #2: To calculate the mode easily, you should preferably sort the values from (high to low or vice versa)
• Tip #3: If some values are tied for most frequent value, then there are several modes for the sample (multimodal sample). If every value is unique, there is no mode to the sample.

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Example:

Ages of Sampled Men: 18, 19, 23, 25, 30, 30, 35, 36, 39, 45, 54, 66, 66, 66, 74
Mode(men) = 66 yrs: this age is the most frequently (3 times) observed among sampled men

Ages of Sampled Women: 19, 19, 24, 29, 37, 39, 48, 57, 69, 70, 72, 75, 82, 83
Mode(women) = 19 yrs: this age is the most frequently (twice) observed among sampled women