Mode is the number or value that appears most often in a set of data. A data set can have one mode, more than one mode, or no mode at all if no numbers repeat.
The mode tells you the most common or frequent value in a group. It is useful for understanding what happens the most.
To find the mode, look through the data and count how many times each value appears. The value with the greatest frequency is the mode.
You do not need to order the numbers to find the mode, but organizing them can make counting easier.
Sometimes a data set has more than one number that appears most often. When this happens, the data set is called multimodal, meaning it has two or more modes.
If two or more numbers tie for the highest frequency, they are all modes. A data set can have two modes or even several.
A data set has no mode when no value repeats. Since no number appears more than once, there is no most frequent value.
It is correct and acceptable to say a data set has no mode. Not every set has a most common value.
The mode helps you see what occurs most often in real-life situations, such as favorite choices, common results, or repeated measurements.
Mode is especially useful when you want to identify trends or patterns in a group of people or items.