The mode is the value or category that occurs most often in a data set; finding it requires counting or reading frequencies in a list, tally table, picture graph, or bar graph and comparing those frequencies, rather than choosing the greatest value. Small whole-number or categorical data sets may have more than one mode when frequencies tie, while formal analysis of large, continuous, or multimodal distributions is beyond this understanding.
The mode is the value or category that appears most often.
To find the mode:
Example:
A class records the color of each student’s backpack:
Count each color:
Blue has the greatest frequency because it appears times.
Remember, the mode is the value that occurs most often—not the greatest value.
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