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Question
Find the mode of the following data:
15, 8, 26, 25, 24, 15, 18, 20, 24, 15, 19, 15
Solution
The frequency table for the given data
| Value x | 8 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Frequency f | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
We observe that the value 15 has the maximum frequency.
Hence, the mode of data is 15.
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