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Question
Find the mode of the following data:
3, 3, 7, 4, 5, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 9, 7, 4
Solution
The frequency table for the given data
| Value x | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency f | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
We observe that the value 3 has the maximum frequency.
Hence, the mode of data is 3.
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