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Question 43

What is the mode of the five values 1, 1, 8, 9 and 10?

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 1Correct answer
  4. There is no mode.

Explanation

Only the value 1 occurs more than once, so it reaches the highest frequency and is the mode, even though the rest of the data are much larger. Choosing 8 favours a value lying among the bulk of the numbers because 1 looks untypical, yet a mode is never required to sit near the bulk of the data.

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Question 43: What is the mode of the five values 1, 1, 8, 9 and 10? · Statistics and Probability · Questena