Definition Mode

The mode specifies the variable in a survey that is named most frequently. For example, if a survey question asks 100 people "What is your favorite ice cream flavor?" and 50 of them answered "vanilla," 30 "chocolate," and 20 "strawberry," the mode in this distribution is "vanilla."

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Entries starting with M

Mode
Mid-range
Metric scale
Median
Matrix
Margin of error
Machine learning (ML)