Question

Find the mode of data 1, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3, 0, 5, 2.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Mode is the value that has a higher frequency in a given set of values. We have to arrange the given data in the ascending order. Then, we have to look for the value that is repeated more times. This value will be the mode.

Complete step by step answer:
We have to find the mode of 1, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3, 0, 5, 2. We know that mode is the value that has a higher frequency in a given set of values. We can say that mode is the value that appears more number of times. Let us arrange the given data in the ascending order.
0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5
From the given data, we can see that 1 and 0 appears one time each, 3 and 5 appears twice each and 2 appears thrice. That is, 2 appears most of the time. Therefore, the mode of the given data is 2.

So, the correct answer is “Option a”.

Note: Some data have more than one mode. We can classify these are bimodal, trimodal and multimodal. When there are two modes in a data set, then the set is called bimodal. When there are three modes in a data set, then the set is called trimodal. When there are four or more modes in a data set, then the set is called multimodal.