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How can I calculate the mode in a grouped frequency distribution when the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes?






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    I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
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How can I calculate the mode in a grouped frequency distribution when the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes?






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    What do you think? What have you tried?
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    I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
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How can I calculate the mode in a grouped frequency distribution when the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes?






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  • $begingroup$
    What do you think? What have you tried?
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    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 4 '15 at 4:01












  • $begingroup$
    I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
    $endgroup$
    – avijit kundu
    Jun 4 '15 at 11:10


















  • $begingroup$
    What do you think? What have you tried?
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    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 4 '15 at 4:01












  • $begingroup$
    I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
    $endgroup$
    – avijit kundu
    Jun 4 '15 at 11:10
















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What do you think? What have you tried?
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– Mike Pierce
Jun 4 '15 at 4:01






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What do you think? What have you tried?
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– Mike Pierce
Jun 4 '15 at 4:01














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I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
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– avijit kundu
Jun 4 '15 at 11:10




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I tried when the largest frequency happened in two different classes, then what is the mode? Is there any?
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If the you have a frequency distribution where the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes, then we call it a multimodal distribution. For example, if you set of data is ${1,1,1,2,2,3,4,7,7,7,8}$, the mode would be both of the values $1$ and $7$.






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    I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
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    If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
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If the you have a frequency distribution where the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes, then we call it a multimodal distribution. For example, if you set of data is ${1,1,1,2,2,3,4,7,7,7,8}$, the mode would be both of the values $1$ and $7$.






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    I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
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    – avijit kundu
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:00








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    If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
    $endgroup$
    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:29
















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$begingroup$

If the you have a frequency distribution where the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes, then we call it a multimodal distribution. For example, if you set of data is ${1,1,1,2,2,3,4,7,7,7,8}$, the mode would be both of the values $1$ and $7$.






share|cite|improve this answer









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    I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
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    – avijit kundu
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:00








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    $begingroup$
    If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
    $endgroup$
    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:29














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If the you have a frequency distribution where the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes, then we call it a multimodal distribution. For example, if you set of data is ${1,1,1,2,2,3,4,7,7,7,8}$, the mode would be both of the values $1$ and $7$.






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If the you have a frequency distribution where the largest frequency occurs in two or more classes, then we call it a multimodal distribution. For example, if you set of data is ${1,1,1,2,2,3,4,7,7,7,8}$, the mode would be both of the values $1$ and $7$.







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    I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
    $endgroup$
    – avijit kundu
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:00








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
    $endgroup$
    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:29


















  • $begingroup$
    I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
    $endgroup$
    – avijit kundu
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:00








  • 1




    $begingroup$
    If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
    $endgroup$
    – Mike Pierce
    Jun 6 '15 at 4:29
















$begingroup$
I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
$endgroup$
– avijit kundu
Jun 6 '15 at 4:00






$begingroup$
I know this. But my question is related to grouped data.
$endgroup$
– avijit kundu
Jun 6 '15 at 4:00






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If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
$endgroup$
– Mike Pierce
Jun 6 '15 at 4:29




$begingroup$
If you don't know what the original data is and you only have the classes that the data fall into, then you can't say anything about the mode among the individual data points. There is only a mode among the classes ("the mode of this grouped frequency distribution would be class ... and class ... .").
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