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The following data depicts the hair colour of different students of a class:
Find the mode of this categorical data.
The following data depicts the hair colour of different students of a class:
Find the mode of this categorical data.
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Solution
The correct option is B Black, Brown
The mode is that value which occurs most frequently in the given data set and if there are two values with the same frequency, then it is said to be bimodal.
Observe the given data,
It can be observed that there are two students with Black hair colour and two students with Brown hair colour and there is one student each with Grey, Blonde, and Red hair colour.
Since Black and Brown hair colour occur most frequently, therefore the mode of the given categorical data set is Black and Brown.
So, option (b) is correct.
The mode is that value which occurs most frequently in the given data set and if there are two values with the same frequency, then it is said to be bimodal.
Observe the given data,
It can be observed that there are two students with Black hair colour and two students with Brown hair colour and there is one student each with Grey, Blonde, and Red hair colour.
Since Black and Brown hair colour occur most frequently, therefore the mode of the given categorical data set is Black and Brown.
So, option (b) is correct.
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