The following data shows the warranty period of different components. Find the modal warranty period.
Warranty period(years)0−11−22−33−44−55−6Number of components61016251620
Modal class is 3−4 since it is the class with highest frequency.
Mode=l+[f1−f02f1−f0−f2]×h
f1 represents the frequency of the modal class.
Also,
l=lower boundary of the modal class
h= size of the modal class interval
f0= frequency of the class preceding the modal class
f2= frequency of the class succeeding the modal class
Here, f1=25,f0=16,f2=16,l=3,h=1
⇒Mode=3+[25−162×25−16−16]×1 =3.5