Question

The following is the data collected by Mita about the favourite sport for a group of people.

What is the value of mode?

Answer 1

Step 1: Write the given data in numeral form.

Given data:

In the numeral form of the above data,

Sport	Number of people
Cricket	$28$
Foot ball	$28$
Tennis	$16$
Hockey	$22$

Step 2: Find the mode of the given data.

From the given data collected,

Groups of people like football and cricket are exactly the same, which is equal to $28$ as counted.

We know that the mode is a statistical term that refers to the most frequently occurring number found in a set of numbers.

Hence, the mode of the given data is $28$.