The lowest daily temperature in a city over three weeks is shown in the following table.
Does this data have a mode? If so, what is it?
A
Yes. Mode is 3.
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B
Yes. Mode is 1.
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C
No.
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D
(a) and (b) above.
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Solution
The correct option is A Yes. Mode is 3. The mode is the most popular value(s) or thing(s) that occur(s) in a data set.
Temperatures are numerical data. Hence, these data points can be clumped together and arranged in an ascending order to find the mode.
Temperature (∘C)
Frequency
0
3
1
4
2
3
3
5
4
2
5
3
6
1
It is inferred that temperature drops to 3∘ in the most number of days, i.e., 5.