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GCSE Mathematics · key term
The data value that occurs most frequently.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Specification S2, S4 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The category or outcome with the greatest frequency.
Revise: Statistical Charts for Categorical DataCat is the mode because it has the greatest frequency.
The value or category occurring most frequently in a data set.
If two or more values share the greatest frequency, state every mode. If all values occur equally often, there is no mode.
In a frequency table, the mode is the data value beside the greatest frequency—not the frequency itself.
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Specification S2, S4 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The category that occurs most frequently.
Revise: Charts for Categorical DataThe tallest bar identifies the mode. You can add all the bar heights to find the total frequency, or divide a category's frequency by the total to find its fraction of the data.
Specification 12.03a · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher), Paper 5 (Higher), Paper 6 (Higher)
Revise: Averages and Range for Ungrouped and Grouped DataThe mean, median and mode describe a typical or central value. The range describes how spread out the data is.