How do you find the mode of a data set?

To find the mode of a data set, you identify the value that occurs with the highest frequency. The mode is simply the number that appears most often in the dataset. It can be useful in various statistical analyses, particularly when you are dealing with categorical data where you want to know which category is the most common.

For example, if you have a data set of shoe sizes worn by a group of people, the mode would be the shoe size that appears the most within that group. It is important to note that a data set can have one mode, more than one mode (bimodal or multimodal), or no mode at all if all values appear with the same frequency.

The other methods listed do not correlate with finding the mode. Calculating the average refers to determining the mean, finding the middle value pertains to the median, and determining the range involves finding the difference between the maximum and minimum values in the dataset. These concepts serve different statistical purposes and should not be confused with finding the mode.