http://www.ck12.org Chapter 5. Measures of Central Tendency
5.6 Mode
You’ll learn how to identify the mode or modes of a data set for both quantitative and qualitative data given different
representations. You’ll also learn to classify distribution of data as being unimodal, bimodal, or multimodal.
You notice in your neighborhood there seems to be a trend with the color the houses are painted. Here are the colors
for the twelve houses on your street: light blue, olive green, olive green, mustard, beige, olive green, dark brown,
light blue, light yellow, light blue, white, and olive green. What is the mode of this set of data?
Watch This
First watch this video to learn about the mode.
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Click image to the left for more content.CK-12 Foundation: Chapter5ModeA
Then watch this video to see some examples.
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Click image to the left for more content.CK-12 Foundation: Chapter5ModeB
Watch this video for more help.
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Click image to the left for more content.Khan Academy Average or Central Tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median, and Mode
Guidance
Before class begins, bring out the blocks that you and your classmates chose from the pail for the concept on mean.
In addition, have the grid paper on display where each student in your class posted his or her number of blocks.