Mode: The Most Frequent & Common Term in Stats

“Look for the numbers that repeats”

Lets see with an example:-

Finding Mode of pizza prices in NY and LA

For the data set of NY, you can see $3.00 appears twice and it has the most appearance. Then Mode of pizza prices in NY is $3.00

For the data set of LA, you can see no number appears twice (or more). Then we can say no mode of pizza prices in LA.

Generally there are 2 or 3 modes are quite frequently. You can pick one of them depends in the purpose of your work.

Lets see the uses cases in Datascience:-

1. Categorical Data Analysis

The mode is particularly useful for summarizing categorical data, where it represents the most common category.

Example: In a survey of favorite ice cream flavors, the mode can reveal the most popular flavor among respondents.

2. Market Basket Analysis