Assessment, Statistics, and Research

In psychological statistics, the mode refers to the value that appears most frequently in a data set. It's a measure of central tendency, like the mean and median, but it highlights the most common value(s) instead. Examples: Suppose you have a data set representing the number of hours students study per week: 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2. In this case, the mode is 3 because it appears more frequently than any other value. Let's say you're analyzing survey responses on a Likert scale where participants rate their satisfaction from 1 to 5: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5. Here, the mode is 4, as it is the most common response. Mode, Median, and Mean The mode, median, and mean are all measures of central tendency, but each one provides different insights into a data set: Mode : The value that appears most frequently in a data set. It highlights the most common observation. For example, in the data set 2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 4 , 4 , 5      the mode is 4. Median : The middle value in a data set when ...