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The mean of a set of numbers is the sum of their values divided by their number. The mode is the value that features most often in the observed set.
Every set of observations will have a mode though it may have more than one. By definition, the modal value must appear in the observations. A mode can be at an extreme end of a distribution.
Not all sets of observations have a mean. When collecting information about favourite fruit, you cannot have a mean for 3 apples and 4 bananas. A mean may not have a realistic value - (eg each family had 1.8 children - there never was a 0.8 of a child anywhere). However, the mean will be at the centre of the distribution and it also has statistically useful properties.
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What is the difference between mean and average?
by average we mean any measure of central tendency and mean is one of the averages. other measures of average are median ,mode, geomatric mean and harmonic mean.
Why is there a difference between mean and mode?
mode is the number that occurs the most and to find the mean/average, add all numbers, then divid that number by the number of numbers there were in your group of numbers.
What is the difference between arithmetic mean and mode?
The mean, median, and mode are all measures of central tendency. For symmetrical distributions they all have the same value. For assymetrical distributions they have different values. The mean is the average and the mode is the most likely value.
What does mode mean in kid form?
Mode is the most common number in a set of data my maths teacher describes the mean as this: "when the average person says average they mean mean."
What does mean mode range and median mean in math?
mean - the average of a number mode - a number that appears the most in a set of numbers median - the number in the middle after the set of numbers are put from least to greatest range - the difference between the largest and the smallest number in a set of numbers
