Why is the mode not used very much as a

Jayla Christensen

Jayla Christensen

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2022-06-26

Why is the mode not used very much as a measure of central tendency?

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Beginner2022-06-27Added 29 answers

Explanation:
The mode can be helpful in some analyses, but generally it does not contain enough accurate information to be useful in determining the shape of a distribution. When it is not a "Normal Distribution" the Mode can be misleading, although it is helpful in conjunction with the Mean for defining the amount of skewness in a distribution.
With modern calculation devices the simplicity of calculating or observing the Mode is overtaken by the ease of calculating the Mean and Standard Deviation.

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