Mode
2026-02-28 10:45 Diff

There are different types of modes depending on the number of modal solutions. We will now see the different types of modes:

Unimodal: If the dataset has only one mode, it is called unimodal.

For example: In set A= {2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7}, the mode is 6.

Bimodal: If there are two modes present in the given data, it is called bimodal.

For example: In set B = {3, 3, 3, 5, 7, 7, 7, 4}, the modes are 3 and 7 because both numbers are repeated three times.

Trimodal: If there are exactly three modes in a dataset, it is called trimodal.

For example: In set C =  {3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 4}, the modes are 3, 5, and 7 as each of these numbers is repeated three times.

Multimodal: A dataset can contain multiple modes and if it has more than three modes, it is known as multimodal.

For example, if set A= {1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8}, the data set has four modes: 2, 4, 6, 8, as these numbers are repeated the same number of times.