Exercise 2. Find the mode for each example below.

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Exercise 2. Find the mode for each example below.
(a) The following data represent the number of O-ring failures on the shuttle Columbia for its 17 flights prior to its fatal flight:
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3
(b) The data of the test scores from above:
82, 77, 90, 71, 62, 68, 74, 84, 94, 88
(c) Hair color of ten people in line:
Brown, Blonde, Red, Brown, Brown,
Blonde, Brown, Blonde, Blonde, Red

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The mode is the value with the highest frequency, that is, the mode is the value in the data-set which occurs the maximum number of the times.

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In this case, the mode value will be 0, because 0 occurs the maximum number of the times in the given data set.

Mode : 0

 
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