2. Heights (in cm) of 25 children are given below:
168, 165, 163, 160, 163, 161, 162, 164, 163, 162, 164, 163, 160, 163, 160,
165, 163, 162, 163, 164, 163, 160, 165, 163, 162
What is the mode of their heights? What do we understand by mode here?
| Heights | Tally bars | Number |
| 160 | |
4 |
| 161 | |
1 |
| 162 | |
4 |
| 163 | |
9 |
| 164 | |
3 |
| 165 | |
3 |
| 168 | |
1 |
Clearly, 163 occurs 9 times. Therefore, is the mode of the data.