Question

Explain how it is possible to have more than one mode in a set of data.

Answer 1

mode is the most frequent of most popular...

so image if you asked people to pick a number between 1 and 4

if you asked 20 people its possible that since its a choice activity that 2 or more numbers can be the mode...

its not a calculation or determination of position.

hope it makes sense

Answer 2

Let's say the data is:
1,2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5
Which number appears most often?
Well, we can say because there are two 2's and two 4's. Therefore there are two modes...2 and 4

Answer 3

thanks

Answer 4

this is a question of divisibility. if you have 2n numbers in your set you could have 2 modes, or 3n numbers giving 3 modes. etc.

say you asked 12 people to pick their favorite number, you could get:

a,a,a,a,b,b,b,b,c,c,c,c
or
a,a,a,b,b,b,c,c,c,d,d,d
or
a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d,e,e,f,f
or
a,a,a,a,a,a,b,b,b,b,b,b

because 12 is divisible by 2,3,4, and 6