[Math] How to find mode when modal class is first or last class

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We know that formula of finding mode of grouped data is

Mode = $l+\frac{(f_1-f_0)}{(2f_1-f_0-f_2)}\cdot h$

Where, $f_0$ is frequency of the class preceding the modal class and $f_2$ is frequency of the class succeeding the modal class. But how to calculate mode when there is no class preceding or succeeding the modal class.

Best Answer

we can take their value as 0. The frequency of the succeeding model class is taken as 0 if model class is the last observation.

You can also check it from the equation as-

$l =$ lower limit of the modal class,

$h =$ size of the class interval (assuming all class sizes to be equal),

$f_1 =$ frequency of the modal class,

$f_0 =$ frequency of the class preceding the modal class,

$f_2 =$ frequency of the class succeeding the modal class.

Even if $f_2$ is $0$, the mode can be easily found by using the above expression.