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Measures of Central Tendency — Economics STD 11 Commerce — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsMeasures of Central Tendency3 Marks
Question
What do you understand by Mode? Explain its merits and demerits.
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Define mode. Write its three demerits.

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Mention three demerits of Mode.

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Write three demerits of mode.
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Answer

Mode is the value which occurs most frequently in a series.Merits of Mode:
  1. It is generally used to describe the qualitative data.
  2. It can be easily computed graphically.
  3. In case of 'open-ended distribution', it can be easily computed.
Demerits of Mode:
  1. It is not capable of further algebraic treatment.
  2. Its calculation involves cumbersome procedure of grouping the data.
  3. It is not based on all the observations/ items of a series.
  4. Its value is indeterminate, especially in case of bi-modal and multi-modal distributions.

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