what is a mode in math

In mathematics, the mode is a measure of central tendency that refers to the value that appears most frequently in a dataset. It is particularly useful when there are a lot of repeated values in a dataset. A dataset can have no mode, one mode, or multiple modes. Unlike the mean and median, the concept of mode also makes sense for "nominal data," which does not consist of numerical values. For example, in a sample of Korean family names, "Kim" might be the mode if it occurs more often than any other name. The mode is calculated by identifying the value that appears most often in the dataset).