{"id":231,"date":"2019-04-04T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T08:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/?p=231"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:26:05","slug":"the-mode-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-mode-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The MODE function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MODE function is one of the three Excel functions that measure <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/calculate-the-central-tendency-using-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Central Tendency (opens in a new tab)\">Central Tendency<\/a><\/b>.  The other two are the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"AVERAGE (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-average-function\/\" target=\"_blank\">AVERAGE<\/a><\/strong> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MEDIAN (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-median-function\/\" target=\"_blank\">MEDIAN<\/a> functions. It calculates the most frequent value in a data set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In statistics the Mode measure of central tendency is the only one that can be used with non-numeric values.  Not in Excel though. Excel requires it to use <strong>numeric values<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The syntax of the function is the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>MODE(n1, [n2], &#8230;)<\/strong><\/p><cite> <strong>n1, n2, &#8230;<\/strong> : They are the for which you want to calculate the Mode. <br><strong>n2, &#8230;<\/strong> : Optional  arguments that can be up to a maximum of 255 <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IMPORTANT NOTICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Since Excel 2016<\/strong> this function has been replaced by the <strong>MODE.MULT<\/strong> function and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-mode-sngl-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MODE.SNGL (opens in a new tab)\">MODE.SNGL<\/a><\/strong> function. The function still exists for backwards compatibility but it is better to stop using it because it may not be available in future Excel versions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the button to practice using this function, with the help of our <strong>Online Assessment Tool<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"button-practice-container\" ><a class=\"button button-primary button-practice\" style=\"height:auto\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-integration\/run.php?id=SWFneC9CNWJDYTdYL2hsamk5am8vRXQvTHlBc0RDdytiaWovaGs3WUtzT1g2RGJBekdqcVpub1VTeUdvMWF5enNVSzlwbWxmbU1BN0lCanQzQS8wNmc9PQ==&b=MTB4K2VyOW1hTytTTWxpWGZBWVczYmpnVFVjSU9vdHRicm43cUJCcWtlUkt2NElJd1hjOWNNcjdwN2F0T21rRzZmUDFyU05CYUxmNWdHUm9CaUxpVzNSSmxDa2FPOWFwZ3AxalVWVHRtdzg9\">Practice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Here is an example of the three measures of Central Tendency:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calculate the central tendency of the values in the cell range <strong>B3:M6<\/strong> using the most common measures of central tendency.<br> Calculate the central tendency using the average measure in the cell <strong>B9<\/strong>, the median measure in <strong>B10<\/strong> and the mode measure in <strong>B11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Use the MEDIAN,AVERAGE and MODE functions to calculate the central tendency (Excel 2016)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KF4faaYxtzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MODE function is one of the three Excel functions that measure Central Tendency.  The other two are the AVERAGE and MEDIAN functions. 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