Which term is defined as the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution?

Which term is defined as the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution?

• A. The most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
• B. The middle score in a distribution
• C. The sum of a sequence
• D. The average of all scores

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is knowing what mode means in a data set. The mode is the value that appears most often in the distribution. If one score shows up more times than any other, that single value is the mode. If two or more scores tie for the highest frequency, there are multiple modes. That choice matches the definition exactly: it names the term as the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution. By contrast, the middle score is the median, the sum is the total of all values, and the average is the mean (sum divided by count).

The main idea here is knowing what mode means in a data set. The mode is the value that appears most often in the distribution. If one score shows up more times than any other, that single value is the mode. If two or more scores tie for the highest frequency, there are multiple modes.

That choice matches the definition exactly: it names the term as the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution. By contrast, the middle score is the median, the sum is the total of all values, and the average is the mean (sum divided by count).