Question

The following are the margins of victory in the football matches of a league.
1, 3, 2, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2.
Find the mode of this data.

Answer 1

Let us put the data in a tabular form:

Margins of Victory	Tally Bars	Number of Matches
1	`cancel(||||)` ||||	9
2	`cancel(||||)cancel(||||)`||||	14
3	`cancel(||||)` ||	7
4	`cancel(||||)`	5
5	|||	3
6	||	2
	Total	40

Looking at the table, we can quickly say that 2 is the ‘mode’ since 2 has occurred the highest number of times. Thus, most of the matches have been won with a victory margin of 2 goals.