The mode of a data vector x might be defined as the limit of m_p as p tends to zero from above and where m_p is the m minimizing
sum(abs(x - m)^p). I would not expect the mode so defined to be of much use in data analysis, nor would it be easy to compute.
Murray
[Thanks to Duncan Murdoch for noticing the missing ^p .]
Douglas Bates wrote:
"Christian Mora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
How can I get the mode (most frequent value) from a dataset (continuos variables)? I can obtain it when the data is discrete (by making a table and looking at the higher frequency) but I don't know how obtain it from, for example, a density plot of the data. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks
I don't think the mode of a sample from a continuous random variable is well defined.
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