How to get mode in case of discrete or categorial data

2 messages · Vito Ricci, John Fox

Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:20 AM #

Dear all,

in a previuos message was asked  how get the mode of
continous distribution. Now I'm asking if there an R
function to obtain the mode in case of a discrete
distribution or categorial data. The only way is to
use table():

s
 1  2  3  4  5 
13 10  5  4  8 

the mode is value=1

Thanks
Cordially
Vito

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John Fox

Fri, Nov 12, 2004 5:52 AM #

Dear Vito,

How about names(t)[t == max(t)], which will pick up multiple modes if
there's a tie. By the way, I recall a discussion of this question on r-help
not too long ago.

I hope this helps,
 John