This measure of central tendency takes into account the least amount of information about the values in a sample.

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The mode, which is simply the most frequently occurring value in a dataset, requires the least amount of information about the values in the sample to calculate. Unlike the mean, which requires knowledge of every value to compute an average, or the median, which necessitates at least a sorted list of values, the mode can be determined with minimal information.

This Measure of Central Tendency Takes into Account the Least