Mode {prettyR}

Find the modal value

Description

Finds the modal value of an object (usually a factor).

Usage

 Mode(x,na.rm=FALSE)

Arguments

x

An object, usually a factor.

na.rm

A dummy argument to make it compatible with calls to ‘⁠mean⁠’, etc.

Details

‘⁠Mode⁠’ finds the modal value of the object. If there are multiple modal values, it returns an appropriate message. If ‘⁠Mode⁠’ is called with a continuous variable, it will not in general return a sensible answer. It does not attempt to estimate the density of the values and return an approximate modal value.

Value

The modal value of the object as a character string.

Note

This is not the same as ‘⁠mode⁠’ that determines the data mode of an object.

Author(s)

Jim Lemon

See Also

describe