What are the differences between Mean and Mode?

Mean

Mode

1. Arithmetic mean is the average of all items in a series. It is obtained by adding together all the items and dividing the total by the number of items.

2. It can be easily calculated and is simple to understand.

3. It is affected by the presence of every item in the group and hence is based on all the observations.

It may be too much affected by extreme items.

4. It can be used for further mathematical exercises.

5. It cannot be located on graph.

1. It is the value of variable which occurs most frequently. It is the value which has the highest frequency in the series.

2. It is simple, precise and easy to understand.

3. It is not affected by extreme items because it is not based on every item of the series.

4. It cannot be given further methematical treatment.

5. It can be located on graph.