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Mode
The mode of a probability DF p(x) is the value of x where the DF takes on a maximum value.
Most useful when there is a single, sharp max, in which case it estimates the central value.
Sometimes a distribution will be bimodal, with two relative maxima. In this case the mean and median are not very useful since they give only a "compromise" value between the two peaks.
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