modal

Examples

• All

• Missing values were replaced with the modal value to simplify the current data analysis.

  Academic text (1993)

• There were 20 boys, and the modal age of the students was 14 years.

  Academic text (1993)

• School suspension was used in 50% of the cases, with a modal suspension of just 1 day.

  Academic text (2004)

• If results differed, the modal result was used.

  Academic text (2012)

• However, what is interesting is that the median age was 53 and the modal age was 55.

  Academic text (2002)

• The modal age was 42, and the median was 46 years.

  Academic text (1998)

• Currently, we were told, the modal student on admission is age 13; students have ranged from age 11 to age 15.

  Academic text (1992)

• However, fewer than two-thirds of respondents endorsed the modal response in most scenarios.

  Academic text (2005)

• The sample ranged in age from 22 to 42 years (with a modal age of 24 and a median age of 25).

  Academic text (1992)

• In a recent survey, the modal value of the respondents' preferred age for starting school was 5 years.

Compounds

M

modal auxiliary

• Specialized

1 5.5

A helping verb like can that you use with another verb to show chance, need or time

M

modal verb

• Specialized

1 3.0

A helping verb like can that shows ability, permission, need or possibility

M

modal auxiliary verb

• Specialized

4.3

A helper word used with verbs to show possibility or need, for example can and must

M

modal logic

• Specialized

9.2

A type of reasoning that studies what must be true or may be true

M

modal notation

• Specialized

9.9

A way of writing music in the Middle Ages that shows rhythm patterns for several musical parts

M

modal value

• Specialized

6.5

The number or item that appears most often in a set of data

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology