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November 11th 2024

multimodal distribution

multimodal distribution

a set of data in which there is more than one mode or score that occurs most frequently. For example, the ages of a sample of college students would form a multimodal distribution if the largest number of people are either 18, 19, or 20 years old, with the remaining individuals aged 17 or 21 through 70. See also bimodal distribution; unimodal distribution.