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The mode is the most frequently occurring value in the data and can be used as a measure of central tendency for categorical data.

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Why are statistical properties of mode and median difficult to determine?

I have read a book saying that statistical properties of the mode and the median are difficult to determine compared to the mean. I am not entirely sure why is so. … Is it correct that because the mean can be put into mathematical functions more easily compared to the mode and median? What does it mean by statistical properties? …
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