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Expand Up @@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences.
measure of central location.

If there are multiple modes, returns the first one encountered in the *data*.
If *data* is empty, :exc:`StatisticsError` is raised.
If the smallest or largest of multiple modes is desired instead, use
``min(multimode(data))`` or ``max(multimode(data))``. If the input *data* is
empty, :exc:`StatisticsError` is raised.

``mode`` assumes discrete data, and returns a single value. This is the
standard treatment of the mode as commonly taught in schools:
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