A Question for the Members

• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  26 March 2010     12:0144552
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  I've been trying to get my head around MODALITY of late, and am struggling to understand the relevance of it. Anyone out there able to explain in simple terms please?
• Guest 686

  • Registered: 5 May 2009
  • Posts: 556
  26 March 2010     12:2044554
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  The Free Online Dictionary definition can be found at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/modality.
  
  The best simple definition I can come up with is "doing what everyone else is doing". In other words, behaving like sheep!!!
  Phil West
  If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  26 March 2010     13:0944558
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  never heard of the word before.
  
  do we all have to use it now so that we appear in tune with the times?
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 5,673
  26 March 2010     13:4944566
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  Probably from the mathematical MODE which is the number that appears the most in a group of numbers, so just the majority !
  Been nice knowing you :)