EXERCISE 4 - ANSWER

What language is spoken by more respondents than any other? That is, what is the modal language?

Answer:   Setswana is the modal language.

To obtain the answer to question 4, you could have used the following commands: 

tab language

The commands above create the following tables:

      language |
spoken at home |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
---------------+-----------------------------------
      Setswana |       3325       84.76       84.76
       English |         82        2.09       86.85
       Kalanga |        216        5.51       92.35
  Sekgalangadi |        119        3.03       95.39
         Seyei |          3        0.08       95.46
        Herero |         20        0.51       95.97
    Setswapong |          3        0.08       96.05
        Sebira |          6        0.15       96.20
    Sembukushu |          6        0.15       96.35
      Sekgothu |          4        0.10       96.46
     Afrikaans |          9        0.23       96.69
       Ndebele |          9        0.23       96.92
  Zezulu/Shona |         17        0.43       97.35
        Indian |          1        0.03       97.37
 Other African |         77        1.96       99.34
   Other Asian |          1        0.03       99.36
   Other (NEC) |         25        0.64      100.00
---------------+-----------------------------------
         Total |       3923      100.00

Looking at the frequency distribution above, it is quite clear that "Setswana" is the language spoken most often and thus is the modal language.

 

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