isMost
isMost is a term used in programming and data analysis to denote a predicate or function that tests whether a given value is the most frequent item in a dataset, i.e., a mode. It is not a universal built-in function in any standard language, but a common naming convention in examples and libraries for working with frequency data.
Formal definition: Given a multiset D of elements and an element x in D, isMost(D, x) is
Example: D = [1,2,2,3,2,3,3] has counts {1:1, 2:3, 3:2}; maxCount = 3. isMost(D, 2) is true; isMost(D, 3)
Variants and usage: isMost is often used when identifying commonly occurring items or when computing modal
See also: mode, frequency distribution, modal value, most frequent element.