Median

[helene_t]

Modes, on the other hand, I never found a use for, but that is no doubt just related to the limited scope of my work.

But it comes up in duplicate bridge. The "field result" is probably the mode.

Sort of. At matchpoints, the single most relevant score to compare the score you might get when making a particular choice, is indeed the mode.

 

But ideally you should consider the whole distribution of scores at other tables Suppose the distribution is

40% : +120

30% : +90

30% : -50

 

Here a +120 is the mode, yet an action that changes +50 to +110 is more lucrative than one that changes +110 to +200.