Please help me to answer this question? Which one would be the right conclusion?

Question

The distribution of the salaries at a small business is strongly skewed with many people making very modest salaries and a few making very large salaries. Which measure of center, mean or median, is a better indication of a "typical” salary at this business?

A. The mean is better because it is not affected by the high salaries.

B.The median is better because it is not affected by the high salaries.

C.It cannot be determined without knowing the actual salaries.

D.Either one would be a good measure of a typical salary because they are the same value.

Answer 1

I would recommend that you first look up the terms mean and median.

Then make up some data and calculate the mean and median. Next, see how adding a very large number to the data changes the mean and median. You could do it on a spreadsheet which makes all the work quick and easy.

When it comes to conclusions, of course, you will need to make your own.