The Canadian government wants to know the relative age of its workforce. As the ?baby boom? generation becomes older, the government is concerned about the availability of younger, qualified workers. To become more informed, the government hired ABC Consulting Services to survey many industries regarding employee ages. The mean and the median ages for two industries, communication and retail trade, are listed in the following table:

Comment on the distribution of age. Which industry appears to have older workers? Younger workers? In each industry, which job types show the greatest difference between mean age and median age?

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Retail Trade and Communication and Consumer Other Utilities Services Median Mean Mean Median Managers Professionals 52.6 53 48.6 48 50.8 50 50.0 49 Technical/Trades 52 47 51.4 47.1 Marketing/Sales 43.7 41 NA NA Clerical/Administrative 50.8 48.0 48 51 47.2 42.0 34 Production Workers 50