For the following distribution, decide whether you expect the mean, median, or mode to give the best representation of the center of the distribution, and explain why.

The number of times that people change jobs during their careers.

Choose the correct answer below.

A.

The median because it is easier to calculate.

B.

The median because it is unaffected by outliers.

C.

The mode because there can be more than one.

D.

The mode because it will find the most common number of times.

E.

The mean because it will take every value into account.

F.

The mean because it is the most commonly understood measure of center.