Below Are the Annual Salaries (In Thousands of Dollars) of Workers

Multiple Choice

Below are the annual salaries (in thousands of dollars) of workers in Wilson Widget factory: 20 , 20 , 23 , 23 , 23 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 28 , 28 , 28 , 29 , 29 , 29 , 32 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 40 , 40 , 65 Which measure of central tendency should you use to describe the average salary?

A) standard deviation, since most of the salaries are close together
B) mode, since there are many identical salaries
C) range, since there are more than 15 salaries
D) mean, since there are less than 50 salaries
E) median, since there is an outlying salary